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Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3102, 25 June 1929, Page 4

A policeman who separated two men who were fighting on Lambton Quay, Wellington, the other Saturday night, asked what was the trouble? Said one of the combatants, pointing to the other, "I shouted a pie an' a cup cr corfee for 'im 'cause he said 'e was down an' out, an' the blighter goes to try an' pinch my 'bacca —slipped 'is 'and in me pocket/he did, and nearly got away with it. And mind yer, it's the goods! National Plug, toasted, the National Tobaccer Comp'ny's make. I'd only just bought it, and if this here bloke 'ad lifted it I'd a-been left all day Sumlay without a smoke.. So I give 'im what for." Combatant No. 2 had nothing to say. He was nursing a black eye. Robert smiled. "Go home, both of you," ' he Commanded, and the pair faded out. "A mean -trick," mused the cop as he resumed his beat, "but National Tobacco Company's stuff!—reckon the temptation was too strong." Other National Tobacco Company's brands (all toasted) are "Riverhead Gold," "Cavendish," and "Navy Cut No. 3."—4