It’s coming

Stand by for a new promotional effort in the beauty field. The campaign, promised for the near future, will be for ... false moustaches. Yes, moustaches are going to be the in thing.

There will, I feel sure, be Mandarin moustaches to go with long fingernails, pastel moustaches to match your shirt, different sizes and shapes to suit any hour of the day. Best quality waxed moustaches for evening wear and nylon utility moustaches for the office.

Joking? My dear Sir – and my very dear Madam – nothing could be further from my mind. The campaign, to be launched by the Eye Lure company, will duplicate one it has already run in Sweden and which was a huge success. Moustaches, in other words, definitely mean money. And we all know there’s nothing funny about that.

— February 7, 1969 Last Sunday saw the successful conclusion of a water scheme to irrigate all the greens and most The Club moved from Kaitaia four years ago to a property covered in lupins and scrub just north of Ahipara township. Since then, with the help of much voluntary labour and the use of farmer members’ tractors and equipment, an 18-hole course has been hewn out of the sand dunes.

A clubhouse was built and is already proving to be too small for the rapidly increasing membership.

A permanent layout has now been designed with the help of Mr. “Goldie” Wardell, of Whangarei, to whom the club owes a lot for the time and work he has put into designing the course.

The next stage in its development is to put in permanent greens and sow them down with browntop and chewings fescue, which will be held through the summer with the advent of water.

Last October a special meeting of the club decided to raise money for the water scheme and further development by issuing interest-bearing debentures redeemable after t wo years by ballot. Response has been good, but more is still required if the further works are to bear fruit this season.

Water lying in some of the low areas during the winter caused some difficulty, but extensive filling of these areas has been done and should keep most of the fairways dry over the winter months.

Even with some surface water lying on the fairways last winter, the Kaitaia club was one of the few which didn’t have to The future of our course is guaranteed, but finance for capital development will probably be its biggest hurdle. It is hoped those members who have not invested in the debenture scheme will do so in the near future.

After consultations with a hormone advisory officer we have found a method whereby we can eradicate the kikuyu on the greens sites and start off with a completely weed-free area to construct the new greens.

— February 25, 1969