“Oh yes,” said the tobacconist to the interviewer, with a laugh, “smokers have their little peculiarities like other folks. Some of my * regulars' f’rinstance, ; always smoke the lightest grade briars and don't care what they pay for them, while others, just as well ia I guess, never give more than a shilling for a. pipe. It's just the same with tobacco. Some smokers must have what they reckon the best while others will smoke anything. But it’s not the highst priced tobaccos mind you, that are always the best. Take ‘toasted' f'rinstance. Although moderately priced there’s really nothing better on the ma.rket than Cut Plug No. IT) (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. For flavour and aroma they fairly take the biscuit, while their comparative harmlessness (due to the toasting of the leaf) protects even the heaviest smoker. But you’ve been smoking Cut Plug No. 10 for years yourself, so you ought to know I’m right when I say there’s nothing to beat these brands.” “Right you are!” said the pressman heartily, “jthere isn’t!.”-
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 43, 21 February 1938, Page 3
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