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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5049, 8 November 1926, Page 1

If the average man were cast away on a desert island and compelled to lead a Robinson Crusoe existence, his first thought (after the food and water problem was solved) would be : "How can I get something to smoke?” The craving for tobacco is insistent in the 'case of 10 men out of every 12, and to satisfy the universal demand hundreds of brands of .the “weed” are on the market. They come from many lands, one of tne latest countries to produce them (in a perfected form) being New Zealand. Strange to say, the barren gum lands of the North, which won’t grow ordinary crops, grow splendid tobacco, a matter of the greatest importance to men on the land up there, because the average yield of leaf is worth £5O per acre, and the industry promises to become a source bf national wealth. The local article is much appreciated by those who had to give up smoking foreign tobaccos because of the excess of nicotine, which affected thier health. Try Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bulls head), full.*