"Do you know New Zealand produces tho most excellent tobacco?" w rites "Lone Hand" in the " People 's Journal." "It was the ship '3 doctor on the run out, wh'o tpld me, but when he said this tobacco was 'toasted' I reckoned he was pulling my leg. I soon found it was true, after I landed though; toasted it is, and that's one renson why it's so popular in tho ' Britain of the South.' " "But why toast it?" you may ask, "and wkat difference can that make?" Toasting (a rather complex process), makes all the difference. It extracts the nicotine from the leaf and thus makes it pure and wholesome, besides helping to give it its beautiful flavour and very fiue aroma. I liked this tobacco so much I got to prefer it to any other, and so, I quicldy discovered, do most New Zealanders. You may be interested to know there are five brands: Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. The two latter, by the ymy) jaake splendid cigarettesj* 1
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 30, 29 October 1937, Page 6
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181Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 30, 29 October 1937, Page 6
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