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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5076, 17 January 1927, Page 1

A little child missed death by seconds at Palmerston North at the railway crossing near the Empire HotelIn front of a train going into the town and distant from the crossing only about 100 yards, two small girls were, between them, conducting a tiny tot over the crossing. The little one in the centre, unwilling to cross,’ was gideavouring to pull the others abck, when she caught a foot on the line and fell. The train, by this time very close, caused the elder girls to run, and they fled, leaving the unfortunate little one lying on the line, from which, luckily, she managed to crawl a few seconds before the engine thundered past. So close was the child to being run over that the en-gine-driver pulled the train up, thinking she had not been able to crawl clear. What’s the difference ’twixt whisky and tobacco ? it has been defined thus: “Whisky make you talk; tobacco make you think.” It's certainly true that great painters, sculptors, musicians, writers, chess players, and orators are generally great smokers. Anti-tobaccoites will tell you that smokers are the slaves of a vicious habit and run all sorts of terrible risks. As a matter of fact, if tobacco is used, and not abused, it won’t hurt anybody, provided it is of .good quality ; and, of course, the less nicotine it contains the better. Unfortunately, most of the American tobaccos Just reek with nicotine. And that’s where they differ from our New Zealandgrown brands, which are delightfully cool and full of flavour and fragrance. Moreover, they contain so little nicotine that you can go on smoking them “until all is blue” and ta t ke no harm. That they are popular with smokers is proved by their very large sale. Ask for Riverhead Gold (mild), Navy Cut (medium), or Cut Plug No. 10 (full strength). The latest addition is Cavendish Mixtures.*