After dinner they adjourned to the smoke-room, ■ where the host produced a decantor oi Scotch, a syphon, a silver box of cigarettes, mid a tin of tobacco. Idly picking up the. tin the guest read : “Toast'''.d N«vy Cot, Mo 3.’’ “W!i.V Toaislcd,” ho queried. ‘'lmproves the flavour, what?” “Av.” replied the. host, “and eliminates the nicotine, or most of it. Don’t know an'the r toh rco that’s so good—or so safe. Try it?’ '(’tie "nest lit on. and sinking back into the depths of hu luxurious chair lazi'V watched the smoke-rings. “By Jove 1 Ire said, at lnist, sitting up, “it is good!’’ American f” ‘‘Ksay to set* you're a new chum,” laughed the host, “no, m v hoy, not American : it’s grown and manufactn'icd i.n New Zealand, It hat d’ye think that? Brands? There are five: Cut Plug No. 10 (Tlullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Tti warhead tlold and Desert Cold.’ “T’d not the faintest idea Now Zealand, produced sucli tobacco,’’ declared the guest with enthusiasm. “We live and learn.” replied the ho s t as he passed the decanter. uklvt,
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1935, Page 7
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