ISLAND RATS DISCOVERED

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 102, 27 October 1945, Page 11

ISLAND RATS DISCOVERED

When a consignment of coconuts was being opened up recently at Hastings a nest of 25 young island rats was found in one bag. The mother escaped and is still at large, but the young rats were promptly disposed of. They represented an unusual variety of rat, being longer in the body and different in colouring from the rat commonly known in New Zealand;

"0.X.," said the weed merchant; "There's lots of brands of tobacco, as you say, but in a manner- of speaking you can divide them broadly info two classes —the toasted and the untoasted. Yes, and I'll tell you something more —once you take to toasted —the real thing, mind—you won't care a row of pins about the untoasted, no matter what the brand is." The customer looked thoughtful. "Can toasting really make all that difference?" he ventured. "It can—and it does!" declared the tobacconist emphatically. "The toasting of tobacco is one of the most ingenious and efficient processes as yet invented. What does it do? Why, it cuts out the nicotine, and at the same time gives this tobacco that fine, pure, clean, sweet fragrance smokers love. You can smoke any amount of it with safety—and, my word, you. enjoy every whiff!" "I must certainly have a packet," laughed the customer, "a small one, just to try it out." "You'll want a big one next time," prephesied the tobacconist. "You wait and see." — Advt.