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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9476, 13 December 1918, Page 6

The Komney'Marsh ram, with'''-.which Mr J. Egerton. Quested won the cham,pionship at the Ashfprd show and sale, in Kent, was sold for 1000 guineas- to Ko to the^rßentine. The average for 329 rams sold was £60 3s. lid, and 205 of them were taken for export. Smoker's heart is a distressing malady- caused chiefly through the effects of an alkaloid called nicotine, .which is extremely poisonous. Strong tobaccos with a high percentage 'of j nicotino should therefore be avoided. When selecting . a brand the smoker should not be guided by the appear- - a.nee alone, because even an apparently I mild cigarette tobacco of • a bright lemon colour may contain, and often does contain, an excess of nicotine; but more injurious, as a rule, are the dark juicy, grades meant for pipe smoking. 'This juice fouls the pipe, and is responsible for the soppiness and bite; it also impairs the combustibility. A freely-burning tobacco is never soppy. Take, for instance, our New Zealand<rrown Gold Pouch tobacco. There yon have tm' absolutely pure article, which can , bo smoked continuously without the slightest after-effects: it burns to the last shred, leaving' the mouth sweet and clean. So highly if New Zealand tobacco commented irnor by doctors and experts that it is merely n question of time when the -growing mid- manufacturing of New Zealand, leaf will become one of outmost important industries.