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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 31 January 1933, Page 5

Tobacconists were amongst the heaviest sufferers at the hands of the rabble during the Auckland riots in April. Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, to say nothing of pipes and sundries were removed by the sackful. The thieves certainly showed some discrimination in their choice of the weed. They went for the best, and many big tins of “Now Zealand toasted” were among the loot. Well it certainly says something for the popularity of this tobacco when even robbers exhibited a marked preference for it. Their partiality is shared by many thousands of law-abiding citizens in the various centres of population where the well known brands Biverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10 are in general request and are acknowledged to be not only delightful smoking but remarkably free from nicotine, that deadliest of poisons. This is entirely due to tho tobacco undergoing a special purifying process in the course of manufacture and which renders it harmless to the smoker. But buyers should be careful to see they get what they ask for. There are imitations!*