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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 82, 23 April 1937, Page 8

"The little courtesies of life f ormerly paid to my sex by the opposite one are mostly ignored to-day," laments a -lady in writing to a Sydney paper. "Look at our trains and trams. Men travelling by them will not hesitate to smoke in tlie presence of ladies although they know perfectly well that many of the latter, even now, find tobacco smoke offensive. I call it most selfish and ill-mannered. " This fair correspondent seems quite oblivious of the fact that special cars are reserved in Australia as in New Zealand for the nse of non-smokers. Yet ladies still persist in rushing the smoking compartments so that 'smokers are often crowded out. Happily so far as New Zealand is concerned complaints about tobacco smoke aTe far less common than formerly becanse most New Zealanders now smoke "toasted," and its pure sweet fragrance disarms criticism. All five of the toasted blends, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold are (being toasted) almost dnnocent of nicotine and consequently virtually harmless.* More Cold _ •— Landor. Bven our poets seem to iiave encoun* tered colds. In future— avoid all reference to coughs, colds, sore throats and other bronchial ailments — keep Baxter 's Lung Preserver handyl " Baxter 's" is the best cough remedy — be sure its "Baxter 's." 1/6, 2/6, 4/6 all cliemists and stores.*