The Herald Wednesday, February 27, 1946.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 27 February 1946, Page 4

The Herald Wednesday, February 27, 1946.

Tennis The following team has been selected to represent Vincent in the match against Dunedin at Clyde on Saturday:— Goodall, Munro (Cromwell), Griffiths (Tarras), McKissock, Fogo (Alexandra); Miss Keddell (Clyde), Miss Jenkins (Tarras), Mrs Sutton Arnott (Alexandra), Miss Campbell (Cromwell). Bowling An Alexandra rink (D. Blyth, C. Robertson, W- King and T. E. Sunplay a challenge match with Cromwell for the Memorial to-night. A Good Save Mr Barrett and several willing helpers have done splendid work for local anglers, having saved no less than ten thousand trout from the Fraser River in the lower portion which is practically dried up Poll On Rating System At the forthcoming Poll on Friday, Bth March, on the proposal to change the rating system from the. Annual Value to the Unimproved Value system only those with Ratepayers' and Freeholders' qualifications will be entitled to vote. A Freeholder is the registered owner of land of a greater value than £25. A Ratepayer is a person whose nanie appears in the ratebook as the occupier of property. In the case of husband and wife any qualification possessed by either of them is deemed to be possessed by each of them. This means that where the husband has a right, to vote the wife also has such right and vice versa.

Presbyterian Church Services will be held next Sunday as follows: St. Enoch's, Alexandra, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; St. Mungo's, Clyde, 7 p.m.; Galloway, 2.30 p.m. At the conclusion of the evening service at Alexandra, there will be a Social Hour in the Sunday School Hall, to which visitors and new-comers are given a special invitation to attend Phosphatic Fertilizer Farmers are notified, by advertisement in this issue, that orders for phosphatic fertilizer for crops and unexpended topdressing rations to be used by Ist July, 1946, must be placed with distributors before 15 March, 1946. This applies only to fertilizer intended for use before Ist July, 1946. The Saga Of Gold An interesting article in connection with the Gold dredging industry appears in this issue. It describes the primitive methods first tried out by our resourceful pioneers and mentions the spoon-dredge. In this connection it is interesting to know that the first spoon dredge on the Molyneux was recovered from the bed of the stream by one of the later steam dredges, and was sent by the writer to the Early Settlers Hall. Dunedin, where it may still be seen.