They were swapping "mean man" stories aboard the Rotorua express the other day. Presently the man in the corner said: "I was travelling from Lyttelton to Wellington awhile ago. In the smokeroom after dinner a well-dressed stranger asked me for a "fill." I handed him my brand new pouch. Later, feeling inclined for a whiff myself, I ventured to remind this chap that he had not returned my pouch. He had the nerve to tell me he had given it back 'long ago,' A barefaced lie, of course. But I couldn't prove it. The pouch was full of New Zealand toaste'd tobacco. I smoke nothing else. . There's no tobacco like Cut Plug No. 10. And as I couldn't get any on the boat, I had perforce to wait for my next smoke tili I got ashore. Doesn't always pay to' he too ohliging, does it?" The tobacco, mentioned by this passenger is one of the^four famous toasted brands* •
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 448, 4 February 1933, Page 6
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