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Taihape Daily Times, 7 October 1918, Page 6

WHAT FRITZ SMOKES. What the German soldier thinks of the Ersatz tobacco which the Government is now forced to supply to the troops is reflected in a letter published in a German paper. The correspondent writes:— “Reading in your paper so much in praise of Ersatz tobacco, ; I sent a small packet to a brother in the •finfd I have just received from him tte following letter: "One more request: For God’s sake don’t send any more Ersatz tobacco. All the fleas, flies, mice, and rats came out of their hiding places when I let a trial pipe r Most of them fell down dead. We have survived, but only because we clapped on our gas masks. If -c Government supply ar, 7 r o. - stuff to the troops they will person cue lot of us.”