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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1937, Page 4

■ At the Marsden Hall to-night ratei payers of Nelson city will meet to disi cuss the advisability of forming a rate- ■ payers’ association. It is hoped there l will be a large attendance. A full dis- • cussion will be permitted, and a short 1 address with blackboard will be given on the water question. The Majestic management advise that a special featurette will be screened on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in | conjunction with “Three Smart Girls” programme. This feature, entitled I “Where the Power God Dwells,” tells in a vivid manner the birth of' the great oil industry; the life and habits of the natives of Sumatra; the immense amount of physical, technical and scientific effort expended on the production of one of the world’s greatest modern necessities—Oil.* Mothers’ Day next Sunday.—A gift suggestion from McKay’s Showroom. All Wool Cardigans in new shades and styles, 15/11 to 35/-.* Dancers are reminded of the Rainbow Club’s dance to-morrow night. The committee is working hard to make its seventh. birthday celebration a record success. Mothers' Day! Now on display in McKay’s Showroom suitable gifts for Mothers’ Day.* A concert by the pupils of the Brooklyn school will be held in the Brooklyn Hall on Thursday, Bth May, when patrons are assured of an excellent evening’s entertainment. The concert will be followed by a dance. At McKay’s! Ladies new styles in Millinery just opened All shades and all head fittings, 9/11.* “The little courtesies of life formerly paid to my sex by the opposite one are mostly ignored to-day,” laments a lady in writing to a Sydney paper. “Look at our trains and trams. Men travelling by them will not hesitate to smoke in the presence, of ladies, although they know perfectly well that many of the latter, even now, find tobacco smoke offensive. I call it most selfish and illmannered.” This fair correspondent seems quite oblivious of the fact that special cars are reserved in Australia as in New Zealand for the use of nonsmokers. Yet ladies still persist in rushing the smoking compartments so that smokers are often crowded out. Happily so far as New Zealand is concerned complaints about tobacco smoke are far less common than formerly, because most New Zealanders now smoke "toasted.” and its pure, sweet fragrance disarms criticism. All five of the toasted blends. Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold, and Desert Gold are (being toasted) almost innocent of nicotine and consequently virtually harmless.*