Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective of fiction, smoked strong black shag tobacco and derived inspiration from it when puzzling over some problem of more than ordinary complexity. Shag is too full-flavoured for many smokens. It contains a lot of nicotine, and excess of nicotine is a bad thing. The habitual use of such tobacco is bound sooner or jater to affect the consumer injuriously. Unfortunately, practically all Imported tobaccos are heavily charged with nicotine. And in that respect they differ essentially from our New Zealand grown tobaccos, the comparatively small amount of nicotine which constitutes one of their chief recommendations. Also —and this ie important—they are all toasted, and toasting brings out the flavour of the leaf in a most remarkable way. There are several brands of this popular tobacco. Riverhead Gold, mild, Navy Cut (Bulldog label), medium ; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head), full strength. Each of them has its merits. That seasoned smoker, Sherlock Holmes, w’ould doubtlessly prefer the last-named.*
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5098, 9 March 1927, Page 1
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163Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5098, 9 March 1927, Page 1
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