The chairman, in presenting Miss McIntyre with a beautifully bound copy of Longfellow’s works, spoke in eulogistic terms of the excellent work clone by her during her term of service in Clinton. The parents realised that splendid work had been accomplished by her, and this gift carried with it their best wishes for her future happiness and prosperity. The head master (Mr Romans), on behalf of the staff and pupils, handed to Miss McIntyre two handsome Doulton jars. He regretted that Miss McIntyre was leaving, but wished her the best of success and all happiness in her future work. Miss McIntyre feelingly replied. Musical honours and cheers were accorded the departing teacher.
Fruit swelters in rail wagons
The annual general meeting of the Cooperative Fruitgrowers of Otago was held at Roxburgh on Thursday.
They had suffered for years from a bad transport system. They had lost thousands and thousands of pounds annually from the fact that the railway trucks provided were unsuitable. They were simply roasting ovens. If the fruitgrowers were not provided with proper transport for their produce it was not worth their while to grow it. The same trouble had been experienced in Canada. Cattle trucks were tried and proved a better medium than the New Zealand style of truck, and today in Canada they had properly insulated and ice-cooled wagons. Some improved trucks were being built here, and two had just come up to Beaumont.
‘ODT’ sponsors daffodil cup
A feature of the Spring show of the Dunedin Horticultural Society, to be held next week, will be the interprovincial competition between Canterbury and Otago for the silver cup presented by the Otago Daily Times and Witness Co. The secretary of the Dunedin society (Mr A.D. Miller) has been advised that the Canterbury Horticultural Society has definitely decided to compete this year. The competition is for 50 varieties of daffodils, three blooms of each, and the cup is to be held by the society winning it. It is to be competed for at Dunedin and Christchurch alternately. This is the first year of the competition, which fell through last year owing to the destruction of the Canterbury blooms by an untimely nor-wester.
Advice on marrows
There are several ways of growing vegetable marrows, but as the plant is very tender and readily damaged by frost, it should have some sort of protection for the first few weeks. One of the best methods is to prepare a gentle hot bed in a frame and to sow a few seeds on hills of soil where they are to grow, thinning out to one if more seedlings should appear. Another method is to build up a mound of manure and place some nice rich soil on it, and on to the soil place a box without a bottom. Place one or two sheets of glass on the box and in it sow a few seeds. When the plants are well advanced the box can be removed, and as the plants will root down into the organic matter they will grow strongly. . — by D. Tannock
— ODT, 30.9.1922. Compiled by Peter Dowden.
