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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1928, Page 4

Pipe tobacco alone contributed £l3O- - to the Now Zealand revenue during the first quarter of the present your, in the shape of Customs duties. Wonderful is the popularity of what. Charles Kingsley called “the divinest weed under heaven.” Opponents ol tobacco may say what they will but the fact remains—smoking does more good than harm—provided always that the ’lmecv is pure and of first class quality. It’s undoubtedly true, however, that brands heavily charged with nicotine are best avoided, and it is no less true that the imported tobaccos arc practically all open to that objection. Our own New Zealand varieties are the best. Sweet, cool and fragrant they are comparatively free from nicotine and the fact that the leaf is toasted is the secret of their delightful flavour and fine aroma. 'I hey don’t bite the tongue, they don’t affect the heart or nerves. They may lie indulged in freely without fear of consequences There are several varieties. Ask your tobacconist for “R.iverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or ‘‘Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.—Advt.

| A PIIO-ALLY AMERICAN. j About hall' a century ago a grimy , little hoy was clearing up the floor of a furnace house in Andrew Carnegie's Homestead works at Pittsburg. -When Carnegie sold out to the Billion Dollar Steel Trust lie recommended his successors to give that hoy,j Charles Schwab, now grown to manhood, the supreme control of their vast business. They paid him £IOO,OOO a year for putting in a few hours a week in an office. But he soon told them that he could do hotter for himself; and he did. In a few years he made the Bethlehem Iron "Works known throughout the world, and during the Great War he worked for the Allies with might and main. Of course he was paid for his services. But at a time when Britain depended largely upon the Bethlehem works to keep the armies and fleets going Seliawh was offered a great many millions to stop his shipments across the Atlantic. He has just received the Bessemer Gold Medal for his achievements in iron and steel production, and he has taken the opportunity, to make a few remarks that might conceivably induce-some of his American fellow citizens to blush for themselves. While the Allies were holding back the Germans Mr Schwab contributed money to the cause because the Americans would not or could not send men. And now that victory has been won chiefly through the efforts and sacrifices of the nations that stood their ground for three years before the Americans came in, Mr Schwab declares that he has “ no sympathy with the collection of war debts ” from the people who so bravely fought Ameiiea s battle as well as their own.

Men’s and hoys pyjama suits, winter weight material from Horrocksc* pyjama cloth. Prices, men’s:. 12s Gel to 14s Gd - boys and /.youEh Gs 6d to 9 3 344 at McKays.—Advt.