“ What a shocking waste of money!”’ Thus counsel (a notorius ftobaccohater) during the hearing of a case at Brisbane not long since, when he elicited from defendant that the latter consumed half a pound of tobacco every week. “That’s a '.matter of opinion,” sharply replied defendant. “I reckon I get better value for my money than if, for instance, I squandered it \ on horse-racing or cards.” Counsel (a notorious gambler) subsided. Perhaps he was Possibly he is like the man who “compounds for sins he' is inclined to by damning thos6 he has no mind to.” Money expended on good tobacco is never wasted. Especially is this the case in New Zealand, where our Dominion-grown and manufactured tobacco is in universal use. •Toasted, and consequently all but free from nicotine, it does not affect the throat, heart or nerves. All six brands, Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, Pocket Edition, Navy Cut. No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish and Cut Plug No. 1 IO (Bulls- r head), are as sweet, fragrant and delightful as they are soothing and comforting. They appeal irrisistibly to all smokers. v
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3288, 14 July 1943, Page 6
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