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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5500, 13 November 1929, Page 2

If the average' man were cast away on a desert island and forced to lead a Robinson Crusoe existence his first thought (after hunting for food and water) would be “What about something to smoke ?” The craving for tobacco is universal, and to satisfy jit J hundreds of brands are on the market a They come from many lands, one of ’ the latest countries to produce them being New Zealand. That is in a perfected form. Strange to say, the barren gumlands of the North, which won’t grow ordinary crops, yield splendid tobacco, a matter of paramount importance to men' oft the land up there, because the average yield of leaf is worth £5O pei’ acre, and the industry promises to become a source of national wealth. Unlike the imported brands, the genuine New Zealand is toasted. Hence its freedom from the poisonous nicotine. It can be without any risk. Exclusively manu- 4 factured by the National Tobacco CorfLtd. (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco in-XJ dustry), there are several brands. Ask for “Riverhead Gold” (mild), “NavyMj Cut” or “Cavendish” (medium), or “Cut Plug No. 10” (full).*