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“Snuff?” said an Auckland tonacconist, in reply to a. question. “Oh yes,” we sell it—about three-quar-ters of a pound a year, I suppose. In nay ’prentice days, (my boss bad a big tobacco business in London), we used to sell it by the barrel. It’s good for the eye-sight, they say. Dirty habit, snuffing, though no worse than chewing. Chewing gone west, too, bar amongst sailors. Will smoking ever go out? Never in the creation of cats ! The consumption of tobacco increases by leaps and bounds every year! Why it costs millions of money to keep the world’s pipe alight ! What do I smoke myself? Why the New Zealand toasted. There’s no tobacco like it—take my tip! No nicotine in it to speak of. Trie toasting gets the poison out. How many brands are there? Why four—Riverhead Gold. Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, and CutPlug No. 10 (Bullshead;. Some folks tell you tobacco’s harmful. There’s no harm in New Zealand toasted. T ought to know, I’ve been smoking it for a dozen years and more V ‘

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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12429, 23 August 1933, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12429, 23 August 1933, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12429, 23 August 1933, Page 2