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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7904, 19 September 1929, Page 4

That if anything was to be done towards reducing the price of bread it would seem that an, important step was to endeavour to reduce the costs of production and distribution, was the opinion expressed by Mr W. H. Nicholls, public accountant, of Christchurch, when giving evidence before the Select Committee which is inoujiing into the question of the wheat duties. Mr Nicholls said the overhead charges and costs of distribution were the main cause of the high price of the loaf. In the statistical report in the Dominion’s trade and shipping, just issued by the Census and Statistical Office, a table is given relating to beer, spirits, and wine entered at the customs for home consumption, together with the amount on which excise duty was paid. There are no distilleries in New Zealand; hence all spirits are imported and, in the ordinary course, bonded. At this stage the goods arc treated as imports and are shown as such in the statistical tables. But goods imported in one year may not be entered for home consumption and cleared from bond until a succeeding year. The amount of spirits entered for home consumption in 1928 was 500,267 gallons, as compared with 752,472 gallons in 1927. During 1928 the consumption of alcoholic liquor her head of the population including Maoris) was as follows; Beer, 8.817 gallons; spirits, 0.344 gallons; wine, 0.132 gal.ons.

The birth rate steadily declines. There were 27,200 births for a population of 1,390,684 in 1925, and there were 11,811 deaths, the difference of natural increase being 15,389 persons, or 1.1 per cent, only of the total population. Back in 1870 the natural Increase was 3.1 per cent. A good word for the weed! A famous London medical specialist (according to a recent cable) has just declared that tobacco is “a very useful sedative. It rests the brain and prevents the human machine from overworking.” The same eminent authority approves of smoking for women. He says it is the best fashion introduced for them ‘ because it steadies the nerves.” Every smoker knows that. But much depends on the quality of the tobacco. Brands full of nicotine won’t “rest the nerves,” and may affect the heart. And unfortunately most of the imported tobaccos contain an excess of nicotine, in which respect they differ essentially from the brands produced by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd. (the pioneers of the tobacco industry in New Zealand) which, being comparatively free from nicotine, may be smoked all day long and no harm done. These tobaccos owe their delightful fragrance and delicious aroma largely to the fact that they are toasted. No other tobaccos are. Ask for Riverhead Gold (mild), Navy Cut or Cavendish (medium), or Cut Plug No. 10 (full strength). *

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