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A conversation between an old Wellington identity and a young new chum on the Auckland-Whangarei train the other morning was listened ! with interest by sundry other passengers. The new chum said how surprised he had been to find so many things in every-day demand were being produced within the Dominion. “Yes”, said the older traveller, “and I can remember when almost everything had to be imported. Nowadays we manufacture not only ail the necessaries of life but some of its luxuries as well. Why the tobacco I'm now smoking is New Zealand grown and manufactured. It's toasted, and as good as any tobacco you can buy in London itself. Not only is the flavour , delicious and the bouquet exceptional, I but in toasting it the manufacturers ] have discovered how to rid it of its nicotine. That's why it’s safe for even , the heaviest smoker.” Reference was made to the four popular brands of New Zealand toasted tobacco, Navy Cut No. 3 ( Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullsheari>. These tobaccos are now in almost everybody's pipe...

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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19671, 13 December 1933, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19671, 13 December 1933, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19671, 13 December 1933, Page 7