UP FROM FORTROSE

Evening Star, Issue 19229, 21 April 1926, Page 4

UP FROM FORTROSE

AHOTHER FIRST-TIME VISITOR SCORES GIRL WINS THE £5 PRIZE When Mr Jennings, a farmer from the Eoxtrose (Southland) district, and his two children, came np to Dunedin by the express last night, ho said; We’ll go to the Exhibition early toimorrow, and have a good day there.” rHo gave little thought to the fact, • though he had read about it, that a f£s prize was in tho offing, and would go to some early visitor. So the three ‘entered the gates about a quarter-past i'lO o'clock, and, the order being ■ “ ladies first,” of course, it so happened that Ann Jennings, a shy little maid -of fourteen, was fated to be tho 2,800,000 th visitor, and to receive tho second of the £5 interim prizes.

Arm had nothing to say about it all, but she held the £5 note tightly in her hand after it had been given .to her by Mr Hai ns worth. Her young brother was quite pleased at Ann’s luck, and Mr Jennings remarked that “ it would come in useful during the visit, no doubt.” This was the family’s first trip to Dunedin during the Exhibition. Southland folk have been lucky in this connection, for, it will be remembered that a girl (Miss Jean Lament) from the south won the gold watch given to the 1,000,000 th visitor.