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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5121, 4 May 1927, Page 1

During the year ended March 31 last the local domain superintendent, Mr W. Hamilton, spent 564 hours working on the bowli.ng green, 212 hours on the croquet lawn, and 1344 hours on general work in the domain. “1 am very much impressed with the farmers of New Zealand —they can turn thej.r hand to anything,” said Mr R. R. Wood, of England. “At Home we have ploughmen, hedgers, and other classes of, farm workers. If you asked a hedger to take hold of a horse he would make no hand of it at all, and if you asked the. man who followed the team to milk a cow I think he would fall dead on the spot.” The taste for tobacco once acquired rarely dies. Once a smoker always a smoker. Many a lonely man’s best friend is his pipe, and it’s no less true that many a man would rather go short of “tucker" than short of’baccy. Let those who rave against smoking—generally because it makes them ill—go on raving. Those who know the pleasure the pipe gives, the comfort and consolation it brings, will never be convinced to the contrary. Why should they ? There’s no harm in tobacco so long as it’s pure and as free from nicotine as possible. The imported brands, to be sure, often contain a terrible lot of nicotine. That’s bad. But our New Zealand brands contain so little that they are comparatively innocuous and may be freely indulged in with the utmost impunity. Yes, and what’s more, they’ll soon spoil you for any other kind, they are so sweet and fragrant. They are in various strengths. Riverhead Gold is mild, Toasted Navj’ Cut (Bulldog) is medium, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bulkhead) is full flavoured*