ALEXANDRA NOTES
During the past few weeks we have lost the intense heat that chaiacteriW the early part of the year, and a, smeli of winter m the air has mad© tho atmosphere crisp and bracing. Seasonable rains have freshened up tho lawns and grasses, and there is a splendid autumn, growth in the orchards.
Alexandra is forging ahead. Wo have two_new factories here. One, run by Mr S. T. Spain, and in courso of flotation as a company, is a rabbit-canning factory. It is carried on in what is locally known m " the brewery." This building was erected by Peck and Thevcrs in tho earlv days, and carried on as a brewery for a good period, and afterwards as an aerated water factor,-. Mr- Spain recently purchased it, and commenced rabbit canning and his intention is to add a freezing plant and also a fruit-canning and ing factory. This factory in itself and m the employment it provides for rabbi ters carters, etc., is a big boon to our district' and has the advantage of bein-T a permanency. Messrs White, and Co"., of Lkmedin, have also erected a fi&y/AnP works beside tho railway station, so that two good, substantial enterprises have been acick-d to our town in one year Out at Bald Hill Flat the enterprising Dunedm Company known as tho FruitIsads Company are going in "big licks" Last year's plantation has grown remarkably well, and cxceod&d all expectation" and so pleased aro the promoter* that th.-v Intend to plant out tho balance of their broken-in land, some 150 acres in exter-'t This orcliard will transform tho hndscapo of Bald Hill, and that district is gaining a name for the production of pip fruit second to none in New Zealand, thus bearing out Mr Blaokmoie's expressed opinion. This being so, people here ar* .naturally anxious to see Little Valley', anoiher district, upon wliich Mr Blackmore reported favorably, fully put to the t-Vt,' and it is safe to say that the district hV-o is unanimous in opposing that valley binivrelcf- as a grazing area. " * Tho Carnegio Library js advancing *r> warda completion. This fine building" will bo a great acquisition to tho architecture ot tho town.
A new post office has been pioroiscd. an--'' is badly needed, br.t there is a delay where.
Despite tlio untoward weather at the ' : ~"> outset of- the season, the fruit, crop has • b«<jn excelknt, and the trees are looking : i veil now. The prices for fruit, too, have ! ¥ been on tho wholo very satisfactory, -with ' W* the exception of apricots. ■ " ■ |l In a circular lately issued* by Mr Ivory, ; ' P of Ranging special attention' is directed I 'H to the suitability of this district for pj-> ! j§ dujiotf drfcd fruits, and Mr Ivory suggest ! $ establishing homo drying plants. Thsre • % " is no doubt that ns time passes on th<«# I £» matters will receive more attention, and i *$ Mr Spain's i«terpris«i will bo the start <o*" ! || other ventures of tbo same kind. " i Tha l.ita rains have done immense good I |i to tlia rough, pasture on tho .sheep runs, |i and &avea tho pastoral situation, v/hfca • ' looked (.one too good a couple of months * ago. ! . A good rrany properties have, changed ' ' hands recently, several Dunedin and Jlos- ! : giel residents acquiring country homes in ' * this town, which is yearly becoming more ! ' attractive «« a holiday and health tesort. i ' Our find bowling green, croquet lawn, and | '< tennis court are attractions, and the new j library" -will cater for those of literary ' tastes. "Wo only now Tequire an amenities society to beautify the town and its surroundings, and Alexandra will b© one- of the finest o? our inland holiday resorts. Own corespondent, April 13,
Libro Belgiquo, the daringly published Brussels newspaper, the home of which the Germans, despite their most strenuous efforts hara failed to unearth, has now reaohed its fifty-third number. Searches for its editors and staff take place ; every day,, but nn made.
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Evening Star, Issue 16088, 13 April 1916, Page 8
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