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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5290, 22 June 1928, Page 4

“I got up fourteen times to speak and got as far as ‘Mr Chairman,’ then had to sit down,” said Cr. Kennedy explosively at the conclusion of the Piako County Council meetdng on Monday. “One minute the chairman turns to speak to the engineer and the next he is talking to Cr. Stark. I do n,ot get a look in.” An amusing anecdote indicative of modern childhood was told by Rotarian Mcllraith at a Rotary dinnier at Napier. He stated that on one occasion. lie had to inspect the pupils of a certain, school, in the King Country in which the predominating number of pupils were natives. After putting the children through their paces on various subjects, thinking to; test their knowledge of financial matters, he took a coin ’out of his 1 pocket and spun it in the air, at the same time asking “What is that Like a flash came a spontaneous answer frojn the whole class, “Heads.”

Consternation reigned amongst, the smokers assembled on the platform at Wellington the other day when the outward bound Hutt train drew up without any first-class smoke car attached. However, there were two cars labelled A and B respectively, and a smoker, pipe in mouth, exclaiming “B is for Baccy!” jumped into the B car, and all the other smokers followed suit. Presently someone asked : “If B is for baccy—what is A for ?’’■ “For abstainers, of course,” came the reply.. Everybody laughed. Precious few ‘‘abstainers” from the weed these days!—possibly one in 50. Well, there’s no harm in tobacco so long as it,’s good and doesn’t contain too much nicotine, as those imported brands do. Pur New Zealand tobaccos contain so little it doesn’t matter. That’s why they are so safe. They are unbeaten, for fragrance and flavour, too. Delicious. Those chiefly in demand are: Riverhead Gold, mild ; Navy Cut (BMlldog), medium; and Cut PlMg No. 10 (Bullshead), full strength. They are on sale everywhere. Any tobacconist will, supply you.*