LAND ACQUIRED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 23, 13 November 1945, Page 3

LAND ACQUIRED

SEtRVICEMEN SETTLEMENT

Until the end of September 141,451 acres had been acquired under the provisions of the Small Farms Act (1932-33), i'or the. establishment of ex-servicemen on the land, states the monthly review of the Rehabilitation Board. Tliis showed an increase of 41542 acres on the previous month's total while a further 9 8382 acres have been compulsorily acquired under the Part II of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act. In addition under Section 51 of the same Act, 141 properties had been acquired, capable of subdivision into 201 single units. Of these, four single units were acquired during September. Properties purchased under the • Small Farms Act provisions during the same month comprised: 1738 at Pine Bu-sh Southland previously belonging to Mr William McLeen; .105 acres at Otane y Hawke's Bay previously belonging to Mr F. Menzies, acquired to allow suitable access lor one of the subdivisions of the Taheke Farm Setthis enabling nine sheep units to be provided; 28 acres in the Hawke's Bay Land District, belonging to F .Holden estate as an addition to the Totara Grove Farm Settlement;, and 192 acres at Pawa-' North Auckland, bought from Mr G. E. Dugmore. This last named property is for Maori Settlement. . For four dairy sections at Milson near Palmerston North, ballotted for during September there were no fewer than 7() ex-servicemen applicants. The sections were offered on a wages basis, with the promise of a title when necessary development work had been completed. There were four applicants for one section —offered under agreement for sales and purchase—in the Kaikainui Farm Settlement near Kaipoi in the Canterbury Land District. "Mid-Victorian doctors had a habit of condemning anything that made life tolerable/' wrote Dr. 'Frederick Graves in the London Daily Express adding: "The new school of medicine takes a different view, ft has come to recognise that tobacco for instance is a great solace in tames of worry, and for many a direct aid to mental effort and concentration." The doctor however, is keenly alive to the danger from excess of nicotine in tobacco. "Pure nicotine," lie states; "like strychnine and arsenic, is now known to be a deadly poison." It is. And what is more practically all the brands in everyday use contain more or less of this vile stuff. The most notable exception is found in the New Zealand tobacco which put through a costly purifying process in the course of manufacture (toasting), is rendered practically free from nicotine and is consequently harmless to the smoker. The process also gives this famous tobacco its world-renowned flavour and peerless bouquet. There are only six brands: Riverhead Gold Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3 Pocket Edition Cavendish and Cut. Plug No 10. All toasted.