HOSPITALITY OF SOUTH

Southland Times, Issue 24210, 21 August 1940, Page 7

HOSPITALITY OF SOUTH

MISS ISA LANGE’S RETURN ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCCESS IN SYDNEY Miss Isa Lange, probably the first Southlander to fly the Tasman, finds that the interest shown in her trip by her Invercargill friends, is equalled only by that displayed in Sydney before her departure. Of the trip itself, Miss Lange found the greatest thrill to be the knowledge that although Captain J. W. Burgess took the aeroplane into the air, the automatic pilot, known in the Awarua as “Georgie,” was responsible for taking the machine across the ocean. Miss Lange does much flying in Australia, and being a seasoned air traveller, was able to enjoy fully the perfectly-served meals on board. Miss Lange has already responded to the hospitality and welcome of the south, which she declares is unrivalled. Her outstanding reaction was intense pleasure at being once again in Invercargill.

Success has attended Miss Lange in all her ventures in Sydney, and this she attributes to luck and her good training received in Invercargill. But personality and business ability have gained for her the position of buyer to one of the three biggest firms in Sydney. She employs many New Zealand girls, she said in an interview with The Southland Times yesterday, and she finds them popular and hard, working.

FORECAST OF FASHIONS Of the fashions, Miss Lange said that Sydney was becoming more tailored. Navy and white were indicated as a fashionable colour combination for the coming season, the lighter “junior” ' navy being much in evidence. “Heaven- ’ ly pink” and “yacht blue” were among i the newest colours, while pastel felts would be much worn. All types of sailor hats, Breton or the newer Flem- ; ish, would be definitely correct. The leading hotels and big race meetings, ■ which Miss ’Lange attends, provide a favourable background for the display \ of fashions. While in Sydney, Miss Lange has her own flaf, and living, she says, was most expensive. At holiday time she has frequently 'visited the fashionable resort of Bowral where the soft air and the excellent golf course are among the attractions. Among her friends in Sydney Miss Lange numbers Mrs J. Prentice, a member of the well-known New Zealand musical Black family. Mrs Pren-

tice is still known as Nellie Black, and does much war work through musical channels. Australian women showed great enthusiasm for war work, and the women transport drivers received a special word of praise from Miss Lange. In the earlier stages of the war, feeling ran high in Australia because New Zealand airmen received much more publicity than Australians, Miss Lange said. It was proved that aviation had progressed further in this country than in the Commonwealth and statements to this effect were given through the Press to allay a certain prejudice that was developing.