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Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1928, Page 4

Another centenarian smoker; and this time a woman. A Home paper records the death at .Messing, near Tiptree, Essex, of .Mrs Naomi Harrington at the age ol' one hundred years. The good old lady smoked a clay pipe every day and attributed her long life, at any rate in part, to that practice. What the auti-tobaceoites will say to this must lie left to conjecture, but a more convincing proof of tlio harmlessnesx of tobacco could hardly be found. The plain fact of tlio matter is that smoking won’t hurt anyone so long as the tobacco is pure and as free from nicotine as pos- I sible. The imported brands, by tlio way, are mostly full of nicotine. That’s where they differ so essentially from our own New Zealand tobaccos—the purest in the win Id and the freest from nicotine. They are quite safe and owe their fine aroma and delicious fragrance to the toasting of the leaf (.quite a novelty). Ask your tobacconist for “Riverhcad Gold” mild, ‘‘Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.—-Advt.

I EAST AND WEST. I “ Under Kemni Pasha, the Turks at long last turned the tide of European conquest; under lliza Khan, Persia, once merely spheres of influence, shook off the burdens imposed by Britain and Russia; under Ibn Saud, Arabia has become more nearly a unity than at any time since the days of the great Caliphs; under Amanullah Khan, Afghanistan has extorted a recognition of her independence and has entered as a kingdom into the comity of nations. Not one of the Middle Eastern States escaped the pressure of European imperialism ; not one of them hut believes that that pressure, from which they have now obtained release, will be applied again the moment they become weak. They stand before the West suspicious, resentful, and almost hostile. They fear the West even when it brings gifts, and they face a painful dilemma. They cannot cope with the West unless they learn from it, but j they fear to learn too much from it ( lest the new learning sap the foundh- _ tions of their strength.—“ Manchester Guardian.” i