They were swapping “mean man” stories in a smoker of the WellingtonAuckland express. The man in the corner took the . bun. Said lie knew a chap who never bought tobacco if be could “borrow” it. This party carried two pipes. One held a thimble-full, the other about a quarter of an ounce. When he asked for a fill he showed you the little pipe. But directly he got hold of your pouch he pulled out the big pipe and crammed it with your "weed. ’ When fellows tumbled to him they cut. him. He's particularly partial, it appears, to New Zealand tobacco. It’s certainly good, with a fragrance and aroma of its own. Alost of the imported brands reek with hicotine. That’s why their constant use is had. The N.Z. ‘tobaccos are so pure and so comparatively free from nicotine that yon can puff them all day without fear of consequences. A’on can’t beat them for flavor. Try “Riverhead Gold” a tine aromatic, “Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) medium, or "Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.* , *
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16360, 7 June 1927, Page 5
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175Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16360, 7 June 1927, Page 5
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