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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2973, 16 January 1917, Page 7

. Can Isew Zealand dovelop the tobacco industry? Why .not? The climate of Hawkes Bay produces leaf which in many respects is superior to the imported article. But the matter is no longer a question of doubt-Gold Pouch Tobacco the' new brand in the big 2Joz. pouch' demonstrates finally that the local product can hold its oivn, and in inany ways is superior to any brand from overseas. . Mild, delightful in flavour, cool 6moking, and with far less Nicotine than the imported article, you can smoke Gold Pouch all day without burning- your . tongue or undermining the constitution More economical, too—2-Joz. as against Ifoz. in imported brands. Why mate our 'national burden heavier Tou do eo by buying American tobaccos. Try Gold Pouch once, and you'll admit that it is what you've long waited for.—Adrt. Salaries in Greece are all ridiculously • low as gauged by our own. The highest Judges do not get much moro than .620(1 a year, whilo many of their less malted brothers have to inako ends meet on about half that sum—with the prospect of a. full pension after 35 years' service. ■ .. Acts of Parliament are never signed by King George. When Parliament passes an Act, as, for example, the recent Military Servicc Act, which conscripted atl the single men, a copy on vellum is placed in safe custody in the Houso of Lords and endorsed by tlto Clerk of Parliament. _ The largest profit ever made on a small investment is credited to an American. • f A year ago ho bought .£3OO worth of i common stock in the General Motors Company of America, and recently sold - for .£20,000. Had he Waited ■ ■ n!Ln rrfi ay w'ld have made another •£IOSO. The company in question is making munitions for tho British Government.