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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21323, 18 April 1939, Page 4

Shaking an admonitary finger at the smoker opposite (it was in a Wellington tram) the tobacco-hater leant forward to ask. “Are you not ashamed to set an evil example to others by’ smoking that vile pipe?” The man addressed laughed. “I don't insist on your smoking." he said, “Why should you insist on my not smoking ” “I have a duty to society to discharge,” was the lofty reply. “And you think that entitles you to take a gross liberty with a total stranger? Pure tobacco, my good sir, is doing a million times more good for humanity than you can hope to accomplish by abusing it. There’s no pure tobacco.” sneered the other. Producing a small tin the smoker said; “This is New Zealand tobacco, pure as fresh air, fragrant as roses, comforting, solacing, delicious Harmless, too. because it’s toasted. It you were a smoker you’d understand. As

a non-smoker your opinion doesn’t count.” That settled him. There are five brands of toasted tobacco; Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold. Navy Cut No 3, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10 They are unequalled