MAORI TOBACCO.
A correspondent writes lo the Ilawera Star: Fifty or more years ago, when the price of tobacco was fairly reasonable in Xew Zealand, the Maoris in Taranaki and elsewhere in the Dominion cultivated the tobacco plant and manufactured their own supplies of the weed. “Kau-rau,” as it was called, varied in quality considerably—some of it bein'? excellent smokin'?, whilst other samples —well, the less said abmil it the better. However, the fact remains that, a palatable smoke could he. manufactured locally; and such being the ease, one wonders why the Maori lost sight oT this industry. Tobacco is now about double the pride it was at the linn* rau-rau was manufactured, and it seems that a splendid opportunity is afforded somebody (Maori or otherwise) of reaping good harvest —not at the expense of the smoker. It is up to the smoker to [ do something' to protect /himself.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2082, 27 January 1920, Page 4
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149MAORI TOBACCO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2082, 27 January 1920, Page 4
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