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Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1932, Page 5

Charged at a Canterbury bush town ship wtih stealing a tin of tobacco, accused (a swagger) owned t up. Said lie : wentt to the store to buy a lc if with :the. last “thrip’ny’’ he had. No one was in, and when he saw. a lot of tin?) of tobacco lying about <l he fell \for one of ’biri, ’cause he hadn’t had a smoke for ! & ' week, and knew the brand.” It appeared that the theft was witnessed by a boy who told the police. The magistrate was lenient, and turning to the prosecutor he said: “You yourself are not blameless. You ■left your store unattended for 20 minutes with a number of tins of a popular ’ brand of.tobacco lying about, thus putting temptation into the way of any tramp that came along.” The "popular brand of tobacco” referred to his worship was the well-known Cut Plug No. 10—one of 'th e four brands of “toasted” so much fancied by smokers the others being Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish and Riverhead Gold. Next ,to mo nicotine iin thee tobaccos. I They’re toasted !—Advt.