AMERICAN CIGARETTES
14,000,000 PURCHASED BY GOVERNMENT RELIEVING PRESENT SHORTAGE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, June 26. A large consignment of American cigarettes is to be released for sale to the public shortly, comprising surplus American stores in Auckland. About 14,000,000 cigarettes are stated to have been purchased by the Government to relieve the present shortage. They are being distributed to merchants in Auckland and other centres in New Zealand, and supplies are expected to be on sale next Monday. The cigarettes are stated to be in packets of fives, tens, and twenties.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25881, 27 June 1945, Page 4
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