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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20673, 11 March 1937, Page 2

It seems odd to reflect to-day that only seventy years ago there were no cgiarettes—they hadn’t been Invented. When they made their first appearance in London they were regarded as just a passing fancy by pipe smokers; as for ladies they hadn’t learned to smoke them or for many a year after that. And now millions of smokers of both sexes delight in cigarettes, and what’s more, about 80 per cent of them roll their own. ‘ Here in N.Z. the two most favoured cigarette tobaccos are Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold, and you can roll ten beauties of either for 4d or less. Yes! they’re toasted — that’s why they’re so good! Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, and Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) are toasted, too. but they’re for the pipe, and for solid comfort and enjoyment there’s nothing to touch them. No harm in them either—they’re toasted! There was a time when smokers used to ask where they could buy these brands. They know better now—it’s at the nearest tobacconists