Most telegrams sent through the British Post Office deal with business matters; less than two per cent, carry bad news, while four per cent, are bearers of good tidings. John Kutz, the late President Hindenburg's first batman, has received a letter of congratulation and an autographed photograph from Herr Hitler on the 90th birthday. "Tobacco has been one of the greatest blessings of my life," declared Geo. R. Sims, the well-known journalist and dramatist, on one occasion, and ho went on to say that, although cigarette and cigar had their attraction for him, he found that "after ali there's nothing like a briar." Judging- by the popularity of the. pipe countless smokers agree with him. Here in New Zealand, despite the rivalry of the cigarette, the pipe still holds its own. As for the weed, the demand for "toasted" points conclusively to the almost universal preference for these beautiful tobaccos, the most delicious, the most soothing, and the least harmful of any. Why "the least harmful?" Simply because they are practically free from nicotine, removed by toasting-. Thus their purity is assured. There are only five brands of the original "toasted." Three—Cavendish. Navy Cut No. 3 ( Bulldog) and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead)--are unequalled for the pipe, while the other two. Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold, make the choicest of all cigarettes, as these who roll their own long since discovered, *
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 22 October 1935, Page 5
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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 22 October 1935, Page 5
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