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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4864, 12 August 1925, Page 1

A famous old London tavern is the Cheshire Cheese, situated in a little court off Fleet Street. This house was a favourite haunt of Dr. Johnson, and his chair in the comer of the coffee room is still in evidence. Upstairs another quaint old room is set apart for smokers. Down its centre runs -a. long, narrow table, on which are arranged at short intervals long “Churchwarden” clay pipes. Generations of smokers dead and gone have “blown a cloud” in that old room. Here’s to the weed! So long as the quality is good it never does anybody any harm. On the contrary, it may prove highly beneficial. Most doctors will admit that. But they will tell you also that brands strong in nicotine are best avoided. It’s excess of nicotine that does the mischief when mischief results. New Zealand tobaccos are the purest on the market. They are toasted, and in their refined state do not affect the heart or nerves. Try Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full strength.*