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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18012, 24 November 1926, Page 6

So very. seldom is anyone seen taking a pinch of snuff that it would almost seem that one of the most popular habits of the Georgian and eariv Victorian days is a thing of the past. It was therefore, a surprise to a Wellington reporter when he was shown by a city tobacconist a dainty little solid silver snuffbox. “ But do people take snuff nowadays? ” asked the reporter.

“ Yes. ” said the tobacconist. ” You'd be surprised. At present I am selling between six and seven pounds a month, not all to men either. A good number of ladies are among my customers. and don't they growl when I run out of stock. I tell you they don’t like to be without it. It’s curious how the habit of offering a pinch of snuff has died out. See this snuff horn. Less than a hundred years ago there was scarcely a gentleman in Europe who did not carry-one of these with a dainty jewelled box for state occasions and parties. Now you never see a pinch offered, though there are still plenty of snuff takers.” Mr G. IT. Bradford, manager of the Canterbury Co-op. Poultry Producers, Ltd., left yesterday for Dunedin on Poultry Association business. He will also attend the South Island Poultry Association annual meeting as delegate from the United Pigeon Fanciers’ Club. Christchurch.