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“I reckon,” said the reporter to the tobacconist, “that the .roll your - own game has played old gooseberry with' j the sales of packet cigarettes?” “No denying that;” .replied the whiff merchant, lighting his pipe, “but what we lose 011 the swings we make up on the roundabout, in other words while the demand for ready-mades is lading out the demand for cigarette tobaccos—more especially Riverliead Gold and Desert Gold, the two brands most wanted—has increased tremendously, and the quantity of these we sell is simply astonishing. They’re always fresh and moist, ‘d’you see, never stale and dry like the ready-mades often"are. You. can tell a cigarette made of either by its bouquet. Pure, too, like all the toasted > brands Toasting works the nicotine out of them. And you can roll ten full .sized smokes for less than 4d. There are also three genuine toasted blends, for.the pipe—Cut Plug Nov 10 (Rull’shead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), and Cavendish, and if there’s anything to beat them, T haven’t heard of it.”—Advt.. ■ • ! '

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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 6