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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 10

“When we got to Hamilton,” writes ■‘New Chum’’ in a Manchester Weekly, describing a motor trip from Aucklano to Rotorua, “I asked my host to stop at a tobacconist’s, so that I could replenish my pouch. The tobacconist recommended the New Zealand tobaccc so highly that (somewhat doubtfully I confess) I invested in a small tin ol Cut Plug No. 10—and found it so good that I told my friend I was sorry 1 hadn't got more of it while I was about it. He laughed. “Oh, thatls- alright, he said, “you can buy New Zealano tobacco anywhere and everywhere. Il has a Dominion-wide sale.” And so 1 discovered. Every New Zealandei seems to know “toasted” and most ol them smoke it. There are only fivi blends of these popular tobaccos— Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) Navy Cui No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Rlverheac Gold and Desert Gold. Not only are they renowned for their fascinating bouquet and beautiful flavour bu toasting (by the manufacturers’ owi process) largely frees them from nico tine. That’s why they’re so compara tively harmless