NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3813, 3 July 1928, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Scores of: flic King’s Counsel at the English Bar —there are 250 or so —seldom get a brief. Only a few are in the position to demand high fees. Donald Alexander Macrae was found dead in bed on Thursday at his home in Spreydon, Christchurch. A gas tube was lying near, and the gas was turned fully on. Macrae was a returned soldier, and had been disabled by a bullet wound in the spine. The bullet had not been extracted, and at times he suffered intense pain. At an inquest the Coroner returned a verdict of suicide by gas poisoning. The late Mr. Jollifc, film censor, was fond of his pipe and declared he could, from his own personal experience, explode the theory that smoking Avas bad for the eyesight. Of course. The enemies of the weed are always inventing stories to its detriment.

There’s nothing wrong with tobacco, provided it is the right kind. Brands containing an excess of nicotine are certainly injurious, and most, if not all, the imported tobaccos are open to this objection. The purest varieties are produced here in New Zealand. Containing only a minimum percentage of nicotine these tobaccos may be freely indulged in with safety. Another point is that the leaf is toasted in the process of manufacture. This develops flavour and aroma in a very marked way. Even the doctors have nothing but praise for these tobaccos, which are manufactured in several strengths so as to suit all tastes. Ask any tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold” a mild aromatic; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), a delightful medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bulkhead), a fine full-flavoured sort.