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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1927, Page 2

An English tourist while “doing” the Waikato recently "'as surprised and disgusted to notice .so many Maori women enjoying their pipes. On his return to Auckland lie mentioned the matter to an old colonist, remarking that it was a, sure sign of the degeneracy of the Maori lace t hen their women smoked pipes. Saul the Xew Zealander: “Well, if that is so, fho Irish women of the working class must have been degenerating tor a good while, because I remember sechm them smoking clays in Dublin wheat T was a hoy.” The tourist stud no more. There is nothing wrong with pine smoking for man or woman so long' as the right tobacco is used. Choose a brand as free from nicotine as you can. That’s all. Our New Zealand grown tobaccos contain only a trifling percentage of nicotine, and you can’t beat them for flavour and aroma. You can smoke them for hours and they won’t do you any harm. Ask for “Riverhead Gold.” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; or “Cut Plug No 10” (Bullhead), full strength. —Advt.

If you’vo made a pile of dollars. But your hoaltli is broken down. You will find a welcome waiting “ In Your Little Old Home-Town.’ Tf a backing cougli grown chronic Makes life dreadful to endure, You will find a welcome tonic In Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure