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The late G. K. Chesterton, the wellknown journalist and author, may not have cared much for “cakes and ale.’’ he preferred tobacco and ale and was a keen judge of both. He loved a good cigar, but loved his merschaum no less. His favourite ’baccy i seems was a blend of his own, doubtless very “grateful and comforting” after a hard' day’s work. This same tobacco appears to have, resembled in some respects New Zealand’s famous Cut Plug No. 10, but differed from it, in one most important particular—it wasn’t “toasted.” As to that, the world’s only toasted tobaccos are those grown and manufactured within this Dominion —Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. Now yon can’t go on smoking the ordinary tobaccos for any length of time without getting a burned' tongue or other ills. But you can puff “toasted” as freely as you please; it won't burn your tongue, irritate your throat, affect heart or nerves. Where can you find its equal lor flavour, aroma, comfort and enjoyment?—Advt.

Jobson leaned over the garden fence and beckoned to his neighbour. “I say, od man,” he said, “I understand that you have Brown’s rake?” The neighbour nodded. “Good.” said Jobson. “If you’ll let mo borrow that occasionally I’ll let you use his garden roller whenever you want it.”

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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 January 1937, Page 11

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Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 Greymouth Evening Star, 6 January 1937, Page 11

Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 Greymouth Evening Star, 6 January 1937, Page 11