“Are men of women' the best judges of tobacco?’’ queried the reporter. The tobacconist lit a cigarette. “Why, men, of course,” he said, “but some women know what’s what. When a man strikes a brand he likes its generally for keeps. Why one of my “regulars” has been smoking Cut Plug No. 10 for twenty years, and another has been puffing' Navy Cut No. 3 for nigh as long. Women aren’t like that as a rule. They’ll go for anything new, and a neat tin with a “pretty” pic: tore on the lid usually fetches them. “Those brands you’ve named are y “toasted” aren’t they?” “That’s right, and they’re about the pick of the basket if you ask me. They’re for the pipe, same a s Cavendish (another lino brand-. r I he other two toasted blonds, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold are cigarette tobaccos, very pooular with \ the roll-your-own brigade. We sell any quantity of all five brands. Hardly any nicotine in toasted, one reason why it’s so popular.” The scri' e “*""de a note of it” before he vanished. He’d got an “item.”—Advt.
T>ATTFN’S Golden Embrocation X (paste) is ideal for lumbago, rheumatism. chilblains. Easv and pleasant to use. TmmedVe rel : ef. Get a 2/- po*. + }-day. All chemists and stores.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1937, Page 2
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