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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 5 October 1917, Page 7

"His wife married him to reform him." "Yep. And now his daughters have come home from college and taken utp i the job where their mother left eff." First Bachelor Girl: It's an outrage ! I was singing just now when this slipper flew in through the window. Second Ditto : Sing another verse, dear, and perhaps you'll get the mate to it. Mrs Youngbride: I don't want to have any trouble with ' you, Bridget. Cook: Then, bedad, ma'am, let me hear no complaints. In a letter to the president of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the General Manager for Railways, 'Mr Ej H. Hiley, says:—"l desire to convey to the executive and members of your society the mcnt's appreciation of the assistance given to the Department by <ill grades o'l railwayman during the war crisis. The manner in which railwayman have met all the military obligations is most praiseworthy, as is also the loyal and cheerful service rendered to the .(Department by all those members of the depleted staff on whom devolves the ■ lutv of assisting to successfully- carry on ' the operations of th e Department in tue Dominion. This may truly/be regarded as a national service during the present war crisis."

_ x lie returned inen wno have taken tij> pastoral runs -at !Lees "Valley, Oxford, under the Government's soldier settlement scheme, have decided (says the Oiristcburch Star) to erect a coopeiaTTve sTearing shed, woolsbed. and stock: yards, which will be finished bv the end of November in time for the first shearing. IFor this purpose they have formed themselves into a limited liability company, each tafcing_ up an equal number of shares- A neighbouring farmer has also joined the company. The erection of these facilities for sheaving will obviate the necessity of driving the sheep down from the high country for some distance to the lower areas, with, in the event of unfavourable weather, a likelihood of losses. Judcring bv this enterprise and recent accounts of work done in improving their holdings, the soldier settlers at Ticcs Valley arc fully justifying expectations that they would "make good."

A NERVE FOOD OF BRITISH NATIONALITY—CEREGEN There used to be a lot of "enemy country" nerve foods about. They were good, but now their place has been taken up by a better food—-n, British productr—Ceregen. It has never been German—the Ceregen works were 'established in Englaiid in 1793. Ceregen contains over $0 per cent/ of Proteid—and without proteid we die, fiays Professor Ganges; When health and strength have been shattered sickness or wocl'y buTl?t up "on Qersj|eri. It is used in "the Naval and' Military Hospitals" of the Allies. 2s 6d, 4s 6d, 6e 6d, 12s, from all chemists. 12s size contains 8 times amount of 2s 6d tin.