“BAXTER’S” AT OHAKUNE HUTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 726, 27 July 1929, Page 25

“BAXTER’S” AT OHAKUNE HUTS

WHAT A TRAMPER FOUND A few weeks ago a tramping party reached the Ohakune Huts, where they intended to spend the night, and set about getting a meal. Presently one of the ladies cried out, “Just look what I found in the corner here—an empty Baxter's Lung Preserver bottle. Some tramper evidently had a brainwave." “Yes,” remarked another, “jolly good idea to carry a bottle of that red stuff about with you—so useful if any of the party happen to take cold.” The tramping season is now in full swing, and the enthusiasts would be well advised to see that they carry a bottle of this splendid remedy for coughs, colds and kindred ailments in their kit. Baxter's Lung Preserver is a rich, red, warming, soothing compound that never fails to give relief. It also has excellent tonic properties, too. Obtainable at 2s 6d for a generoussized bottle at all chemists and store-, or. better still, get the larger and moi f ' economical size at 4s 6d, Bachelor's bottle Is 6d. . 6?

in France, so cakes or fruit take the place of our most familiar sweet. The cake is most often an eclair, or a meringue, or an “aba” soaked in brandy, as is the way with most French paltry. It is now the custom in France to break the long fast between dejeuner at 12 o’clock and dinner at 7 o’clock with afternoon tea. Tea is usually served alone, and the cakes are handed around afterward. Bread and butter is seldom in evidence, hut petit beurre biscuits, or the thin cracker biscuits made in Burgundy, are sometimes served. Dinner is more simple than the mid-day meal. Tomato or vermicelli soup is followed by a dish such as macaroni cooked with gruyere cheese, and a sw r eet course like “f&ntaisies” —little strips of friend pastry dusted over xvith sugar.