BIRTH OF BOY

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21242, 12 October 1940, Page 5

BIRTH OF BOY

MR CHURCHILL’S GRANDSON TO BE NAMED WINSTON (Official wireless) RUGBY, Oct. 10 Mrs Randolph Churchill, wife of the only son of the Prime Minister, gave birth to a son to-day. The boy, who is the Prime Minister’s third grandchild, is to be christened Winston. Interim Bank Dividend The National Bank of Australia has decided to pay on November 27 an interim dividend on both classes of shares at the rate of 6 per cent per annum for the half-year ended September 30.

“ Rum life a tobacconist’s,” confided a Wanganui whiff merchant to a reporter, “ got to please everybody and sometimes it’s a tough contract. Yesterday a chap bursts in with: “ Give us a pound of toasted Cavendish. Hurry up! Got a train to catch.” “ Well, d’ye see I’d had a run on toasted Cavendish, and hadn’t a shred left (expecting another consignment today). But I didn’t want to lose his custom so I says, “ Sorry, I’m clean out of toasted Cavendish, but I’ve something similar which perhaps you’d like better.” “ There’s nothing similar to toasted Cavendish and nothing I’d like better,” he snaps and bolts out. Whatcher think of that? ” “ Very annoying, of course,” replied the pressman, “ but I think the bloke was dead right. I smoke toasted Cavendish myself, and there is nothing like it. There are other toasted brands, aren’t there?” “Four,” replied the tobacconist, “ Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold—all practically free from nicotine (because they’re toasted, d'ye see), all perfectly harmless, and ah best sellers! ”