There was a very large attendance in Victoria Park on Sunday afternoon, when a number of beautiful selections were played by the Town Band. The collection, amounting to £2 2s "J.d, will be placet! to the credit of the band fur|d. alarm was raised that the National Hotel was on fire a few local " sports" happened to be within the building. Appropriate to the occasion, the little party had a final bumper, singing at the s.ame time the popular refrain of "Just a wee doch-an-doris before we gang awa." They then quitted the burning house. Reports from Central Otago as to the likelihood of a big crop of peaches and apricots are not too reassuring. Opinion seems divided as to the cause (says the Dunedin Star), but the statement is generally subscribed to that before the season has progressed far these fruits will not be very plentiful. Strawberries, on the other hand, are doing well, though a little more sunshine is needed to bring them to market in generous quantities.
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Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 170, 10 December 1912, Page 3
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