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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20120, 14 December 1939, Page 9

ll is often complained Hull New Zca la ml-made goods are less popular with New .Zealanders Ilian the bnported, (hough they may he hotter <tmi 1 ity and cheaper, too, Perhaps this prejudice does exist to some e\tent. lr so, it certainly does not extend to toasted tohaeeos grown and inannl'aetiirod by tin' National T‘>haeeo Go., Ltd. (pioneers of the lohaeoo industry in N.Z.t, and as showing the wide-spread use of lids tobacco there is the experience of a I’tihlje Hospital patient at tlishorne. Not. until eonlineil to the surgical ward did ho realise the extent to which the use of the above Company's goods had grown. from 20 to .'til patients were in the ward at the time, and .most of them ladled their own cigarettes. Only two brands Were in evidence. Wiverhead fluid was one, and it was smoked by all with mm exception. When our Patient, was leaving lie noticed, that the one exception had a uewl.vpurchased tin of llivcrhead Gold by his bedside. Other popular brands are “Desert Gold,” "Cavendish" and •'Navy Gut" (medium) and “Cut Plug No - If" t fit 11 -strength). All are tea.ni it.*