An English tourist while “doing” the Waikato recently •_ was. surprised hnd disgusted to notice' so many Maori women * enjoying their pipes.; On his return'to Auckland he mentioned the matter to an old colonist, remarking that t'.'.it .was a sure sigh of the* degeneracy' of■ the,Maori race when their women . smoked ’ pipes, fhiid the. Now ZealanderWell, if that is so, the Irish women of the working class must have been degenerating for- a good while., because - I remember seeing them smoking' clays' in Dublin when.' I was ahoy.” The. .tourist said no more., There i's hv>‘ thing wrong, with pipe smoking for ; man or woman so long as the right tobacco is used.; Choose a brand as free from.nicotine as Vou cant: Tljat’s all. Our New- Zealand-groWn tobaccos contain only a trifling percentage of nicotine, and. you ..can’t beat them for flavor and aroma. You can smoko, (them for hours and '• they don’t ,4o vou any barm. Ask for. ‘.‘Biyofheod. 'Gold.” mild; “NVy <&t” OStaJldpeJ, mpdiuip ;.,o? “Out. Ply ,o?y*k f'tk ettenptfc-rAdvi. , ; ,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10730, 30 October 1928, Page 6
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