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Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1931, Page 8

“How’s trade?” asked an AuckianUer of his tobacconist the other day when he popped in to replenish h.s pouch, “Not too bad,” replied the weed merchant, "some lines are quUt, but I reckon a we’re selling four v.m.s as much pipe tobacco as we did a year ago.” “Funny,” said the customer, “considering the" times.” “Not at all,” replied the tobacconist, ‘‘when times are bad there’s always a run on ppe tobacco.” “And what kind of pipe tobacco do you sell most of?” “Plug sells well, but the chief demand is for .New Zealand toasted.” Well, that is the experience of a great many tobacconists. When things are looking black there’s nothing like a pipe [—and ""New Zealand toasted fills the bill J The toasting kills the nicotine in the leaf and gives this tobacco dts rare bouquet and incomparable flavour. The imported leaf is all more or less rank with nicotine. The toasted New Zealand contains hardly any. But mark this!—there are onlyfour brands of toasted : Birerh“ad Gold. •Navy Out No. 3, Cavendish aud Cut Plug No. 10—Advt-.