Mr Tannock said that it gave him great pleasure to take part in the opening of the first bowling green in the city reserves. It was a great relief to see what had been an eye-sore to the district and a danger to children converted to a bowling green and croquet lawn, set amid ideal surroundings.
Exotic car spotted
The appearance of a very smart Bugatti sports model in the streets last week attracted much attention. Fitted with a colonial body the car presented a very distinctive appearance and in a run which I had the car fully proved itself as a good mover as well as a good looker. The Bugatti, which is manufactured at Molsheim, France, is well known in the Old World, but this is probably the first model which has appeared in the city. The car was in charge of Mr Andrew Irving, of the Fairlie Motor Co.
— by ‘Accelerator’
Two-way river boat deal
The Clutha River Board is the first local body in Otago to take some practical steps towards helping the Railway Department against the competition of the motor lorries. At its last meeting the board resolved that it would carry agricultural lime on the steamer to all up-river points to a reduced rate, provided the settlers receiving the lime would agree to send their produce to market by river steamer and railway. If the farmer were not prepared to accept those conditions, it was agreed that the old tariff would be charged.
The differential tariff now proposed would mean a considerable gain to the farmer liming his paddocks on anything like an extensive scale, and it was thought that many would "come in." The boat is capable of carrying 400 to 500 lambs in one shipment.
Old score settled
A glow of satisfaction will have suffused the countenances of the supporters of Rugby football yesterday upon the receipt of the information that the All Blacks had inflicted a substantial defeat upon Wales. It was in their match against Wales that the original All Blacks, nineteen years ago, met with their only reverse in the course of a tour that is famous in football history. It is generally admitted now by those who were in a position to know the actual facts that it was through a mistake on the part of the referee that New Zealand was deprived in that match of the credit of a score which would, if allowed, have made the result at least a drawn game; but, by a wholesome rule, ‘there is no appeal against the decision of a referee on a 'point of fact' and, accordingly, the result stands as a victory for Wales. The tour of the All Blacks is having the effect of directing a large amount of attention to the little country of their origin. The performances of the team have had a distinct value.
— editorial
— ODT, 1.12.1924 (Compiled by Peter Dowden)
