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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1926, Page 4

Few people* iiro probably aware that tobacco was at one time extensively cultivated in Enpla ml. Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire. claims tbe honour of being the. first- place in the Old Country to grow the weed. The dried and cured leaf was comparatively expensive at first, but by the time of James 11. the '‘best Virginia” was sold at :2s per lb. and was in great demand. It would be interesting to compare, if that were possible, tbe tobacco of that clay with that of our own day. Modern methods of manufacture have of course worked wonders. Some of the purest tobaccos now cm the market are‘grown in New Zealand, and they owe their line flayour largely to the fact that they are all toasted—a new departure. Owing to their containing such a trifling amount cf nicotine these brands may be smoked all day without unpleasant or injurious consequences. “Riverbead Gold” is a fine aromatic tobacco “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog label) medium and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bull’s Head) full-flavoured. They are meeting with a big sale. I

First aid for coughs, colds .and influenza Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure— Adv\ “ Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts ” (Euskin), while “ No-Eub-bing Laundry Help” is doing the weekly washing.—Advt.