LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 10 January 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j Additional entries arc made to the I advertised entries for stock sales to be I held at Otaki on Monday. The Otaki tea-rooms (Mrs Lund, proprietress) tire proving popular, and we remind those attending Monday’s sale at Otaki that luncheon may be secured. Morning and afternoon teas are also supplied. ( Mr T. MUcrlavr. the Levin jeweller, 1 advises all to stait the New Year well, ’ and adds that anyone wishing to save money should call on him when in . Levin. Mis stock is considered one of i the finest on the coast, while his prices 1 are most reasonable. I I Owing-to the holidays the next j monthly meeting of -the Otaki Town J Board will not be held till Thursday, '< loth inst. ’ The llorowhernia County. Council will meet, as usual, on Satur- I day next, and the Ilutt County Council j on Tuesday. Work at the Oraki seaside rtfsort is nearing completion, and carpenters should finish up almost immediately. There are still a large number of visitors at the resort, all comfortably quartered, the only drawback being tlie ehaugeable weather, */liicb appears general throughout New Zealand. The question of the purchase of a German second-hand piano for the Foxton school is still engaging attention at j i'oxton. At the last meeting of the Foxton School Committee a petition, ’ signed by a n timber of local residents, . was received, asking the committee to reconsider its action in purchasing the ‘ ; piano about which all the foss has been 1 made. The committee decided, by four votes to two, to adhere to its previous > decision. A meeting of farmers of the -Mana- ’ i watu' Sub-pro Uncial district of the New ' 4 Zealand Farmers ’ Union will be held at 1 1 Otaki on Monday night; in the Druids’ ‘ - Hall at«S'o’clock. On the last occasion ( 1 whin-jj. meeting; was called less than a' 1 dozen farmers atignded. despite the fact ' that many had promised to be present. 31? Cooper, ihe organiser, commented oa i i this fact; and expressed a hope .that the 1 1 next meeting would be largely attended. ' Wc advise al< farmers to attend - and ’ consider various a-at j ere afjrreat.inter- 1 1 Kit to fh.emsel.ves. 'M-'Cooper yiii-gko t \ scbiff'fij? setting or Te Hero farm er> ■ ’ cn Thursday. appoiaizsie-rt* T are advertised, ojad be soled by interested-

Up to 31st December 26,665 members of. the New Zealand Expeditionary Force had returned to the Dominion.

The first of a regular series of slock sales will be held by Messrs Dalgcty and Co. at To Horo on Monday; 20th inst. Entries arc invited. /

The main electoral roll for the Otaki electorate is now in the printer’s hands, in readiness for the forthcoming licensing poll in April next. The contract for the work of printing has been let to the proprietor of the “Otaki Mail.”

An American soldier in London summed up neatly the rejoicings on armistice day thus: “Say, this is some rejoice! It’s a non-stop, down-hill trip, with all the brakes off. Didn't think \you guys nad it in you. You have been jdeeeiving the whole world. ’ ’

The Moana, which is due at Wellington in about a week’s time from San Francisco, is bringing 7721 sacks of mail matter, of which 062 S sacks comprise'' American parcels. The balance consists of letters from . the United Kingdom and the United . States of America.

The “Eketahuna Express’’ reports that a man named John Edwards committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun at a neighbour ’s "place. Deceased was a widower, iifty-six years of ago. He met with an accident sonic time ago. and was for a period an inmate of the Mastertou Hospital.

It is stated in the “Wanganui Chronicle.” that the demand for timber is so great that scores of pine trees have been cut down on private estates in the Auckland district, and milled. Thousands of feet have been used for male-' iiig fruit, cases, apart from substantial shipments to Australia.

With to-day’s “Otaki Mail” we issue our New Year calendar, which has been delayed owing t.O the shipping shortage in Australia; indeed, it was only at very considerable trouble, and cost that we were able to secure them now. The calendar is a’Melbourne production, and is generally recognised as the best of its kind turned out in the Southern Hemisphere.

A Palmerston paper has published the following statement: . “There is a rumour in Wellington that, the express train which used to arrive at Palmerston at. midnight on its way to Auckland will shortly resume running. There lias been serious overcrowding on., the express service of late.” Inquiry shows that the rumour did not spring front fact. No arrangement has been made for a uiglit express to Auckland.

The Horowhenua A. Tmd P. Association’s annual show, to be held at Levin on Wednesday, should attract visitors from all parts of the Cpast :yid wo have no doubt but that Otaki and district will be strongly represented. Farmers especially should be more than pleased with

I tur si uck. as sonid excellent exhibits have been promised, while jumping competitions, etc., should provide amusement for a large section. 1 The Koval Horticultural Society is endeavouring to raise the sum of one million pounds l'of restoring the orchards. fruit farms, and nursery gardens which provide the daily bread of the people in the . regions of .Northern France, Belgium. Poland, Serbia, and Kouinaaia, which have been devastated by the Central Votvers. The association has expressed the hope that New Zealand will amount to £20.000. and the scheme has received the 1 written support of the British Premier ! ( Mr Lloyd George).

j The manufacture of potato flour has been introduced into England as a new | industry, and in view of its possibilities : the Ministry of Food is arranging to. ] supply the necessary machinery on , favourable terms to those who have I suitable buildings in potato-growing districts. This machinery will produce potato flake, which can be ground into * flour in existing flour mills. This industry was carried out in Germany prior j to the war, some five hundred potato • flour machines being in use. 1 A very successful sale of work took | place at Paekakariki on Wednesday in ? a id a f"St. Peter \ Church funds. The | stall-holders were as follows: —Fancy | stall. Mesdame* Tilley, Hoare, and Bolton. aijd -Miss Foley; produce. Mrs i Salter: fancy work, 3lesdamcs Wool- ! <Jridge. Philpotts, and Foley: sweets, | Miss Foster: bran tub, Mrs Foster; i afternoon tea, Mesdar/ies Smith. Packer. 1 Earley and 3fiss Salter. There were j some attractive side-shows, and a eom- ’ petition concerning the weight of n i lamb. The attendance was good, and a J satisfactory sunt of money was realised I during the day.

■ -V. A useful industry has been established in Eltham. It is the conversion of lambs’ stomachs (veils) into rennet. The stomachs are received from the Pa tea freezing works- They are blown up like bladders, tied up at both ends, and then hung up on wire to dry. It is said that New Zealand sends away £75,000 per annum for calves’ rennets —and that this money can be retained within the Dominion by using lam’ - stomachs. About 11 million stomachs would be, it Is estimated, sufficient for the Dominion’s requirements, and as there are between five and six million lamps slaughtered annually, it will be seen that there is no likelihood of -anv deficiency in supplies. Canada to-day is said to be the richest country in the world, per capita (writes the Toronto correspondent of. the Christchurch “Press”). Her war debt tier capita is lower than that of any fighting nation. During the past gear Canadians accumulated 4 5-7.000,000 dollars in bonds, and over 160,000,000 ioilarejn cash more than they had os July -Ji, 1917, that representing centre te (accumulated wealth. On* July 31 ibis year the deposits in banks were more than a Jjiiibjp live hnatlred million dollars, or 100.090,000 dollars more than ;rai deposit in Canadian backs on ’he same day a year previous. In the ueanjitae Canadians have invested 059 della rs ip the Victory Loan, i9i«, ted brvide; that they had bought n the 12 months 60,000,000 'dollars’ vorth of Provincial and municipal JQSfiSt