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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 79, 4 April 1938, Page 6

lt, l don’t know,” said the tobacconist to the scribe, ‘thao it’s as unlucky as they say for three smokers to light up from the same match but I do know its unlucky—deuced unlucky—to pass your pouch along to some absent-mind-ed beggar who forgets to return it. I lost a fine pouch tUat way once—but never again! What do I smoke myself? Why ‘toasted’! I’d smoke something better if I could get it. Give me a pipe of Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) —say after lunch—and I wouldn’t call the Queen my Aunt! Old smokers love it! Other genuine toasted blends? Yes—two others for the pipe, Cavendish, and Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). Then there’s Riverhead Gold and Dessert Gold, the two most fancied cigarette tobaccos. See the run on them! How do I account for the popularity of ‘toasted’? Well it’s partly due to the quality of the leaf and partly to the r anufacturers’ toasting process. There’s no ‘bite* in toasted!” The reporter took a note of it and lit hia