“No,” said the guest as they smoked their pipes together after lunch, “I don’t smoke in bed. Bad habit. Do you?” “Always keep pouch and pipe handy,” he replied. “Sometimes I wake in the night and often find a whiff will soothe me off to sleep again. Although close on eighty I still rise every morning at six, and first thing I do is to light up. Doctor shakes his head, but I don’t think it does me any harm though it might harm some, and I find it a great comfort. Of course I’m a bit faddy about my baccy. Must have the best.” “Well,” said his friend with a smile, “you always smoke Cut Plug No. 10, don’t you?—So you have the best, anyhow.” “Don’t know anything better,” he admitted. “Nor do I!” said his guest, “and if you ask me I don’t think there is anything better. But all five of the toasted blends, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold are in a class by themselves.” Carried unanimously! . . .
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21788, 18 October 1940, Page 5
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