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There were swapping 'mean man' stories aboard the Rotorua express the other day. Presently the man in the corner said: "I was travelling from Lyttelton to Wellington awhile ago In the smoke room after dinner a well-dressed stranger asked me for a "fill." I handed him my brand new pouch. Later, feeling inclined for a whiff myself, I ventured to remind this chap that he had not returned my pouch. He had the nerve to tell me he had given it back 'long ago.' A barefaced lie, of course. But I couldn't prove it. The pouch was full of New Zealand toasted tobacco. I smoke nothing else. There's no tobacco like Cut Plug No. 10. And a s I couldn't get any on the boat I had perforce to wait for my next smoke till I got ashore. Doesn't always pay to< be to obliging, does it?" The tobacco mentioned by this passenger is one of the four famous toasted brands, the ether thrpe being Riverhead Gold, Cavendish, and Navy Cut No. 3. 'FLU NEWS FROM ENGLAND England b~~ '■'■'< ' "'" "-e ~rip 0 f r .'••• •'!:• iiitY; ti-u efcidcln'c. ;« ■• ■ •■< questioning vlia- ;:,:.• it will reach New Zealand. No need, however, to be afraid of 'flu if you keep Pulmonas handy. Suck Pulmonas pastilles and kill 'flu germs. A Pulmonas pastille every few hours is a sure preventative. 1/6 and 2/6 tins everywhere. —A.

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 221, 15 April 1933, Page 8

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