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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4992, 25 June 1926, Page 1

The Turua and United Coai ; st school football teams played their competition match on Saturday last, though the Coast team only fielded twelve players. Turua won the match by 15 points to 12. On Saturday next Ngatea will play Turua at Turua, and Kerepeehi and United Coast will play at Kopua.rahi in this competition. Anti-tobaccoites are wont to say hard things about smoking, but Quite often they are untrue. Tobacco may have its faults, but its virtues should not be overlooked. Smoking assists digestion : it is also a great preservative of the teeth and a destroyer of the harmful germs which infect «11 people’s mouths, while its soothing and tianquilisipg effects in times of mental stress, worry, or exertions are well known to all smokers But ths quality should be good. Brands itili of nicotine, (like many of the imported varieties) are best avoided, our own New Zealand-grown tobaccos contain comparatively little nicotine, and may consequently be. smoked freelv without injurious results, wr-.ile owing to the leaf being toasted in the process of manufacture (quite a novel idea) they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. The popular brands are Riverhead Gold, aromatic , Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full strength. The demand for these goods is growing so rapidly that the New Zealand tobacco industry is assuredly destined to become of th* first importance.*