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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1933, Page 2

“When the captai.ii of the boat I made the trip to New Zealand in last year told mo-' the New Zealand tobacco was toasted,” writes “Lonehand” in “Everybody's Weekly’’ “I thought he was pulling my leg. “In the name oi dill that’s wonderful,” I ashed. ‘Why toasted’ ? ‘Wait till yon sample it’ implied ‘the old mall’ “then you’ll understand what toasting tobacco does.’ And so I did. I found about nine men out of every dozen were smoking this toasted tobacco, ami throughout my sojomin in that delightful country I smoked nothing else myself. It is the toasting of the leaf that imparts to this tobacco itg beautiful flavour and unrivalled bouquet. There are only four brands, but four’s plenty because ■they comprise a very mMd aromatic (Riverhead Gold) two choice blencts u* medium strength (Cavendish ntnd Navy Cut -No. 3 (Bulldog) and Cut Plug N< J ., 10 (Bullshead) (a rich, mellow full-] flavoured sort). The latter was my j favourite, but all four ar e top-hole, I ajnd .safe, (because they are toasted which ingenious process (I saw it in operation) successfully eliminates the nicotine.—Advt,