An English tourist while “doing” the Waikato recently was surprised and disgusted to notice so many Maori women enjoying thoir pipes. On his return to Auckland he mentioned the mutter to an old colonist, remarking that it was a sure sign of the degeneracy of tlio Maori race when their women smoked pipes. Said the New Zealander: “Well, 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 a hov.” Tlio tourist said no more. There is nothing wrong with pipe smoking for man or woman so long as the ""right tobacco is used. Chooso a brand as free from nicotine as you can. That's all. Our New Zealandgrown tobaccos contain only a trifling percentage of nicotine, and you can’t neat them for flavour and aroma. Yov ran smoke them for hours and the; won’t do you any harm. Ask fo; ••Tiivorhoad Gold,” mild; “Navy Cut’ ; TO” (Bullshead). full strength.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 June 1926, Page 9
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171Page 9 Advertisements Column 7 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 June 1926, Page 9
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