At a Rotary luncheon in South Can- : i ter bury the other day the talk drifted ; round to smoking, and an ancient i ' mariner remarked: “I’d be lost without! mv pipe! When some months ago 1 1 consulted my doctor for throat trouble, ! , he hinted I might have to give up smok- : ing altogether. 1 was flabbergasted! | Seeing me upset he asked wliat brand of i tobacco I usually smoked ’Cut it out!’ , jhe roared when I told him. ‘Like so ! I many brands to-day, it’s foul with nice- j : tin!’ Then he calmed down. ‘You’ll i I have to go slow for a bit, he said, 'but 1 i rnokmg in moderation —till you’re better—won't hurt you. so long as it's toast ! , ed—the genuine toasted. 1 mean, mind.! I smoke it myself. There’s next to no ! nicotine in it.' Well, 1 did as 1 was told I ' and was soon O.K. again. But I still , stick to toasted. You can’t beat it!" j Smokers everywhere will sav ‘Hear! | 1 hear!” But. as the doctor said, it must : be genuine toasted —Cut Plug No 10 | (Bullshead), Cavendish. Navy Cut No. j I < Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert 1 1 j Gold.* ! i Alfred Gould advertises details of j ' an auction sale to be held at Belgrove ; ! ti -morrow at noon on account of Mr ! ] Crossan,* j
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 24 October 1941, Page 4
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