THE NAVY'S TOBACCO.
Smokers who are interested in the philandering between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and My Lady Nicotine, says the London '* Chronicle," must eye with envy the comparative immunity of the men with the Fleet. Until this month ship's tobacco was sold at Is a pound I It has now suffered the common fate and gone up by Bd. Yet there is still nothing in the world like it for a penny farthing an ounce. The raw leaf is served out as it comes from Jamaica, and one of the side lines of the handy-man is to wet it and tie it up in sackcloth and spun yarn for 3d per pound. The wetting is carried out with water, not with run, as is commonly believed. " Nelson's blood "is too valuable, even for "ship's."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12061, 17 July 1917, Page 5
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136THE NAVY'S TOBACCO. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12061, 17 July 1917, Page 5
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