In the "Levin Daily Chronicle" of the 11th of October, 1938 the 'Royal Home Cookery" advertised their cold luncheons in a new refrigerator, as well as home made cakes and pastry in their tea rooms. They were still in the phone book in 1945- quite an achievement for a 'luxury' business to survive the war.

Proprietors Mr and Mrs Willis were advertising 'High Class Cakes' in a 1956 advertisement for 'The Chronicle's' 50th Jubilee publication and, judging by the fashions on display (and the pre-1980s three digit phone number), this slide dates to around that time. MAVtech has an extensive collection of slides but this one still manages to be eye-catching with it's fine use of colour and an interesting picture which draws the eye. 

Unlike most of MAVtech's cinema advertising slides this one kindly has a date on it! It was issued or screened on the 1st of December 1968. This striking looking slide would have looked fantastic on the big screen where it would have been shown for a few seconds during the end of intermission. 

The 'Te Kowhai Reception Lounge' is no longer with us- a Kete post from 2011 shows bare land where the building used to be. As of March 2023 some third party business directories still show it with one mentioning it was 'set in spacious grounds with glorious native bush' with a capacity to seat 120.