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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 12 September 1933, Page 5

Thev were yarning about “friendship” on an Auckland-North Shore ferry boat the other evening, and it was agxpC'cl tlifit the wl:Gul mate tv as one that would stick to you through thick and thin, right or wrong. “There’s not raanv mates like that,” remarked an old fellow thoughtfully, “but I’ve got one. We’ve been ijals for 40 years.” “Never quarrelled?” he was asked. “Never once,” he said. “Ha,s ho ever tried to borrow ofE you?” somebody asked, with a wink. “Never!” said* the ancient, “home he is, gentlemen!”—and he pulled out a<n old bnar pipe! “When I fill him up of a night, after tea. with my favourite brand, Out Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), and lay back in my old arm-chair I wouldn’t call the Queen ‘my Aunt!” Everybody laughed. “That’s New Zealand toasted, ' isn’t it?” asked someone. He nodded. “There’s other toasted brands,” lie said, “Riverhead Gold, Cavendish and Navy Cut No. .1 (Bulldog")—all prime, and all harmless. The toasting gets the nicotine out of them. Then the boat got in and the conclave broke up.—Advt.