"Parson?" said the tobacocnist to the inquisitivg pressman, "Yes, parsons are heavy smokers mostly and so'tne of them are amongst my best eustomers. No, tbey don't bother about cigarettes much, I think, generally prefer the pipe. Keen judges of tobacco, too. Why I started to stock the five toasted brands on the advice of a parson. A good tip, too. My first order was only a small one, but I'm selling more toasted now than anything c-lse. Is it as pure as it is cracked up to be? Rather. If there's any purer (or better) bacey than Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull's head), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bnlldog), .Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold, I'd lilce to ltnow. Why is it so pure? You want to know a lot, don't you? — because it's toasted. Tliat's wliy. How is tlie toasting done? Ask the manufacturers. It's their eecret. It gets the nicotino out of the lcaf and sanie tinle gives tliese blends their fine flavour and beautiful bouNo, there's no otlier toasted tobaccos manufactured. What — are you bff? Well, eo long. Be good."*
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 11, 6 October 1937, Page 12
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