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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 36, 18 January 1946, Page 3

At Nelson the other clay a school teacher was taking a junior class in mental arithmetic. Addressing the top boy, he said: “Now supposing your lather had three plugs of tobacco and gave you one plug and seven-eighths of another plug—how much would he have left?” “Please sir,” replied the top boy “father doesn’t smoke.” The teacher roared with laughter. And

apropos of tobacco, what do you think of onr New Zealand toasted brands with their rare bouquet ancl fascinating flavour? Those are points, but the chief merit of this tobacco is that it is toasted, which process absorbs most of the nicotine in it, and renders it perfectly harmless. You cannot smoke more than a pipe or two (at a time) of the imported tobaccos with any comfort owing to the quantity of nicotine they contain. But you can smoke anj' amount of toasted New Zealand not only with keen enjo3 r ment but with absolute safety. Here are the brands manufactured: .Riverhead Gold, Des* ert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, Cut Plug No. 10 also toasted tailormades.