An old gait was yarning to a group of ' interested' .listeners down on the waterfront at Auckland th e other afteinoon about dang syne.’ Said he as he filled hi s pipe. “There was- no smart, terbacconists shops in them days in our ‘Queen City.’ If you wanted baccy you; had to go to one of the general stores what sold everything, from a needle, to an anchor. Plug it mas. Black, power* fni .strong, too. We coves used to smoke it ’cause \ve couldn’t get nothing better. Nowadays you can buy prime * c uUttp’ imy terbacconists. ' ,3ty: fancy is for New Zealand—Cut Blug No.’ 10. . Full flavoured. I never sampled a terbacca fit to_ compar e with it. They toll me- it’s toasted, and that’s what .gets the nicotineout of it. It’s that pure you can smoke a hale of it and take no harm.” This ancient mariner’s fancy for Cut Plug No. 10 is shared by. thousands, of old smokers. But there are ’three other brand,* equally ■ popular—Navy Cut No. 3, •and.-.iEiferhead Cold, all toa-ted.r^Adyt;... . . ..
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1933, Page 6
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177Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1933, Page 6
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