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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19945, 1 November 1934, Page 2

At Christies’ famous auction mart in London not long since was offered to the highest bidder an old English tobacco-box in solid silver, beautifully chased, and with an exquisitely painted female figure on the lid. A thing of beauty! Originally it may have cost five or six guineas. Under the hammer it realised £35. Years hence it may fetch double. Genuine antiques usually appreciate in value. Such tobacco boxes were quite common in the 18th century. Nowadays most men carry pouches, and are (rightly) more concerned about the quality of their tobacco than about its container. Brands innumerable there are, a prime favourite with 20th century smokers being “toasted New Zealand”—remarkable no less for its soothing and comforting properties than for its comparative freedom from the health-destroying nicotine—eliminated by toasting., The five brands of this beautiful tobacco— Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold—are in universal request. There’s no tobacco like “toasted.” But see you get the real thing. Avoid worthless imitations...