Two old shellbacks, chancing to meet at a Christchurch Social gathering, were soon comparing notes. Said one; ‘I was once three days without food.” “That’s nothing,” said the other, "1 was once three months without tobacco.” Many a man reckons it a greater hardship to go short of baccy than to go short tucker, and lucky i2 the smoker who has never experienced tobacco-hunger—without being able to satisfy it. “The divinest herb under heaven,” as Kingsley called it, is a boom and a blessing to millions—but see that it’s the real Mackay ! Most imported brands are poisonous with Nicotine. And that's pretty bad for heart and nerves I The purest, most fragrant, and far and away the most wholesome are the toasted New Zealand tobaccos. Absolutely sate to smoke because there is hardly any nicotine in them. The toasting does it! Four brands only—Riverhead Gold, Cut Plug No io, Cavendish and Navy Cut No 3. No other toasted sorts are manufactured. Bear that in mind when you ask for themIf inspiration spurs your soul To reach, at last, ambition’s goal, Let this your guide and slogan be—- “ There Breathes No Greater Man Than Me 1” Let not pretensious of the rest Dishearten or restrain your zest; And when you cough or cold endure— Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,
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Northland Age, Volume II, Issue 36, 10 September 1930, Page 7
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218Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Northland Age, Volume II, Issue 36, 10 September 1930, Page 7
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