Workers install a new tram line in Albany St, to connect to the NZ and South Seas Exhibition at Logan Park from George St via Forth and Union Sts. — Otago Witness 7.7.1925
Realising that a good deal of time would be wasted by the old system of swinging the trolley poles round and changing ends etc, the authorities have arranged that a balloon loop should be constructed, and the Harbour Board has agreed to grant the use of a portion of the ground on the south side of Union street so as to give the loop room.
Naturally rot resistant
It has been proved in the dominion that macrocarpa posts last longer in the ground than either matai or totara. It is evident that many do not realise the value of this timber for fencing.
The business of the Exhibition Accommodation Bureau is advancing at a highly satisfactory rate, and the organiser (Mr Barron) reports that there is now accommodation available in private houses for 2514 visitors.
Rotate those cows
A point that is often overlooked in the feeding of the dairy herd is the necessity for change. How often are the cows turned on the same paddocks day after day the year round. Some farmers do not fully realise how beneficial it would be to stock their paddocks in rotation, thus providing a new bite at intervals and whetting the appetite of the animals. There is no stronger argument in favour of small paddocks. Not only do the pastures receive better treatment, but, what is of prime importance, the cows get better feed. Clean, fresh, luscious pasture — nothing compares with this for milk production.
School bus budget
It was mentioned at yesterday’s meeting of the Otago Education Board that the sum of £4553 had been expended last year for the conveyance of children to and from school, and of this £4040 had been provided by the Government and £513 12s 6d by the board.
Getting the drift
A waterfront story told yesterday may give some indication of the thoughts running through the minds of some Dunedin waterside workers. The story is to the effect that one of those steady, reliable men, finding that he was forced into idleness through no fault of his own, put in an hour or two in collecting flotsam and jetsam from the sea — to wit, driftwood. In a very short space of time he had collected enough to fill an ordinary dray, and had just finished his labours when an acquaintance drifted along. In reply to the latter’s query, the industrious one said that as there was "nothing doing on the waterfront," he was laying in a stock of cheap firewood. The crux of the story lies in the last remark of the waterside worker. This was to the effect that he was
hoping to have the driftwood stowed in his backyard before sunset, "providing, of course," he said, with a broad grin, "Mr —— does not drift along and claim it." This remark indicated that a certain official claimed to be the "big boss of the waterfront."
To a little town from a far land
The Oamaru war memorial has been completed with the exception of the bronze figure to surmount the structure, and this is on its way out from England. — ODT, 17.7.1925
Compiled by Peter Dowden
