By jove! £1.200.000 worth of tobacco imjiorted into New Zealand annually! Fancy that!’ However, every year that passes from now on is bound to witness smaller and smaller importations of tobacco into this country !r°» l overseas, lor the simple reason that New Zealand is now producing such splendid tobacco of her own, that sbo must, ere very long become indcl>eiideiit altogether of outside sources of supply. It may bo added that, in the opinion of experts, our New Zealand tobacco is the purest in the world, because, unlike the foreign goods, it is practically free from nicotine, and mav be- indulged in to any extent with perfect safety. Its comparative innocuousness is partly due to tho soil 111 which the plant is grown, and partlv to vhe fact that the loaf is toasted in the process of manufacture There are r.‘7r! bra, n 1 *’ ran S“>g Rjverhead Gold (a inild aromatie) to Cut Plug No. 10, a rich, lull-bodied sort Iktwixr and between come Cavendish, a popular medium and Navy Cut No. 3, a blend of choice tobaccos, also or medium strongth. ...
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 17
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183Page 17 Advertisements Column 7 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 17
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