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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2338, 7 January 1926, Page 7

Sherlock Holmes,' the famous detective of Action, smoked strong black shag tobacco and derived inspiration from it when puzzling over some problem of more than ordinary complexity. Shag is too full Aavoured for many smokers. It contains a lot of Nicotine, and excess of nicotine is a bad thing. The habitual use of such tobacco is bound sooner or later to affect the consumer injuriously. Unfortunately practically all imported tobaccos are heavily charged with nicotine. And in that respect they differ essentially from our NeW Zealand grown tobaccos, the comparatively small amount of nicotine in which constitutes one of their chief recommendations. Also and this is important —they are all toasted, and toasting brings out the flavour of the leaf in a most remarkable way. There are several brands of this popular tobacco Riverhead Gold mild. Navy Cut (Bulldog label) medium and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head) full strength. Each of them has its merits. That seasoned smoker, Sherlock Holmes, would doubtlessly prefer the last named.