Told by his doctor that he must, for the present, limit himself to three pipes a day, a Timaru man invested in a liugo briar holding übout a quarter of an ounce. Later lie confessed to the trick lie had played remarking that his three big pipes a day had done him no harm because lie smoked New Zealand toasted tobacco. The doctor agreed. The explanation is that while the foreign tobaccos all contain an excess of nicotine, the New Zealand tobacco contains next to none, because it is toasted and the toasting eliminates the poison and makes the baccy safe to smoke to any extent. There are, by the way, only four brands of toasted manufactured: Rivcrhead Gold, Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3, and Cut Plug No. it). ’They vary in strength but arc all of them famous for their line llavour and unrivalled aroma. The success attained by these beautiful tobaccos has had the usual effect —Ihcy are being imitated —and smokers will do well lo be on their guard when buying, too When you are alone in the deser! you can't dig a hole for water by saving a cheque for a million pounds in the air. \ou've got to lake off >our iiov-'u ta yyopk.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18350, 9 June 1931, Page 10
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