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"He was seated on a bench beneath a shady tree, in the grounds, when I met him,” writes a visitor to one ot Auckland’s homes for the homeless. “I’ve been an inmate of this place for years,” he told me, “and I often sit here thinking of old times, and old mates dead and gone. Yes, I’m lonely, but” (brightening up), “I still have my pipe!” Before we parted I gave him a tin of New Zealand tobacco I chanced to have with me. You should have seen his delight. “They serve out tobacco here once a week,” he said, “but it’s not Cut Plug No. 10! Thank you a thousand times, sir!” I left him quite nappy—for the time being—but fear he has not too much happiness now, poor old chap.” Smokers don’t need to be reminded that Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) is one of the five famous toasted brands, the others being Navy Cut. No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. They are as delicious as they are harmless. Toasting frees them of their nicotine

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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19959, 17 November 1934, Page 18

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Page 18 Advertisements Column 1 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19959, 17 November 1934, Page 18

Page 18 Advertisements Column 1 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19959, 17 November 1934, Page 18