OLD MEN’S HOME.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 December 1924, Page 5

OLD MEN’S HOME.

INMATES! ENTERTAINED.

Last evening N the . members of St. Vincent de Paul .Society visited the Old Men’s Honie and entertained the inmates, the following contributing items: Mrs Goodson, .Misses Maida Hooker, Carr, O’Brien, Goodson - and Mr V. Walsh.. The president, Mrs 0. Ferguson, gave a neat little speech and presented, each man with a- small gift and wished Christmas greetings on behalf of the society. Refreshments were then handed round, and a happy e,yehing terminated. ; . ' • ....

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detec- - tive of fiction, smoked strong black shag tobafeco and derived inspiration from it when puzzling ever some problem of more than ordinary complexity. Shag is too full-flavoured for /many smokers. It contains , a lot of nicotine, and excess of nicotine is a bad thing. The habitual use of such tobacco is bound sooner or later U, affect the consumer injuriously. Unfortunately practically all imported tobaccos are heavily charged with nicotine. And in that respect they differ essentially from our New Zealand growrn tobaccos, in the comparatively small amount of nicotine which constitutes one of their chief recommendations. Also—and this is important—they are all toasted, and toasting brings out the flavour of the leaf in a most remarkable way. There are several brands of this popular tobacco. Riv.erhead Gold mild, Navy Cut (Bulldog label) medium, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head) full strength. Each of them has its merits.' That seasoned smoker Sherlock Holmes' would doubtlessly prefer ;.the.. - last