THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 45, 15 June 1914, Page 3

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

Peter Irwin, the driver of the 'femora (N.S.W.) train, involved in tho Exeter railway collision on March 4, has, on the advice of the solicitor for the Engine Drivers and Firemen’s Association, appealed against the departmental decision, dismissing him from the service.

’Tis BONNIE BOON’S sweet reek an’ smither. Ye’ll no ho wantin’ onv ither. Aye, BONNIE .BOON’S the nasty weed; But, until, what cheerin’ whin it’s deid. x

A movement is on foot in Christchurch and other parts of Canterbury amongst past and present athletes to raise a fund for the purpose of providing a. suitable memorial to be placed over the grave at Methven of that sterling athlete, W. S. Simpson, who held in his lifetime the Australasian record for distance-running.

There’s a grand “auld reekio” whiff about BONNIE BOON TOBACCO—a homely, wholesome aroma which tells of honesty and purify. Why not try it to-dav ? Any tobacconist sells it—lots of it. x

When opening the case for tho defendant in the libel action Paterson v. Smythe, at the Wanganui Supreme Court, Mr T. M. Wilford pointed out that a husband shared with his wife responsibility for any libel she might commit, even if he was absent from the country at the time it was committed. Why the law should be such he did not know. Mr Justice Edwards interjected that Mr Wilford’s words would be more appropriately used in another place—Parliament.

Whenever men arc found in good fellowship—where the braw Scotch tale is told, and tho guid smoke rises to the rafters man there too will ve hud BONNIE BOON TOBACCO. Test it yourself. x

Although tho sight of a plough in operation in the playground of the Napier Boy’s High School did not convey much to the outsider, it signalled the commencement of the practical side of agricultural tuition which has been inaugurated (the Telegraph states). Half an acre is being tilled for a start, and from the theoretical side, which the scholars have been studying since the beginning of the year, they will now go on with instruction of a practical nature. The Government are providing the necessary seeds on the understanding that they receive any proceeds which might be the result. ' 1 !i ' '

When careful Scotsmen pin their faith to one brand of tobacco, it’s surely something good. So it is. Test BONNIE BOON to-day and see if it’s not a’right. ' x