PERSONAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32404, 8 March 1944, Page 7

PERSONAL

Mrs Lucas, of Coromandel, is attending the lodge centennial in Auckland. Mrs Anderson of Coromandel is attending the lodge centennial at Auckland. Miss J. Inglis, R.N.Z.A.F. is spending a few days’ leave with her people in Coromandel. Mr A. Strange is spending a short leave in Coromandel. Mrs Clarke and daughter are having a short holiday with Mrs Batson of Coromandel. Capt. and Mrs 'Gentil, of Auckland, are at present guests of Mr and Mrs Dale, of Whitianga. Mrs Bartlett, of Auckland, is staying at the Whitianga Hotel. Sgt. M. Brook, of Coromandel and Whitianga, has been promoted on the field, in Italy, to lieutenant. Friends will be pleased to hear Lieut. Brook has regained his commission. He was a popular officer in the district. Mr and Mrs L. N. Rose have their niece, Miss Norma Rose, staying with them for a fortnight at their Buffalo cottage, Whitianga. Miss Rose is at present a staff nurse at the new Green Lane hospital. She is awaiting a call to proceed overseas on duty at a military hospital. Mrs N. Wells Jnr., and son, of Whitianga, have left for a holiday in Auckland. Major Carter, U.S.M.C., has been staying at the Whitianga Hotel. Major Carter hails from New York and is now stationed at Auckland. Lieut, and Mrs Wallace and their daughter, are at present spending a holiday at Whitianga and staying at the hotel. Mrs Bouisson, of Auckland, is another guest at Whitianga Hotel. Mr and Mrs Arthur Simpson have had l a letter from their son John, R.N.Z.A.F, to say he had taken his solo flight successfully. L.A.C. John Simpson has so far done five hours’ solo flying. Mr and Mrs Delaney and baby Judith are spending a holiday at Mrs Delaney’s mother’s home at Whitianga. Mr and Mrs J. F. W. Dickson are guests at the Whitianga Hotel. Mr Dickson is a well-known solicitor of Auckland. Mrs Eric Prestage, of Dunsdale, Mercury Bay, has received word that her husband has been promoted to sergeant; Sgt. Eric Prestage has left Italy for a furlough at Maadi. From this camp he is to receive new instructions for further duties. Mr and Mrs Headley, of Auckland, are visiting friends at Whitianga and staying at the hotel. Sister Boyle, of Thames, was relieving at Mercury Bay Hospital while Matron MaGibbon was away on leave from duty. Miss .Strong has lately joined the staff at the Mercury Bay Hospital and she is l awaiting a further call to another hospital.

“Do you know New Zealand produces the most excellent tobacco?” writes “Lone Hand” in the “People’s Journal.” “It was the ship’s doctor on the run out who told me, but when he told me this tobacco was ‘toasted’ I reckoned he was pulling my leg. I soon found it was true, after I landed, though, toasted it is, and that’s one reason it’s so populai- in ‘the Britain of the South.’ ‘But why toast it?’ you may ask, ‘and what difference can that make?’ Toasting (a rather complex process) makes all the difference. It extracts the nicotine from he leaf and thus makes it pure and wholesome, besides helping to give it it’s beautiful flavour and very fine aroma. I liked this tobacco so much I got to prefer it to any other and so, I quickly discovered, do most New Zealanders. You may be interested to know there are six brands: Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Pocket Eidtion. The three latter, by the way, make splendid cigarettes.”