“He was Sfated on a bench beneath a shady tree, in the grounds, when I met him.” writes a visitor to one of Auckland’s homes for the homeless. “I’ve been an inmate of this place for jvcars.” ho told me. “and I often sit here thinking of old t’mes, and old mates dead and gone. Yes. I’m lonely, but’’ (brightening up) “I still have mv pipe!” Before we parted I gave him a tin of New Zealand tobacco I chanced to Ijavo with me. You should have seen his delight! “They serve out tobacco here once a week.” he said, “but it’s not Cut Plug No. 10; Thank you a thousand times, sir!” I left him quite happy—for the t;mebcing—but fear he has not too much happiness now, poor old chap.” Smokers don’t need to be reminded that Cut Plug No. 10 fßullshead) is one of the five famous toasted brands, the others being Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. They arc as delicious as they are harmless. Toasting frees them of their nicotine. 463.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 63, 19 March 1935, Page 8
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