MAORI ALL BLACKS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3556, 30 October 1926, Page 1

MAORI ALL BLACKS.

FRANCO-BRITISH TOUR. November 18 —East Midlands. November 20 —London County. November 24 —Hampshire. December I—Lancashire.1 —Lancashire. December s—Bordeaux. December 9 —Limoges. December 12—Bayonne. December 16 —Pau. December 19 —Beziers. December 26 —Paris. The Hampshire match has not been finally settled.

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 smokers. It contains a lot of Nicotine, and excess of nicotine is a bad thing. The habitual use of such tobacco is bound, sooner or later, 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 is important—they are toasted, and toasting brings out the flavour of the leaf in a most remarkable way. There are several brands of this popular tobacco. Riverhcad 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, would doubtlessly prefer the last named. Caversham Mixture is the latest addition.