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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12410, 21 March 1911, Page 3

No . c'-ut announcement of the Post-master-^v..iial, or of any -Minister, has aroused grt. ter interest than the statement made i.i bydney, aaya the Age, that penny postage will operate m Australia "within eight weeks' time," Inquiries made at the Department • recently show that the intention i» to include m the penny radius all the principal oversea dominions, such as Canado, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as Great Britain. India and Egypt will also come within the radios. A satirical writer m the X.Z. Times states : — Post offices differ ; you. will hare. noticed that. In Uunedin you get prompt attention, but the clerkfe are i*wt communicative ; m Uiristchurch the cJerJss look at yoa languidly with a. glazed eye, and are obviously too tired' to talk, AH Ohristchurch suffers from the sleeping sickness und the clerks at the poet office have it m an aggravated form. In Wellington, J imagine that the clerks are specially eeleoted for service m a city where things do still occasionally happen. They are courteous and »pry, full of information, Veady to communicate. But m Auckland- ! If you have ever had anything to do with the Auckland post office you. know what it is like. There jb another charming peculiarity of the remote northJob would- 'have torn his hair and lost hi* reputation if he had ever happened to be switched on to the Auckland Telephone Exchange. In Auckland, I rang up one man regularly every few minutes for a week without success; till finally 1 drove put to him m a cab. "By Jove, old chap," Jie said, "I'm glad to see you. (Sorry the wife's out. Why didn't you 'phone me?" I have long believed that the girl pn that switchboard was learning shorthand, mod loved to hear me talk. I must Iwure broadened her vocabulary m any case. . ' LUNCHEON OAKE, Half a pound of butter, one pound of flour, half an ounce of carroway seeds, a quarter of a pound of currants, six ounces of moist sugar, one ounce of candied peel, three eggs, half a pint of milk, one small teaspoonful of baking powder are the respective ingredients required. Rub the butter into the Hour until it is quite fine, add the currants, carraway seeds, sugar, and candied peel (cut up m thin slices), and ImkAng powder; mi* these well together, and moisten with the eggs well whisked m the milk ; butter a tin, put jin, the cake, and bake it m a moderate oven for about an bout. A fine luncheon tea is the "Dragon" Brand Tea at 2s 8d per Ib. It is f&rong and ■ stimulating, and gives one just that vigor needed to get through the afternoon's work or pleasure. "Dragon" Brand Tea is a scientific combination of the choicest hill-grown Ceylon and Indian Teas, and possesses a remarkably tine flavor, which never varies. '"Dragon" Brand 'Tea' is sold by moßf grocers m tbj« district,