The King recently decorated a London G.P.O. detective who had been responsible for the spectacular round up of one of the cleverest gangs in the country. In 1931, nine years after the first telephone kiosks had been constructed for public use, the Post Office found that £4.000 had been stolen from 2,000 kiosks within 12 months. After many months’ patient work this detective arresed the master crook, with the result that thefts now amount to something like £’J per monh, compared with £7Oll per month in 1932. The G.1’.0. will doubtless rejoice in the amount saved just as the man who enjoys Blue Shield (Medium) or Red Shield (Dark) is pleased to feel that he is saving money and yet getting better results from his pine than ever before These delightful New Zealand Tobaccos are toasted to a turn —the process which develops their qualities and mal.es them so altogether wholesome and satisfying to smoke. Blue Shield ’ /Medium) and Red | Shield (Dark) are obtainable everywhere, 1/7 per Coz- tin—and id on--i pound caniafn?-*
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 64, 27 February 1935, Page 8
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173Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 64, 27 February 1935, Page 8
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