An old salt was yarning to a group of interested listeners down on the waterfront at Auckland th e other afternoon about ‘lang syne.’ Said he as he filled hig pipe. “There wh s n ° smart terbacconists shops in them days in our ‘Queen City.’ If you wanted baccy you had to go to one of the general stores what sold everything/-from a-needle to an anchor. Plug it'avas. 'Black, powerful .strongj too'. Wo coves! ■ used to smoke it ’cause we couldn’t get nothing better. Nowadays you can buy prime icutyup’ any terbacconists.. My fancy is for New Zealand—Cut Ping No. 10. Full flavoured. I never sampled a terbacca fit to compar e with it. They toll me it’s toasted, and that’s what gets the nicotine out of it. It’s that pure you can smoke a bale of it and take no harm.” This ancient mariner’s fancy for Cut Plug No. 10 is shared by thousands of old smokers. But there are three ot, ’ er brands equally popular—Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, and Biverhead Gold, all. toasted.—Advt.
Hair grey at roots ? Eliminate streaky appearance by using Rachel Hair T° n i c . Not a dye. 3s 6d W. E. WiH'atns, chemist. —Advt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1933, Page 2
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