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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13341, 19 May 1941, Page 3

An ancient mariner seated on a i bench in the sun on Auckland water- j front, smoking his pipe, was yarn- | ing to his mates about some his sea- \ faring experiences. “Ah!” he said, j pressing down the tobacco with a ; horny forefinger, “it's me that ’as | ’ad some rough spins afloat, and no ( error! Why, once the old windjam- \ mer I was bosun of ran clean out of 1 ’bacca, and we only 4 0 days out from j Tilbury Docks to Noo Zealand! What 1 did we smoke? .Why, we smoked j dried tea-leaves. ’Twas that or no- ( thing. First shore leave we got we I bolted for the neauest general store | and bought some black plug —awful i stuff! You blokes are better off. | Prime ‘toasted’ to be ’ad at any ter- j bacconist’s. It’s the best I ever i smoked, bar none. T like Cut Plug 1 No. 10 (Bullshead). but there’s 1 milder toasted brands. I believe.” { There are. —fonr —Riverhead Gold, j Desert Gold, Cavendish, and Navy j Gut N<~>. 3 (Bulldog). They’re not! only “prime.” but being toasted, are • r>q fjc f-esh air. No nico- j tine to speak of in any of them. I