SOCIAL & PERSONAL

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 20, 28 May 1952, Page 5

SOCIAL & PERSONAL

Mr C. F. Sherley announces that he will establish himself in permanent dental practice at his surgery, Lake Terrace Road, as from Tuesday, June 3. His professional services will be available during the first fortnight of each month until such time as he has cleared up bis affairs in Auckland, * * n * " HAGG1S " One of .Taupo 's newe&t recruits to the citizenry reported in the other day en route to Wellington. He 1s Brigadier G. H. Clifton, who returned to N.Z. in the Dominion Monarch from a 2§ years' tour of duty as Senior Liaison Officer in London. His chief of staff officer is "Haggis" a S'cotch tei'rier, who can claim to be a much-travelled associate. Bred in Melbcurne, "Haggis" accompanied the Brigadier and Mrs Clifton to Trentham in January, 1947 and having almost owned the camp for 21 years, moved on to England, where he had to do the usual six months in quarantine. His figure has not suffered from British dog rationing. "Haggis" was no trouble on the retum journey. The big problem was preventing the sailors from feeding him with every available scrap of food. "Jack," the ship's cook produced a morning bacon ration on demand at the galley door, the first call made by "Haggis' in the routine of the day. Brigadier Clifton will be familiar to readers of Brigadier Young's biography of Rommel. This celebrated German leader of the Africa Corps in the Desert Campaign of the Second World War, wrote an interesting letter %Q his wif? in wh|ch he described two meetings with Brigadier Clifton.N A German officer who photographed % gronp on the last occasion was shot at E1 Alamein, and the Kiwis found the negative still in his cameia. It was developed and forms one of the illustrations in Brigadier's hook of war memoirs entrfcled "The Happy Hunted," to be published by Cassells, London, this month. * * * * \ \ pBASK ETBALL DAN CE AT TIHOI As the result of a very successful evening's entertainment conducted by the Basketball team at the Tihoi Social Hall, the Social and Sports Club should benefit quite considerably. After expenses were paid the evening shoWed a profit of some twenty pounds odd. . The dancing was interspersed with harmony singing by the local State Hydro employees, and individual songs by Tihoi's Ruby Ritchie and Jackie Kavrau. For the second time in recent weeks Ruby Ritchie and Chris Buxgess gave the locais an exhibition of Xsland Dancing in full regalia. Ruby Ritchie, by the way, was born in Samoa while Chris Burgess spent most of the war years in the Islands. Music was capably supplied by a volunteer string band consisting of Electric, Spanish, and Steel guitars. Those that sat in from time to time and gave of their best were J. Rameku, R. Rameku, R. Panapa and N. Wano. Novelty Dance oompetitions were won by Mrs Bridge and Mr Tom Barfeer, Mr Reg Whare and Mrs Webster. * * * 'Mr and Mrs R. H. Le Pine, arrived in Taupo last week-end for a fortnight's stay at their holiday retreat in Hinekura Avenue. # * * Mr and Mrs lan Nairn, of Pourere, H.B., have been staying at the Spa Hotel in Taupo. *