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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4676, 1 February 1945, Page 2

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POTATOES ARE NOT FATTENING (By the Department of Health) The old Irish. custom of handing a parting guest a hot bakod-in-the-jacket potato had a Jot of sense to it. Just Underneath the skin lie those important minerals and vitamins that make flic potato so valuable us food. That is why potatoes baked in their jackets today are better for you, and inmuch more tasty. Curious as it may seem, there are some folk who arc scared’ of the potato. They think it will do unkind things to their figures. Potatoes are not fattening, uud those who deprive themselves of them for that reason are Just wasting their time, and loicgoiug unnecessarily an important article of diet. British people, in spite of rationing, have enough food to maintain good health. For the shortage of many foods such as meat, butter and eggs they have compensated in some measure by eating more potatoes. Official propaganda urging the eating of more potatoes has been widespread. Lord Woolton, Aliuistor of Food, led the > campaign to oat more potatoes. He blamed the slimming craze of a few years ago for the drop-in the consumption of potatoes, because people thought they were fattening. This is "'hat he said: “Of course they were fattening, when you had as much butter, sugar and sweets as you wanted. Now I've helped you—l’ve come to tiie rescue of the feminine figure. You can’t get fat on your diet now. Don’t worry about getting fat, don’t worry about your figure. The Government is 100 Icing after that for you.” New Zealanders can well take a lesson-. from that. Wo should eat less meat, butter, sugar, calces and sweets — and cat more potatoes instead. Potatoes are nut fattening—they contain arniost no fat—and they are cheap to buy. An important development in the Aueidurul railway strike was announced lust Friday by Mr J. N. Shepherd, national vice-president of the R. 0.1., and Air T. If. Stephenson, general secretary of the E.F.0.A.. They staled that general meetings of the Auckland branches of the two organisations express the view that no good urposo could bo served in continuing the strike. Work whs re-commenced ut midnight on Friday. The Commissioner of Taxes draws tiie attention- of taxpayers to the nciiiiealiou appearing in to-day's issue that the duo date of payment of Ju eome-tax is on Wednesday, the * J4tT day of February, 8J45. Additional tax will accrue if the tax .s not paid on or before 7th March, 1U45. The demands will be posted from the olUcc of llie Commissioner of Taxes on or about 7th February, -FJ4S. Fernands must be presented with all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with. A large number of Sunday school children and adults availed themselves af the combined picnic to Creightonon Friday last. The weather was threatening in the morning and unfortunately steady rain set in in the afternoon and picnickers had to lake she her for the rest of the day. The sports programme had to be abandoned and the time was more or less spent jll the wooisheds or station house. Com muuity singing or Other amusements helped to while away the, time. The organisers are deeply indebted to Airs Keys and members of the family for providing shelter and many other facilities offered. V4—Der Fuehrer. This is the latest news to reach the i1.8.C. of Germany's wonder weapons. A Buesseldorf paper writes: “Wo have good reason to face the future with confidence. The strongest retribution in our hands, is not VI, \2, or Vo, but Adolf Hitler." Home of the latest Auckland truniGais. instead of being divided into smoking and non-smoking coiupiu'tuients, now consist of one long ear into which smokers and non-smokors crowd indiscriminately, and if the nonsmokers don't like it they can lump it. Good! Railways please copy. Separate compartments or carriages were provided on the trains and trams when a whiff of tobacco smoke made lady passengers ‘‘ill"—or so they said. But now they smoke anything themselves! Of course, if someone pull’s a foul old pipe charged with rank tobacco and sits alongside you, his proximity may be unpleasant. But most folks smoke i( toasted' ’ now and even non-smokers can hardly object, the bouquet is so delightful. There arc other points too, about toasted. The flavour is really extraordinarily good, and toasting absorbs the nicotine and makes ;,he only genuine toasted brands, Gut Thug No 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 0 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Kiverhead Gold, Desert Gold and Pocket Edition, safe Tor the smoker. But don’t got stung when you buy! The imitations are worthless!

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