British Commissioner in Africa

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 304, 26 December 1939, Page 4

British Commissioner in Africa

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Dec. 21. Sir Edward Harding, British High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa, left London to-day accompanied by Lady Harding to take up his appointment. He was farewelled by the Dominions Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden. “Some coves,” said the driver of the service car to a venerable passenger,” “learns ter smoke a pipe easy as kiss-me-’and. Take to it as nacheral as a young duck takes to water. 1 didn’t Not me! The pipe fair turned me up repeated! So 1 thought I’d try another bacca, and changed over to toasted Cavendish. And believe me or believe me not I never ’ad no more trouble wif me pipe. There aint ’ardly any nikoteen in ‘toasted,’ you kin smoke it tilL aU’s blue and it can’t ’urt yer. And talk abart a flavour —and oh, boy! don’t it smell good! Toasted Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), is another fine meejum blend! Toasted Cut Plug No. 10 (Bulls’head; is full strength. That’s another winner! Likewise if you roll your own there’s River’ead Gold and Desert Gold. Both make the finest cigarettes out! ’Ere! What cher larfin at? Wot’s the joke!” “I was laughing,” replied tho venerable passenger, 4 ‘because I was smoking ‘toasted’ before you were born.” Tho driver grunted and lit his pipe.