"Cofiin nails," according to a London correspondent, was the eugaging name by which cigarettes were kuown when he was a boy. A lot of water has passed beneath the bridge sinco those days, and "coflin nails" must have been manufactured from very inferioi tobacco to have deserved their namO. But tbings have changed. Th6re 's as much difference 'twixt the old-timo cigarettes tbe correspondent writes of and those made of Riverhead Gold or DeSert Gold, as there is between an old-fashioned motor-ear and a modern Rolls-Royce. Only the choicest ieaf, grown in carefully selected loealities, goes to making tke two brands named. And its precisely the same with the three pipe brands, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), and Cavendish, the popular sporting mixture. Made and blended by experts in an up-to-date factory these tobaccos are toasted, which ingenious process not only enhanced flavour and aroma but frees them from excess of nicotine, thus safeguarding the smoker. No finer or purer tobaccos are produced. They challenge comparison with the world 'a bMt,*
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 5
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176Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 5
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