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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1263, 15 December 1920, Page 4

Out of ton entries Miss Noble, of Alexandra secured first place for fruit cake at the recent A. and P. Show at Ornakan. The quantity ,of fruit despatched from the Alexandra railway station last week totalled 11 ton 12 ewe, The week previous totalled It) ton. On Monday • morning of this week 2 tons went forward: The collection taken up at the service at Earuseleugh on the unveiling of the Fallen Soldiers Memorial tablet. lasi Sunday afternoon ,■ mounted to £4 3s ad, and has been sent forward to the Otago Daily Times Christmas Cheer Fund. A farewell is being tendered to Mr and Mrs troo, Fraser in the school, Karnsclcugh, on Friday evening first. Mr Fraser has disposed of his orchard property to a Mr Edwards from Nelson. The Alexandra I).II. School will break-up for the annual summer holidays to-morrow (Thursday), resuming on Ist February. The p izo giving of the infant department will be in the schoolroom on. Thursday forenoon and of the primary and secondary departments in the Town Hall on the afternoon. Parents arc cordially invited to both. Dr Ileakes, of the Agricultural Department, accompanied by officers of the department and Mr W. 15. Steel, secretary of the Expansion League, Dunedin, paid a visit to this district during the week-end. Ho inspected the site of the Experimental farm at (tallowy and was favourably, impressed with the suitability of the locality, being typical of the laud in Central Otago. He paid a visit to Ida Valley and was considerably impressed with productivity of tjic land under irrigation. The privileges for the race meeting of the Viuceiit .Jockey Club were sold at the A. and P. Show at Ornakan and found a ready sale, the 'licensed booth Aetohing £l3 and, the fruit stall £U3 JOs, race books- £5, luncheon booth £3. The public can depend on being well catered for on both race days. Advertiser prepared to undertake the work of fruit case making at a price pof 100.

Saturday night's programme to be screened at Hull's Pictures includes'a good comic of over 1000, feet titled ‘ His **"i |lu Lives.’ The star picture is another featuring June Elvidge in the ‘ Appearance of Evil ’ a World Urania of about lour and a half thousand feet. The story follows along the usual lines of the conduct of two lovers being misunderstood and the action of busy bodies being the cause of much needless sorrow. Appearances are often misleading, and were never more so as iu this particular story. However the working out of the plot is entirely satisfactory and ends happily. Superb dresses are a very attractive feature of this drama. Another chapter of the new serial ‘ The* Man of Might ’ will be screened. There was 'a Jarge attendance of the public at the ceremony held in the Earnscleugh School on Sunday last to witness the unveiling of the tablet erected to the memory of local fallen soldiers. The tablet, which is a handsome one of brass, contains seven names—W. Hawley, •f. Jeffery, A. lunnaird, J. M’GinnifcJ.V. Weaver, D.C.M., W. Smith an'Jß." Millar. The Rev. J. Standring ofiioffit ed, the service being appropriate to the ' occasion and most impressive. The Alex - andra Brass Baud was iu/atteudauce and accompanied the hymns.- The audience not only filled the schoolroom but made up quite a largo congregation outside. The windows of the schoolroom were left open so that all, inside or outside, could participate in the memorial : service. The increased cost of all building materials raises the important question of the amount of cover for insurance against loss by lire on all kinds' of building property. Properties which were adequately covered by a certain'amount five years ago are now quite under insured and iu the event of a fire the [owner would bo a considerable loser. Recently a local body found itself faced with an expenditure of £13,000, as the result of a fire, against which its only asset was insurance policies totalling £3,500. Public bodies as well as private individuals would do well to be fully protected. “ There is an idea prevailing here regarding the decay of the Old Country,” said Sir Thomas Mackenzie in a recent speech. “ There is no decay in the Old Country. (Applause.) It is more virile now than it has ever been. There 'are fewer people wasting there time" iu profligacy, and it is felt that a man must justify his existence, no matter what calling ho may follow. That feeling i» provading the whole of the people of the Old Country. If we can only get our men to settle down on coramonsense lines, the nation can and will continue to oecupy her position at the head of the nations of the world.” The annual Eire Brigade Demonstration is to be held this year at Napier from about 2fith February to sth March. The funds of the Fire Brigade Association have been assisted to the extent of £2OOO. being a donation of £IOOO each from the Government and the Fire Insurance Companies. In all probability the Alexandra Volunteer Fire Brigade will send a team to compete at this annual demonstration. While the majority of the local members are young aud new to the work it is hoped they will make a special effort to take part, when the good wishes of the town will go with them. The prize list of the .Central Otago A. and P. Show held last week has been crowded oat, and will appear in our next