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Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 9

A woman went into a certain suburban store the other evening and asked if the proprietor sold . cigarettes (says the Christchurch Sun). What brand did she smoke? The -woman did not smoke herself, but did not know exactly wliat brand her. friends smoked. Could the storekeeper show some packets of 50 ? He could, and did. “ Excuse me a moment, will you? ” said the woman, making her choice. “I’ll go outside and see if this is the brand they want.” Tlie storekeeper was quite willing for her to do that, thinking that she was going outside to her friends in her motor car.. She disappeared into the night—and so did the cigarettes. There was no motor car. . A little farther down the road was another store. The same woman entered it and asked the storekeeper if he could, lend her a few matelrtjs.