A well-known Mnorilander just rej turned from a trip Home, visited Birmingham in the course of his travels and was shown at a wholesale ware house a lot of elaborately carved to bacco-pipes of allegedly Maori origin On enquiring the price he. was ashed whether he was “in, the trade, and unblushingly said ‘yes.” Of course he isn’t. He merely wanted., to get a little “inside information.” These oipes are made in Birmingham and get into the curio shops of London and elsewhere where they are sometimes sold at fancy prices to “collectors.” WKat a world! It isn’t quite so easy to fake New Zealand tobacco because of its comparative freedom from nico-tine-—the result of the special purify- I ing process it is put. through at the j factory, and which eliminates most of j its nicotine and makes it safe to smoke | to any extent.. There are only five! ] brands: Cavendish, Rivcrhead Gold, J Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3 arid,Cut ( Plug No. 10. They are famous, every j one of them, for their flavour and J I matchless fragrance. Of course they J are being imitated—every good thing | is. So mind what you buy ! —Advt. t
FMMEDTATE RELIEF FROM PILES —Why endure pain and discomfort when Zann Absorption remedy (rives immediate relief. Send ninepence in stamps for sample. Zann Pty., Ros j <152. J. K.. Wellington. I
SMART, DEPENDABLE Flexile Shoes pep men Fashioned by Master Craftsmen. *36 The above style is featured in:— Brown Glace, with square, toe 32/6 Black Glace 29/6 Black Glace with patent cap 30/ALSO SHOWING FLEXILE SHOES Black Glace Shoes with medium 28/6 toe • Black Glace Shoes with round 25/6 toe Tan Yearling Shoes with 28/6 medium toe OLIVERS Boot and Shoe Store. REPAIRS A SPECIALTY. REVEIL STREET, Phone 139 Si HOKITIKA,
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1939, Page 3
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