A recent Waihi visitor to To Puke, who was a guest ot' Afr. T. E. Palmer, an crstwlrle resident of Waihi, had the pleasure of seeing what is understood to he one of the finest samples in New Zealand, of the beautiful Wistaria. The sLdni of the creeper is as thick as a man’s thigh and it covers about 2070 square feet approximately a chain in length and 40 feet wide. It covers a trellis structure 10 feet in height and to cope with nc»v growth another 100 square feet is being added to the trellis.
Smokers dio young! So the aiititobacs aro never tired of", tolling us. Yet the newspapers are constantly giving tlie lie to this assertion, and an ounce o!' fact is worth a pound ot say-so. The deaths of smokers of adVam'ed age, as you must have noticed, are frequently chronicled in the World Press. Apropos of this the demise of Timothy Humphries of Mclbourne, has just been recorded. Tim was a. “character.” He had no use for cigarettes or cigars, but loved his nipe. Ho started to smoke at 17 and lived to ho 87. Seventy years of smoking! He was particular in his choice of tobacco though—so ought you to be if you value your health. Tho safest of all tobaccos is “toasted.” why? Simnlv because it is toasted! Toasting rids it of its - nicotine. That’s why it’s so safe. While for flavour and aroma its eoual cannot be found. Tliero are onlv five brands of real toasted : Cut Plug No. 10 CBullshcad'). Cavendish. Nnvv Cut No. .‘5 (Bulldog!, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. Make a note of that! Pv snoci.nl arifi ngemenr World Service, in addition to other special source', of information is nsed in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in this issue, and all rights therein in Australir and Now sraala.nd ore r*.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13093, 15 February 1937, Page 3
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