LAMAS PROTEST
AG A I NST I NTH <) UCTI ON OF TOBACCO. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) DELHI, December 7. A diplomatic hitch between Tibet and Nepal may follow (lie introduction of tobacco into Tibet by Nepalese traders, who have popularised smoking, which is strictly forbidden by the Lamas. The Tibetans threaten drastic action. The holy men are determined to stamp out smoking, because, the “poisonous stench of tobacco will drive away out spirits, and cause sickness, pestilence and perdition.” ujuiUL-iiAiwin iiiii«ni« ifirnnmrTH
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1928, Page 6
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83LAMAS PROTEST Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1928, Page 6
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