The veteran seated in the smokeroom of the Lyttelton-Welling ton "ferry" boat glanced with evident amusement at the youth smoking a huge briar. The lad was quick to observe this and to resent it. "No offence I hope?" queried the ancient "I way merely thinking of the changes I've seen in my time. My father wouldn't allow me to smoke until I was five-and-twenty; you, I presume are about eighteen, and responsible to nobody?" "We grow up faster than they did in your day ? sir." The old gentleman smiled again. "And Avhat tobacco do you if I may ask?" "Navy Cut No. one of the toasted brands. Finest tobaccos out, pure as they can be because toasting eliminates most of the nicotine. You ought to try toasted, sir. There are five Nayy Gilt No. (Bulldog), Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Riverhcad Gold and DeseTt Gold ; so you're sure of getting something to suit you." The veteran nodded. "It's never too late to learn " lie said. "Thank you."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 72, 15 May 1945, Page 3
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