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Franklin Times, Volume XIX, Issue 39, 5 April 1929, Page 5

A policeman who separated two men who were fighting on Lambton Quay. Wellington,.,late the other Saturday night, aske'd what the trouble was about. Said one of the combatants, pointing to the other, "I shouted a pie and a cup er oorfee for him, 'cause he said he was stoney and starving, and the blighter goes and tries to pinch my 'bacca—slipped his hand in me pocket, he did, and if I adn't watched out he'd have got away with it. And its the goods, mind you—National Plug —Noo Zealand—l'd only just bought it, and if this here bloke had lifted it, I'd a—been left all day Sunday without a smoke. So I give him what for." Combatant No. 2 had nothing to say. He was nursing a black eye. Robert smiled. "Go home, both of you," ho said, and the pair promptly faded out. "A mean trick," mused Robert. as he resumed his beat, "hut I suppose the temptation was too much for him." Other brands of the same manufacturers are "Riverhead Gold," "Cavendish," "Navy Cut No. 3." and "Cut, Plug No. 10."