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Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1928, Page 4

< An English-tourist wliilo ‘‘doing” the Waikato recently was surprised and disgusted to notice so many Maori women -enjoying their pipes. On his return to Auckland he mentioned the matter to an old colonist, remarking that it was a sure sign of the degeneracy of tlu> .Maori race when their women smoked pipes. Said the New Zealander: “Well, if that- is so, the Irish women of the working class must have been degenerating for a good while, because I remember seeing them smoking clays in Dublin when 1 was a boy.” The tourist said no more. There is nothing wrong with pipe smoking for man or woman so long ns the right tobacco is used. ( boose a brand as free from nicotine as you can. That’s all. Our New Zealandgrown tobaccos contain only a trifling percentage of nicotine, and you can't heat them for flavour and aroma. You can smoke them for hours and they won’t do yon anv harm. Ask lor “Riverhcad (told." mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. Ill" (Bullhead), full strength.—Advt.

X. Z.A. A. RECENT RECORDS APPROVED. WELLINGTON, March 5. From a letter read at to-night’s meeting ol" the Council of the X’.Z.A.A. there seems a possibility of Dr A. E. Porritt, D. A. Low (British ami Olympic lialf-miler), and Lord Burghlev (British hurdler) visiting New Zealand, perhaps in the summer after the Olympic Games. At to-night’s meeting of the X.Z. A.A.A. the following performances registered at the Australian and New Zealand Championships last December, were stated as having been passed as the l>est record for Australia and New Zealand:— . El M. Davidson (Victoria), high jump 6ft. 2)in. N.SAV. Relay team (J. Martin, W. Hunt, A. Walker, J. Carlton), one mile relay, 3min. 35 3-osec.s. E. Keakinon (Auckland) decathlon G,433.J8 points.