THE BUTCHER

The tonic of the Macquarie elements brings a hasty and peremptory conviction to our souls that the time between meals is too long.

So our thoughts fondly turn to a truthful butcher. One whose tale of meat has to be taken with salt, in the cooking, not the telling. So we naturally find ourselves at ROSS AND TOLHURST'S.

The politeness and efficiency of these tradesmen, together with our treatment, induce us to call again during our visit. For well we know that nothing influences an opinion of a tourist resort so strongly as the methods of its business men.

We find here a firm, located handy to the camping reserve, the oldest established in the place, ever busy, coping with most of the campers and shipping, apart from the family trade, a consummation which can only come to the deserving; and at all times agreeable to deal with.

Their stock is wholly grown and prepared in the district, and a late achievement is the production of delicious smallgoods.

THE MILKMAN

BERT HYDE will call upon us each morning and attend to our dairy requirements.

His farm is located at Glen Ewin in the pick of the fertile settlements on the Lower Hastings.

An inspection of his premises and the hygienic conditions under which the herd is relieved of its rich storage, speedily dispels any apprehension concerning the purity of the liquid product.

Cream, of course, must be ordered ahead, so as to be delivered fresh.

We are assured that all visitors and others, will become, like ourselves, charmed with Hyde's milk service, its excellent quality and refreshingly low price

THE CHAUFFEUR

If your car is stolen or mislaid, Preston Cains will supply the deficiency.

In any case the distraction of the wheel prevents a thorough appreciation of scenery; and the abundant sights with which this locality is so varied and generous, would need something in the nature of a world tour, to view on foot.

A fast cosy Essex car with Mr. Cains as guide, will conduct us over an excellent road system to Nobby's Cave and Monument, Shelly Beach, the Lovers' Walk, Tacking Point Lighthouse, even to Cathie; and the many enchanted bush bowers hidden in unsuspected ruggedness, where native shrubs, ferns and wild flowers serve to illustrate Nature's poetic interludes:

or to Telegraph point by way of Hamilton, past the fine old mill and township, crossing the Hastings at Blackman's Point by means of one of the innumerable punts that abound on the Northern Rivers, and finally a day's run up to Wauchope and on to Comboyne among the waterfalls and hills, whose crests display a wide world in a gorgeous panoramic pageant.

Cains' Cars connect with Sydney trains at Wauchope twice daily. 'Phone36