ROXBURGH.

Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 25

ROXBURGH.

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April 19. — We have had pleasant weather during the Easter holidays. Picnic par:i«s have been fairly numerous, and all have bean enjoyable. A small party of young girls went up the Amalgamated lace and one of them unfortunately fell in, escaping with a good wetting and a fright. She was pluckily pulled out by one of the others. On Easter Monday there was a picnic up to the Pleasant Valley claim, and our friends, the Roman Oitholics, held their animal picnic in the Recreation Reserve, frames and races were freely indulged io, as were al«o the refreshments >o kindly provided by the ladies of the congregation. In the evening a most enjoyable social was held in the Athenioum Hall, the dances being interspersed with well-rendered soius. The action song "Tommy Atkius" so sucees&fullv pei formed at the visit of the Vinceu-tian Father?, was leproduced by special request. On (Jootl Friday service was held in the Church of England in the evpiiinsr. Glee Club.— Last year, some tim-s in May, steps

j vrei c taken by some of cm i enthusiastic, uuisically- | inclined townsfolk fci in \ugurale a glee club. The proposal met with support from about 20 or £o ladies and gentlemen, wh<> «pant one evening a week in practising glees. A coucert in aid of the AMieufciun Hall wai given iv October, and realised nearly £12 Au institution of this kind is highly elevating and instructive, and aho acts as a means of plea->ans social iuterciiuise. On Wedue;day evening, tit a meeting held to r< vivo the rlub, Mr F. JelFtry, toeictary, state! that there was a. baUnce in hand of £1 14 1 31. It was unanimously decided to carry on the club on the fame lines as last j ear. A selection committee was formed to choose some I'lets with which to connmnce the s eason on Wednesday, May 5 There was snme talk of gou.g in for a harder cliiis of music, I'lit it was decided to po-itpom. 1 further dneu '"ion on that proposal foi a time. 1 iiumiiiownus —At the hut monthly meeting of the Tovio' and A exandiM Fmitgrovvers'Aksociajnon, a letter was receive- i from the Agricultural department in reference to the nomination of two delegates to the conference of fruitgrowers to be held on June IS at Biisbane. As none of our local growers will be able to get away, Air Morrison, of Maharangi, was nominated as the cmupam'u delegate. The manager Ins been requested to piepaiv the annual balance bheet as soon as i« convenient in May. Deiuiiturk.— Mr W. J. Keys, oce of our townsmen, ami well known in this district a? an owner of a fouple of traction engine#, has left here for the Balclutha district, having satisfactorily disposed of the enginen, of which one is still engaged in carrying coal to some of Millers Flat dredges. Local Markets — Prices of farm prodiue in the straw department are pp Oaten straw, delivered, is £2 per load or ton, and wheaten straw i~. at 25? per load. What turnips ihere are will also fetch high prices. Milk is up 50 per cent., from 4d to d i per quart. Football. — The football season was opened here on Friday with a scratch match on the local ground. A 'air number put in an appearance, and a good game was the result. i Cycling.— Roxburgh has been visited during the last few days by a number of cyclists and j others, four or five coining from Lawrence. ; Several of our local bike riders have gone up to j Clyde to irv t' c- luck at the ifiaster sports. I Vegetable . onstkosities.— -In a visit to one of our local ganit.ui> I was shown some tremendous carrots . ltfin or JL7in round, also some splendid specimens of mangolds. I also saw some new Ameiican fodder plants.