They were swapping “mean man” stories aboard the Rotorua. . express the other day. Present 1 / the man in the corner said:-. “I was;travelling from Lyttelton to Wellington awhile ago. 'ln. the smoke-room jaftep dinner a well-dressed stranger asked .me for. a “fill.” I handed him my brand new pouch. Later, .feeling inclined for a wjiiff myself, I ventured to remind this. cfia,p that lie had not returned my pouch. He had the nerve to tell me he had given jt back ‘long ago,’ A barefaced lie, of course. But 1 couldn’t prove it. The pouch. was full of New Zealand toasted .tobacco. I smoke, nothing: else. . Th. re’s t no tobacco like Cut Plug No. 10. And as . I couldn’t, get any on the boat, I had perforce to wait foi .my next smoke till I got ashore. Doesn’t always pay to be too obliging, do ,i s it?” The tobacco mentioned by this passenger i s one of the four famou s toasted brands, the other tty’ee being Riverh«ad Gold, Cavendish, and Navy Cut No. 3.—Advt.
Your child’s ‘'teeth! Yoep them ‘white tvith .I-o-dpnt Tpflth, P/JSl#, epptainina iodine for gum«.,. Is 6d tube W. E. Williams, chemist. — A'lvfc, ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1932, Page 8
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199Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1932, Page 8
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