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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3558, 3 May 1901, Page 2

At the AiiSitrktion Court ion Wednesday Mr 6. A. Coles, wh() is an Auckland boot-aaaasfacturer in a ■> off business, gave the Court some reasons why thera are so many inferior ■ workmen in the northerat city. .In the coursac-jof his remarks he- soi<± ithat racing and odgaretto smoking warerr-tiie greatest cursras. Heconsidered isliai. cigarette-sir* oking was' oneof the chief, causes why mai ly of die.-boys could not earn*' the minimt im;. wage? after they had finftlfed their apprenticeship;. Here ia a confession of in! feriorifiys'by.- am experienced and: responsible person^,speaking openly feefore the O ourt andi ; thee public. 'TOP'were not a 1 arare tlfitfc. the; direct effect»--o£ the evil h ad made? themselves so passably manifef 3t, befet as? thft statement wa«;very explicit and earner from, such a quaul&ir it obviousb r merits vseridua attention. Special note s ;houldi bej takea. of the chieSsause mentioni 3d .by Mi'Galea,, and it should be remem.l jered that- the: youthful, oftentimes very- youtHfuly cigarare to be not only in Auckland 1 but in all the csatress off population*!)! the colony- Mir-Goles said; that he liadl. had some sp lendidSbbya* wJim had takenj- to cigarette-f mokingj to.- suck an extent tihafc it had affected tHsir hearts-,, and the smokers had become - practicallyuseless, -and had been cf ompelfeS,! to?? leava their employment befora the expiration of their terms of apprent suggested; by another wosi present, that the same remark would apyjljr to all trades, and Mr CJoles replied—" £fes,. it He had farad,, he saidi; a great difference^.between. Hia boys-wh& smoked and) thosos^vito,-.did: noil. He Ts'ftS alluding to toys, njjfe-' to: jwiang men.;-. The boys, according taihifijy.gradirally after taking,* to<> cigjurett®smokitig until they were compelled; 10-.ilea.rai thej .trade altogether. li^was,. life ssii!, a stflt* of things whiclv.,would. 1 hiive: to be;_,-faced before very logger Mr- &. C. Brown, one of the thoroughly endorsed bs&n said EJV Mr Coles. The a£ this amongst boys, sqjoae.>of:t?iein> mere chHdren, must have , .. by ■imtny of our town tarried on amongst tha, gangs* off tjjajys who jare allowed to infests,* thß.- of th< jjborouifh at ®i<=hfc, though spin?&jr>cv v-l Us! bo soca pui&yg aWiy;, ift tine jtime. Moderate siggldUigr &}? adults of j! sound constitution injttsiians. The i experience of magr be said to ■ h.-r<- «**£> Mkv Wk&tfe. to the smoker, thgjßgh ifr & well Jtnown that- there are speeial objections ta cigar-ette-smoking. Wa. read! wily a day or two ago that tlie» ooiwfeamatioa ol the cigarette ia becoming- wwJ6-spread in thft; United tioa 19 su lapidly that thai particular form of smoking appears likcjty-, to become a. tiling of the past, though export of cigpp.fctes from the United ia increasing The change, hgj. been brought about; partly by the personal experience of- the and. partly in oosßecjaanca of the dicipajy o|/ the medicaj profession, the doctors, having a animosity to the cigarette whether smoked by old or young. __ Bui let us, get; back to the!. Zealand' boys, iq( the hope that something.jmay. 6ft done t®. sare them from Tto what aFft these young fellows ia n AudilJy4{J to tiu>a for a livelihood a£s=« r tliey,- llave had i» leave their trades itt, of sjjijtiered nerves, " tobac^^^> ; i^ea^ts^i, , '' and generally ruined constitutiiftai; Thft tfuesbecomes more feorne in mind, as we have already tilat the evil exists thjj&pghput IJW Zea- . land. If children j especially to indulge il> ; f it is as certain as -fight day that a proportion of the;®) will' bei tttterly ruined in their constitutions- befysei they arrive at man's estate, they- as far as that on life's a little but they also, if they have, taken to in their boyhood, will; certainly wcrsi wsa physically. YVTe believe in some of the States, unless are mistaken, the same be said of more thaa one of the courUrißSc of boys hctuw a certain agft nj-o forbidden by law to smoke and are if Uiey do so; and those who sspply them with tobacco are also liable penalties. We should like to see the question raised in Parliament with a vie\s> to prohibitory legis'atjon. If the cigaiVele-amoking boy could not be got rid of altogether he might at all events, become of far less frequent occurrence, and who will venture to say that the future manhood of the colony would not- benefit by the change? The Government, have frequently busied themselves with matters of far less im-. portanee during the last few years.