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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5242, 22 February 1928, Page 3

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 aaid 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 the latest countrleis 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 of 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 thipr health. Try Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bulls head), full.*

yor Salt. ICE Chest, nearly new ; cheap. —Apply Gazette Office, 812 ■ _ ' L —' Pears; Bod Chretien, dessert or bottling, now at their best. 8/6 521bs, two weeks only. Gravenstein apples, 7/6 bushel. Rail paid. —J. Waterhouse, Te Kauwhata. TTTINDMILLS (two). Cheap. VV Apply Gazette Office. 804 / Lost. Bicycle, b.s.a. (man’s), nearly new, lost in main street. Finder please advise this office, 818 Tenders. ELSTOW DRAINAGE BOARD. 1 .TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for the undermentioned drain cleaning works in the Awaiti area of the Board’s district:— Contract No. 357.— Cleaning about 220 chains of Coldicutt’s, Munro’s, Handley’s, Fisher’s and Sloane’s, Carter’s, Pukahu and Young’s outlets. Contract No. 358.—Cleaning about 2,00 chains of Williams’ and Arc’s and Young’s outlets. A copy of the specifications may be seen at the office of the Board, Te Aroha, and at the residence of Mr M. A. Carter, Netherton. Tenders, to be addressed to the clerk of the Board, Te Aroha, marked “ Tender,” will be received up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 28th inst. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. H. ROWBOTHAM, Clerk.

HAURAKI UNITED DRAINAGE BOARD. TENDERS are invited for cleaning the various drains in the above Board’s district, to close with the undersigned at. 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, the first day of March, 1928. Full particulars of the drains and the work to be done according to specification can be seen at the Board’s office, Turua, during office hours. Preference to main outlets. All tenders for each drain must be in writing. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. T. D. WALLACE, Clerk to the Board. Turua, Feb. 21, 1928.