“I reckon,” said the reporter to the tobacconist, “that the roll your own game has played old gooseberry with the sales of packet cigarettes?” “No denying that,” replied the whiff merchant, lighting his pipe, “but what we lose on the swings we make up on the roundabout, in other words while the demand for cigarette tobaccos—more especially Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold, the two brands most wanted—has increased tremendously, and the quantity of these we sell is simply astonishing. They’re always fresh and moist, ‘d’yu see, never stale and dry like the ready-mades -often are. You can tell a cigarette made of either by its bouquet. Pure, too, like all the toasted brands. Toasting works the nicotine out of them. And you can roll ten full sized smokes for less than 4d. There are also three genuine to.asted blends for the pipe—Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), and Cavendish, and if there’s anything to beat them, T haven’t heard of it.”
S.A. —The Popular Cycle. Just count them on the ”oad; they can’t all be wrong. LighJjand and Wann. Ltd. Meats will have a “more-ish” taste when a dash of “Beaver” Sauce is added. Two kinds—Tomato nd Worcester.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 462, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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202Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 462, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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