The great pleasure-land which residents of Dunedin have watched rising steadily at Logan Park will soon open its gates to the public, and the great carnival of five fine memorable months will begin.
It will be a great day in Dunedin's history - the greatest since the foundation of the city nearly 50 years ago.
About 2.30pm His Excellency the Governor-General Sir Charles Fergusson will reach the Park and proceed by way of the Amusement Park Avenue to the Sports Ground, where the opening ceremony will be held.
The route through the Exhibition park will be lined by Territorial troops and guards of honour will be supplied from HMS Dunedin and the 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment. The Prime Minister (the Hon J.G. Coates) will make his first appearance at a public gathering since his sweeping triumph at the polls a few days ago.
As a souvenir of the great day an art programme has been prepared which will be on sale at stationers and booksellers and will enable visitors to follow every detail of the opening ceremony from the moment when His Excellency arrives at the west gate until he leaves about an hour later by the main entrance gates.
Toe the line when towing
When towing a damaged car, the car to be towed should be as nearly as possible in line with the tow car. Do not hitch the cars nearer than 10 feet apart. Attach the rope to the front frame of the towed car and to the back of the frame of the towing car. Towlines should be on the same side of each car. And do not jump the clutch when starting to tow, or you will damage something.
Too young to be a mother goose
Sally of late has been trying; more than trying - unreasonable. She is but a first-year goose, and too young to think of setting up house. But there it is; she has laid me 10 eggs, and now persists in sitting in all sorts of absurd spots and placing round her fat self bits of dried grass and feathers.
It is early in the morning that I usually find Sally’s egg. With feminine contrariness she must make a nest in the brambles, and ignore the one I got ready. Geese are like that; and then they cling obstinately to their little nook. I have destroyed it now, otherwise Sally would squat there all day.
So I make her get up, drive her to the moat, and strew tempting, gravelly fragments in her path. Or I wander behind her on the grassland, where the fresh, bright blades catch her eye. And soon, I know, she will present me with more fine white eggs. They will go into cakes, make batter puddings and the like.
Pollen allergy
Within the next few months many sufferers will be sneezing and coughing, and their eyes will be running to such an extent as to make life a misery to them. This is due to some substance given off from hay and other grasses, to which the eyes and nose of a few people are extremely sensitive, and the complaint is called hay fever. Only a few are affected, but those few suffer year after year in the same way.
— ODT, 16.11.1925
