NEWS IN BRIEF

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7900, 10 September 1929, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF

To day is the 14th anniversary White Island disaster, 11 lives being lost In the effoi t to raise a pure yellow sweet pea, one has been produced of a deep ivory colour. J Wallflowers and delphiniums, two of the favourite flowers in old-fashion-ed gardens, do not thrive in America. One hundred and five pounds, in fines wai imposed in five minutes at Thames (Eng.) Police Court on seven ; street bookmakers, j Nearly 110,000 passengers—a re- '■ cord, were carried by the Southern ; Railway to Epsom races this year, j nearly 20,000 more than last year. Chalk from Beachy Head is one of the chief ingredients in a new powder used in dealing with internal ulcers at St.' Thomas’s Hospital, London; this ! one establishment uses two tons of ; the chalk every year. I A famous London (Harley Street) specialist’s tribute to the value of , tobacco: “The ground on which toi bacco holds so firm a footing is that' of nearly every luxury it is the least j injurious. It does infinitely less j harm than opium. It is in no sense j worse than tea. Also, a thorough. ’ smoker is never a glutton. It brings j quiet to the over-worn body and restless mind. The over-wrought man finds in it a quietus for his exj haustion.’’ But the doctor insists I that tobacco must be “pure.” Well, jif purity is to be the criterion, how many of the foreign tobaccos will fill the bill? Brands reeking with nicotine assuredly cannot be considered “pure”! If you want.a really, pure article, go for the tobaccos grown j and manufactured in New Zealand ;by the National Tobacco Company ! (pioneers of the New Zealand tobacjco industry). Hardly any nicotine lin them because they are toasted. I They are peculiarly soothing, cool, fragrant and delicious. Ask for Riverhead Gold (mild), Navy Cut or . Cavendish (medium), or Cut Plug 1 No. 10 (full strength). *