A prominent Australian businessman, largely interested in the tobacco trade and who has been holidaying in Maoriland, has been telling a daily paper on his return home some of his impressions. “One thing that struck me especially,” he said, “was that all the tobacconists were selling the New Zealand grown and manufactured tobacco which on sampling I found of most excellent quality and good in fact as any I have ever smoked. The manfacturers’ extensive works are at Port Ahuriri, Napier. Here they are producing five brands of tobacco that are in general request, viz. Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold being for cigarettes. A distinguishing feature of these blends is that they are toasted, which process eliminates the. nicotine in them and renders them virtually harmless. Over-indulgence in some brands may effect heart or nerves. With ‘toasted’ the smoker no such risk. I was told these tobaccos were being freely imitated. Shouldn’t wonder. Good things generally are.”
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North Canterbury Gazette, Volume 7, Issue 59, 26 November 1937, Page 6
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