the inquisitive old gentleman watched ths man opposite'i'n the Onehunga •train Ail "his pipe and light up. “Would yo/think me inquisitive,’’ ventured the 6!d gentleman, “if I asked how many 'pipes of tobacco you smoke “Six or seven, perhaps,” ;.jhe;-Answered. “Say ten ounces a Week? was the next ply. ‘.‘Sif/’ 1 said ; thp oid gentleman, f ‘ypu riiay not kriiow it, but you are digging your grave with your pipe. You too much, and tobacco i 5 full ofypOiaon—nicotine.” “Not all brands of tobacco, surely !’’ was the laughing reply, “why I know at least fqU? brandy that contain hardly any niqpiine, and smoke one of them myself;” r The old gentleman (»ho said he? was' a moderate smoker), begged, to !be- tq|d vtbe names of th e four brands, atij. •^areftt’iy; jotted • them: down in his tjibierbdok • Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut 3, Cavendish arid Cut Plug No. 10. “There’s next to no nicotine in those,” hPlwas told, “because they are toasted,' and the toasting eliminates the poiswi-.”—4dvt. .
MARKET GARDENS LTD. P O. BOX 595, CHRISTCHURCH. will put on ‘express trains the Mine, day ae order received Fresh Fruit, Veget«ibJe|t Send Produce and .will pay railage on Fruit and Vegetable orders to the yalj% of 7/8. \ • i: .‘We stipulatewith order as our are very low. . VEGETABLES. ••Table; in. 56Jb bags 4/-; liable parrots 2/6; Parsnips 3/-; ijU'-Vper sugar bag ; Table Onions 3d per" lb;. Best Cabbages 6/- per dozen. v Good.quality 4/- per dozen; Best Cauliflowers 6/* per dozen; Good quality 4/- per dozen. Pumpkins, North Island Irbn : Bark 2jd per lb. Melons 2d per lb.‘ Celery 4/- dozen bunches ; Leeks 3/- , per dozen bunohes; Rhubarb 9/- per dozen buridhps; Walnuts, new season’s 7d per’lb. We will, pack assorted cases to suit also - small onions in 501 b bags 6/-, freight paid. FRUIT. .. rr . v .’/6/per case; Cooking Apples 6/- ,per case. Pears 4/- per half caw.;- Lemons 1/6 per dozen. Sweet Oranges 1/6 per dozen. Poorman Oranges - per dozen. . on Vegetable and Fruit order*, f<sfe:7/6, or more, * - per sack; 9j&} Sjtraw Chaff 2/6 per sack, 10 sack .lots s}3 per sack.; Hay 3/3 per bifjiliij iO bale lots '3/- per bale; Lucerne Hay 6/-.per Jp bale lote 4/6 per bale; Oatsheaf Chaff 5/- per bag, 10 bag lots"4/6 per bag;.Carrots 4/6 per lafge sack; Table Potatoes 2001 b bags ia/8 ; Small-Sound Potatoes large sacks 4/6; Bacon Polls lOid per lb. Bacor aides pid per lb. Hams lid per lb. Rolled, Htims 11- per lb. Lard 6d per lb. 4:11 above quotations for produce on trucks, Christchurch, sacks included. Cauliflower and Lettuce .Ut3 ; 2/- per 100 freight paid to agitation. MARKET GAPDcNI LTO„ PjO BOX, 8* ,CHJIIBTCHU*CH
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1932, Page 3
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