Our Dunedin Letter

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3100, 19 September 1899, Page 5

Our Dunedin Letter

* X ". ""' ' r '.■■""■ Monday Morning Theatre is over, and .they have certainly hudvun^tedecented 'Succeßs in the niatlei*bgj&6jl Kiufleß/^-, *Th^ coenpany i? much! TbetteEr. than. on. : i'any iormer visit tb'l>ui!edin, w aTfd' "1 ■ J3u^'os6*falfe(o' money is more plentiful^ p^in^.' to the mining yqp!m,. ; 'l?,Qthv,oi; w^iicli, reasons account It'dr'jthe' suocess-fof • -theMseasdn". "If 'the ! th!eatre'h lad"Beei1 ad"Beeii l available' the season i;ds!s ljav,e. ."easily .',g9^ , pn 'for .aqojtheij iortnighti-nas'-manyHpatvons were un,ble td'BecuTes^ats'f6r r ' "'The" Belle of :^ ;^o : ;a^d:"^i^a h and the! Forty '. Thieves;" The ■■ latter was & pa'tito'mine -very cleverly staged, while| i tbTe^jdresses'^pre jeally. : exquißite s but, pn.ithe first night .several of the leading! (iliaracters were fai* from word perfect,' i drid' the prompter's ai^'' had to b,e" •ilnyoked several times. In one scene, 1 the"curtain rising, revealed a perfect" 'cdrja 'field ? sheaves and ricks of the" grain, being dotted all about, arid- into this danced a dozen green 1 men in consort with twelve maidens, dressed to represent scarlet poppies, and they executed a charming dance ' \mbngst the corn.'"" ,i It is rumored that the Taieri and 'Peninsula Milk Supply Company are ..going to build butter factories in Invercargill. Certainly their success here -warrants them iv pursuing their business in a larger field. They recently , completed arrangements for the largest deal in dairy produce which has ever taken place in the colony, the Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply Company haying sold its surplus output of butter for the season to an English firm at lO£d per lb, f.o.b. This surplus is estimated at about 300 tons. The extent of the company's business in butter may be judged from the fact that ib sells on an average one ton per day for local requirements in Dunedin. St. Clair is rapidly increasing in size, and makes a really delightful seaside resort. At present a movement is on foot to erect a band rotunda at the end of the second beach. The Citizen's Band have the matter in hand, so it Should be built before the summer weather begins, and "will be a great improvement to the place, The University students gave their annual ball on Thursday evening in tha Garrison Hall. Messrs E. Little and R. Ritdue made indefatigable secretaries, and everything went off most successfully, Mrs Shand and Mrs Sale acting as chaperones. The hall was beautifully decorated with flags and Chinese lanterns, and a gaily decked rotunda suspended from tne roof was in the middle of the hall for Yates' Band, which played first-class music, The ladies' dresses, looked charming, and' dancing was kept up until the ,'.,' wqe sma' hours." >■' Spring has come in with really good, "w.eather this year, Apricot and peach ..trees are already, in lull bloom, and >pliiin and apple trees are just bursting 'irlto flower ; all giving every indication of a bountiful supply of fruit. The small fruit trees aye also bearing signs 'that they will be well loaded with •fruit. During the past week the strong warm weather, tempered wifch an 'occasional shower, have made everything look green and fresh. -■"Mr.S. §oiqmon, sen?., has been re"elected by a large majority to his seat !juq the Dunedin, Council. In ■ the North East Valley a lady appeared for municipal honors, but judging by h,er .meeting and form of address she is quite unfit for any public '^ositidnV Jitdg'ing by her dispjay 0^ should, ftjhfnj^ s.he.w,oul,d easily fijll a super's part— say.in-the opera of - f A " ■ ' "m. L Z 'n v" ' ■■ ■