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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18762, 29 December 1930, Page 9

, “Gimme me a pipe, and I’m as a PPy fts Larry.” Thus an elderly witness in a court case the other day. ‘‘Your pipe and your glass, eh?” jocularly suggested Counsel. ‘‘Not me!” replied witness. “I’m a T.T. I am.” “Smoking is a pernicious habit,” remarked the Bench. “Shortens life.” How old are you?” “Seventy-two,” said witness, “and been a smoker for fifty years.” (Loud laughter.) His Worship was silent. Pact is antitobaccoites talk a lot of nonsense about the perniciousness of smoking. Smoking is not pernicious—if you smoke the right tobacco. The foreign brands may be pernicious, because they so often contain an excess of nicotine—a virulent poison, absorbed into the system every time a pipe of the affected tobacco is smoked. But the New Zealand toasted brands, are perfectly harmless. Thanks to the toasting! The process also gives them their unique flavour and fragrance, are only four toasted brands — Riverhead Gold, Cavendish, Navy Cut ' and Cut Plug No. 10. They are of different strengths but all remarkable for their beautiful quality and exquisite purity. BRIDE OR BRIDESMAID. Bride or bridesmaid will be thrilled with a Rolex wristlet watch as a wedding gift. By their exquisite and quite exclusive designs, by their perfectly proportioned lines and with their inlaid mother-of-pearl dials, Rolex wristlet watches reflect the best expressions of good taste. All good jewellers sell Rolex watches