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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5225, 11 January 1928, Page 4

A Bluff correspondent relates ( a good story regarding a “wild” pig hunt (says an exchange). Officers of shipping in port are always keeffi on getting as much shore leav», as possible, for the piirr-cse of seeing the country and also partaking of any form of sport that is available. The chief steward of one of the regular traders was keen on having a day’s wild pig shooting. ■ A friend of this officer, a farmer near Greenhills,-ac-cordingly arranged a wild pig hunt on his farm, the said farm having about 40 ; acres of bush in its native state. On the morning of the day chosen for the hunt the; farmer selected one of his tame porkers and placed it in a small clearing in the bush. Nimrod arrived with all manner of offensive and defensive weapons, and the hunt was on. Mile after mile by circuitous routes the; 40-acrc paddoclf was traversed, until, at last the clearing was reached and the “wild” pig at once* espied by the keen-eyed steward. Bang went his rifle: Dennis lifted his snout, grunted derisively, and calmly went on rooting. “Try again,” said, Mr Farmer, and it was not until five, cartridges had been expended that q, fatal hit was recorded. Next day “roast wild pork” figured on the menu of the ship.

“N.S.N.S.” What do those letters stand for? Why the “National Society of Non-Smokers.” London is the home of the new society ; the President of which has just been proudly telling the world: “We form twothirds of the entire population of London non-smokers ? Oh, tell us another, Mr President.! Why everybody smokes nowadays, bar a few unfortunate persons who don’t smoke because they can’t I Eminent physicians tell us that tobacco is not; injurious provided it is good and as free from nicotine as possible; also that it is often positively beneficial. It is of course unfortunately true that the imported tobaccos are as full of nicotine as they can be. That’s where they differ so essentially from our own New Zealand brands which contain so little nicotine that they may, be smokeid all day long with the utmost impunity. And owing to the toasting of the leaf (quite a novelty) they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. You can get them any strength. “ Riverhead Gold ”is mild, “ Navy Cut ” (Bulldog) is medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full*

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