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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6919, 25 July 1932, Page 6

Charged at a Canterbury bush township with stealing a tin of tobacco, accused (a swagger) owned up. Said ho went to the store to ouy a loaf with the last “thrip’ny” ho had. No one was in, and when he saw a lot ot tins of tobacco lying about “he foil for one of ’em, ’cause he hadn’t had a smoke for a week, and knew the brand.” It appeared that tho theft was witnessed by a boy wiio told tbo police. The magistrate was lenient, and turning to the prosecutor he said: “You yourself are not blameless. You left vour store unattended for 20 minutes with a number of tins of a popular brand of tobacco lying about, thus putting temptation into the way of any tramp that came along.” The “popular brand of tobacco” referred to by his worship was the well-known Cut Plug No. 10—one of the four brands of “toasted” so much fancied by smokers, the others being Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish and Riverhead Gold. Next to no nicotine in these tobaccos. They’re toasted ’