Page 6 Advertisements Column 4

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 6

Happily the people of New Zealand are at last beginning to recognise the value of our own manufactures and the wisdom of “encouraging local industry.” Retail traders from one end of the Dominion to the other report increasing sales of New Zealand make goods. These, of course, comprise a host of things formerly imported in huge quantities and include tobacco of such superlative quality that the most competent judges pronounce it “excellent.” Our rapidly expanding tobacco industry, it may be added, not only gives employment to many hands (and incidentally helps the man on the land to grow a profitable side-line). but benefits the consumer because, unlike some imported brands. it contains (thanks to being toasted) very little nicotine, and may be smoked for hours at a time without burning the tongue or harming the smoker in any way There is no finer or more fragrant tobacco than this. Five brands only: Navy Cut No. 3. Riverhead Gold. Desert Gold. Cut Plug No. 10. and Cavendish. But beware of imitations! There are several about.*