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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5225, 11 January 1928, Page 3

Such a rare coin in circulation is the sovereign that it is alleged a lady clerk at one of the ticket windows in the totalisafcor house at the; Strat- ■- ford races, on being tendered a golden p’ece in payment for a ticket immediately asked a totalisator manager if it should be a cespted (says an exchange). “Certainly,” was the reply, but the coin was,,soon reposing in the official’s pocket and a pound note was passed over in exchange. In spite of the many attempts by tjw_ struggling farmer, the gum lands North Auckland district have proved unsuitable for general agricultural purposes. Cropping is not assaying proposition in those parts. There is one exception, however. Tobacco thrives well in these latitudes; and splendid typos of leaf have been produced on soils that not long ago were covered with ti-tree and fern. A small portion of these waste lands if planted in tobacco would be sufficient to transform this poverty-stricken dis- , trict into regions of affluence and ■health ; £5O net is the average yield <pf a tobacco crop per acre, and often more. Few people realise the immense possibilities of the tobacco industry, but anyone wanting’ informaon the subject is referred to the >Kfcdy manufactured article, Riverthead Gold, mildest of all; Toasted -jjavy Cut (Bulldog), of medium "strength; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead), full strength. Do not forget •that all . three brandy are “toasted,” therefore, are more Wholesome the average class of goods from .Overseas, often so harmful on the '•score of excess nicotine.*