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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13668, 16 June 1942, Page 8

' I regret to say there seems to be a tendency on the part of some farmers to hoard milking machine rubberware. Let me say with emphasis that such action is inimical to the best interests of the country. It is retarding production, and so curtailing our ability to meet the needs of Great Britain. Any cases disclosed will be dealt with in terms of the Emergency Regulations Act. New Zealand will be able to carry on with reasonable efficiency if users of rubberware will be content to purchase only their immediate and essential requirements, and that applies to all sections of the community. Conservation to the utmost degree possible must be the basis on which rubber is used. Care of existing installations to ensure maximum wear is imperative."

They were yarning about tobacco in the smoke-room of an Auckland Club the other night. A well-known doctor startled everybody by declaring that some brands were about as dangerous as dynamite, and mentioned the case of a man who had consulted him some time before for bad throat .trouble. "I asked him," said the doctor, "what brand of tobacco he used. He told me, adding that he'd smoked it for months. "Knock it off," I warned him, "I know that brand." "What brand v\-ould you recommend, doctor?" he asked. "Why the genuine 'toasted," I said, "it's not only the finest tobacco I know of, but the purest "■ He's all right again now—and swears by 'toasted.' There's nothing like it. There isn't. But there are only five brands of the real thing remember—Pocket Edition Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cut Plug No 10 (Bullshead), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. The two last are the cigarette tobaccos so popular with the roll-your-own brigade. But don't get "stung" when you buy! Imitations are no good.