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Northern Advocate, 14 October 1918, Page 1

In the terrible economic struggle that is to come after the war we in New Zealand will have to rely upon our own resources. Now is the time to prepare ourselves. We must make ourselves far more independent of foreign imports and produce in our own country all that the soil is capable of producing. Why should we smoke foreign tobacco when we can grow a better leaf ourselves. Why not develop an industry that may give profitable employment to hundreds, nay thousands of our returned soldiers. Gold Pouch, the New Zealand grown tobacco, contains but lh per cent, of nicotine and this alone makes it superior to all foreign tobaccos with their 4 per cent, and 5 per cent, of nicotine, because nicotine is a poison affecting the heart and the nerves. Tobacco growing could be made a National Industry and Gold Pouch a National smoke, it is absolutely unequalled in mildness, flavour and combustibility. Cigarette smokers should try Three Diamonds, likewise N.Z. grown and a really first-class tobacco which has matured to a ripe-brown colour and is therefore free from bite and also far healthier than the yellow brands | from oversea.