“I began to smoke when I was 13,” said a-speaker at a Canterbury “send off” to a departing townsman, “and on,e day father caught me smoking a cigarette on the strict q.T.' in the fowlhouse. (Laughter). Did he storm? Not he! He knew a better way. He smilingly invited me to smoke a cigar with him after dinner. Picture my pride! (Laughter). The cigar was as black as a coal, and fearfully strong. I soon had enough. But I wouldn’t give in—till I had to Then I bolted, and was very unwell. (Laughter). I didn’t smoke again for years. Then I took to a pipe. No more .cigars! (Laughter). And now? —well, give me my pipe and a pouch of New Zealand Cavendish and I’m as happy as a King!,—-happier a lot than some Kings.” (Laughter and applause). The speaker alluded to one of the five popular New Zealand biands, the. \Others 1 being Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, and Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). They are toasted (no others are) and-therefore harmless. And talk about flavour and aroma!
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13137, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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