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Enthusiastie Johnsonians recently celebrated at Llchtield the two hundredth nnd twenty-third anniversary of the birth of . Dr. Johnson, a native of Lichfield. The supper (served by candlelight, as of old), comprised favorite dishes of the great lexicographer (including ‘roast pig with plum-sauce’;. After the board was cleared a huge bowl of punch made its appearance, and “churchwarden” pipes were distributed. What the tobacco favored by the doctor was Is not recorded. But Johnson loved his pipe. How he would have revelled in our New Zealand Toasted Tobacco!'— Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) for choice. One can Imagine him, as he puffbd away, remarking on the excellence of this incomparable tobacco, "rich and mellow," and, thanks to the toasting It gets when manufactured, all but free from poisonous nicotine. All four bran (Is: Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). are toasted (as no other tobaccos are), and appeal, irresistably to smokers. They are as Innocuous as they are delightful. ,Yep, .the good pld. doctor, would have appreciated "toasted,"*

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18163, 10 August 1933, Page 12

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Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18163, 10 August 1933, Page 12

Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18163, 10 August 1933, Page 12