“Astonishing to say,” writes Captain Marvel, in a popular London weekly, “there are still folks who know so little about New Zealand that they suppose it is part of Australia, and Inhabited chiefly by cannibals. What will they say when I tell them that ‘Maoriland’ contains thriving and populous cities, with all the necessaries and most of the luxuries of civilisation including, by the way, some of the finest tobacco I have ever smoked. The culture of this tobacco, and its manufacture now constitute a flourishing New Zealand industry giving employment, directly and indirectly, to many hands. Some of the foreign tobaccos are not as free from nicotine as they should be, but little fault can be found with the New Zealand article in that respect because the special process to which it is subjected by the manufacturers rids it of excess of nicotine and renders it safe to smoke. Even connoisseurs commend it.” (Reference is made by this writer to the four toasted brands, (there are no others) Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish and Cut Plug No, 10.)
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXI, Issue 10920, 21 September 1932, Page 4
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181Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXI, Issue 10920, 21 September 1932, Page 4
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