LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 20 June 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Fcilding •‘Star'’ reports that a Palmerston man has found an outcrop of' coal on his property on Shannon road, and that he intends sinking a

shaft to see how it will pan out.

A youth named Kara Roach while working at the Waikaiiae flasmiil on Wednesday, cut his hand very severely, and was sent to the Otaki Hospital for attention. He is now' doing nicely.

Men vanting/to secure strong winter boots will be interested in Messrs Pearce’s new advertisement elsewhere

in this issue, in which they set, forth some details of several special lines they are offering.' the public at .prices that must commend t themselves to thriftv buyers. This firm has a tremendous stock, and eaters specially tor country customers, who should either write or pay a visit to their shops when in the city. Comparatively few residents of Otaki and district visited the Palmerston Show this week, and the show created very little interest locally. This was largely accounted for by the fact that the management did not sec iis» way to advertise in the “Otaki Mail,” and consequently many people were not aware of the. show dates even.

At the annual meeting of the Xow Zea-laitd Rennet Company, held at, Palmerston Xorth. the directors’ report stated that during the .year Valf veils and KiO.OOO lamh veils had been collected. Mr K. Cooper had been appointed manager for a term of three years. 'The total number of shares applied for was 14,82:5, of which £187.1 (is had been paid up.

Sergeant Edward George Furlong M'arsden was yesterday discharged on a i-Imrge of having, on the ffiitli Hay, unlawfully killed Sergeant-Ha jor Samnri H. ’Choate on the transport Pakttha. The Bench. Captain Hennah and Hr I. Sulci;, J.P.’s, said the slippery deck aud I service Toots were contributoi) causes of the fall and extended their sympathy to Choate’s relatives.

deference being made to coal shortage nt Wednesday’s meeting of the Education .Hoard, Hr G. L. Stevcuit

(secretary ! stated that, in rite case ot school committees which found a difficulty ill obtaining coal, lie had made arrangements to‘send them '■< truckload. on their gun in a teeing that Uit : coat would only be used for school purnose-. The Ota hi Town Board ha-5 been prompt in its fulfilment of a promise to ; at once provide a few street lights for \ the town, and has erected five, acetylene lamp:; in the principal part of the town. These lamps were lighted for the first, time last night, and though three of the live. were, extinguished ot an early hour, the improvement was marked, and much appreciated. Of’j course such a few light* are quite in- i adequate for the decent lighting of the town, but after our past experience we suppose we should be thankful for small mercies. \ * Auckland on Monday the Engineers fro,venv iTerritorials’, nnm being. Hid. disgraced tbemselv.- by “ boo-hooing” and “counting oat” S.r James Allen ;r.id making a noisy <!<• mouatration during the presentation "» decorations to returned soldiers nr.*i the relative- of deceased heroes. Several of the latter were plainly affected b> the disgusting and degrading exhibition. The •• Herald” mils -upon the military authorities to make an example of the offender.-. There were Toother Territorials present whose conduct was exemplary. No further news has been heard ot Hr ■!. Hill, the yachtsman whoso dis- , -nnccJuncc has caused so much intcrcs. in Wellington. The remains or va,;hi which was driven ashore in km User Bay v.mi a*. Otaki are probab.."huso of’the Ethel, and the yachtsman was- Mr Hill, who signified his inicotian of walking »<> 'Wellington, which would be compatible with his reputed desire, for solitude. He hoi not heea seen since, and if is considered likely ♦ hat he became ill ..n the wav or hr-..-: gorm into the country- He is about * M rears of age, and s* ■> carpenter by i red i*. • •It is time thar pip* bands should demand proper recognition at erne receptions.” saiii Hr Charles Thowu. president of tee Canterbury Caledonian Society. at the social M> the returned pipers of rhe ‘iUrisrcburcir Highland Pipe Band. He- -aid that t»ir.*rs had made, immortal names tor tlienwh’Cs.. m ‘he great war, both when 1 leading soldiers into battle and garheriiig up the shattered reinnaate of rsvottish and other regiment? after the sight. Brass bands 'osunlly _ performed 31 a n functions, m:t brass bands ongjn-a’e-i la ileraianv. tyhen .-—.dmirai •Tcb ; iicoc and the Prince of A ales vtsned Zealand, the pipe bauds should receive their due share in the honour t.f giving then, a welcome If you arc wanting o pat- of slipper* or goloshes for the winter, give as a Trial. New stock just in. Also to clear. ladies’ and gents blue felt-imed slipi-C!-. with leather soles, 3s Vie—irvi:- ■- Shoe Store. Otakh —Advt. Lake Coleridge. <>r. its present our-

pat of byti ro-elecTrkity. is **">>» 'L rl.-: reand suburb.- s ti.g t ' e r - rseariy ton* or v-e’ anruni 3Lu-t week's ioud delivered ’■ *Av<iina;tor: .snb-statioa- ;«as over units. rvtirh is equivalent to r, ve S>i rinrso-r-jtv.-.T a week. Srckor iatr «a effieiest -steam fA&vi to gi'.ito 7!r. of rot); this vreefcl. saving of eeai is about 2500 tons. I. the. stiniieer tiaue :).••• load is not » jr.citvy. but,, teckotric-f ay i> ’ rif* ®oy of tool freights, ibe%aving # 'Coleridge sc cheap. ;:ve Cbrisrtfciirrh 3 big isrioMxitti sdvii, tsjre over other e-entre*. A survey •> 3 r.-fijvible Sonrh Caaterhar? psrarer Ha j b>ts bees tanxa&zeed. and it seem pi» * fci}<!e fhui fop prerf'Et .turhise* sa th lave wiQ Lave t-c- duplicated it -b ' tear fa;ate r::ee*--.be zrcrvirg 4« =»*«?• . .

Hr B. Semple,. ALP., delivered tin address at Levin on Tuesday night to

a good audience.

A very successful concert, was held at Levin last night under the 'auspices of the Returned Soldiers’ Club, Among the'performers was Air Byron Brown, of Otaki, who 'was encored for Inis two Shakespearian recitations.

Bootmaking.—F. Barrett wishes to notify thcipublic of. Otaki and district that he has resumed business ns boot and shoemaker. Old and new customers please take notice. Address: Dunstan Street, Otaki. —Advt.

The annual meeting of the Otaki Bowling Club will be held in the Druids’ Hull on 'Wednesday next, at S p.m. The. business will be to receive the annual report and balance-sheet,

consideration of the alteration of l!ule 31. ami general.' U is hoped all members will be in attendance. - During the deer-stalking season just passed- some line heads were captured, and at the Ruamahanga a really fine 17-pointer was among the number shot, at .Shannon a twelve and three teapointers were secured, aud at Paraparanmi! a twelve, eleven, and two tens (including two fine heads).

Messrs Parker and Vincent will hold auction sales at Otaki on Wednesday next and at Te lioro on Saturday, -Sth hist., when they will sell household furniture, etc., on behalf of Airs A. A. Bright and Mr W. W. West away respectively. Full detail. 1 * of these "ill be found in our advertising columns. District residents would have difficulty in finding warmer or more serviceable rugs than Stiles and Mathosuit have no\v in stock. They come from Roslyn. which name is sufficient to tell of their goodness. Head Stiles and Mathosoh’s advertisement in this paper and learn more about them. During the season 11US some. 15,0111) brown trout fry were liberated til Levin, 175,000 at. Waiknnae, and -5,000 at la all the total reached 525,000. Some 10,000 rainbow fry were also liberated at Levin, and 8000 at Waiotauni (Oittki), the total over till districts amount nig to 115,000. Some SJO yearlings (brown) were liberated at Levin.

All interested are invited to attend at the Otaki Reading-room to-night, i Friday), when Air IT. Witched will read a paper on “Rose History.” A discussion will follow, dealing with horticulture generally. Questions tire invited on any branch of horticulture, and it is hoped that advantage will be taken of this opportunity by any who wish enlightenment, or to ventilate anr theory of interest.

'orditig to the Aeelimulisai ion

society’s annual report the trout fishing season at Waikauae and at Upper Otaki has been quite satisfactory. The heaviest fish lahded was from the Halt river, where a lad of H years landed a trout ItUb in weight, after a struggle of an hour and a-half. A Wellington angler, who otteu fished at Waikaaa:., caught' nearly tilto trout during the season, The fishing licenses fell in value from E7D7J to

Considerable interest has been aroused over a new by-law passed by the Taranaki County Council at its last meeting. The by-law will practically tax all vehicular traffic from any part, of Taranaki that may use the roads in the county. Fees to lie charged range from P's per annua, fur n gig or sulky, to £5 for a ttve-seater motor eOr. and £ls for a motor omnibus. Provision is made for half fees for a holf-yearly' license. It is intended to bring the bylaw up for confirmation on July 7, but several local bodies, it is understood, intend to move to have it. altered or withdrawn. , •fudging by reports to hand, there ere a few dishonest people in Otaki who should be dealt, with severely, j Quite a number of thefts have-'occurred j recently. At h ast two residents have had fowls stolen, one citizen right in the middle of the town had his safe* robbed the other night, another town re-mlent found that one of his two pigs'—the bfyt one—had been stolen, f from the stye, while petty thefts are common. It i- very evident that we have in our midst a few undesirables who -sot;!*! be watched very <-'■ .i-] If i.- sincerely to be hoped that the cub prit- will be detected and' brought to justice, as the present state of affairs is: intolerable. .The April number of that wellknown British journal, “The Garden.” in its columns devoted to ‘•'Daffodil Shows arid Doings in Now Zeniatid in 151%” edited by the Rev, Joseph Joseph, refers to the inaairuration of a Bulb Society at Otaki. The editor say,: “I fee! constrained to ‘let the cat out of the bag’ and pass on what 1 have heard to rev old friend Robert • Gibson (Air t'ioso:. *s: one of the most noted growers and exhibitors of daffodils Irt A'ew Zealand) and say: “Beware! Otaki! cßewcrei” Refer- j ring to a remark appearing in the “Otaki ilail ’s ” rej*>rt of the last Otaki Bulb Show, to the effect that the exhibits were equal to the best seen in New Zealand, the “Garden” writer admits that, bearing, ir; rcitid the calibre of the exhibitors, “the writer did • not wear sack rose-tinted glasses as, on r. r- * reading the statement. 1 possibly imagined.”

since the eoiaoteacenseat of the football season there has been a marked growth of interest everywhere in the 'national game. This is probably dee to the fact that so many “sports” are back from “over there.”! and those in a position to judge. predict that xueh *p*m. a- football and hockey will very *oas Mate into their owe again after tie years of v,r,z. The alert, keen young, mya who play these game* like t” study their pc-msnal Appejmmee hath or. and off the field, taking a laudable pride itr their fitness. They dre&t well, and nsany of them wear oar stylish Velour Ha-, which are sent post free tez U - d:l. Are ycia one of tkt-ruf e* GEO. rOV,SLD3. LTD., Man tiers Street, V.'eiUagton.

M is stated that one of the hotels in Otaki is likely to change hands..'

All desirous of eotilributiiig to the Archdeacon Faneourt Memorial Fund sliouid notify AJr L. Sr. George before the 2-lth inst.

Air Semitic, ALP. for Wellington Central, gave a political address at Foxtou on .Monday High t, when there was a large attdndatu’e. He was accorded a hearty vote of thanks and cheers, were given for the Labour Party.

_,At Foil ding on Wednesday Wallace Ewans, labourer, was lined £-«* on .each

oi: iwo eharges of belting in Aianehester street. He .]deaded uuilty and said he had taken n]> betting to “better Ins

position. f, A fat 1-lolsieiii ox (bred in Taranaki') was to be seen, at the Palmerston Showgrounds, measuring ES hands hiixh, girth 10 feet, across hips - feet P ii»ehes. and P feet 4 inelies from butt of tail to roof of horns. Its weight was SlSOlbs.

The Otaki Literary and Debating Club will meet on Monday night next, when the first debate of the session will take place, the subject being, “That war tends to develop a higher typo oi* national character ihtin peace does. ’ 7 The annual football match between, the juniors of Te Ante and Wanjptnui Colleges was played on the Palmerston Showground on Wednesday, the game resulting in a win for Te Ante by Ili points to .*>; Much interest was taken in the play, the game being witnessed by several thousand people. A motor car containing a wedding party, comprising eight adults and two babies, capsized at Papntoetoe, Auek- ! land, on Wednesday, in consequence of j a defect, in the steering gear. All the j occupants were pinner! under the ear, ! and five received injuries; two ladi s, i Mr. -4 l\i.*en aud Mrs Thompson, of New- | ton, injured in the back and hip. . aud are suffering from shock. TJio [ otherti* were less seriously hurt; tho ' bride and bridegroom were uninjured.

Mr L. Dirks, Pldef (.lovernnient electrical engineer, passed through Palmerston Xorth on Wednesday on his return, to Wellington from the Jlawke’s Day district. He informed a “Standard reporter that lie would l»e in Shannon almost immediately to confer with the

engineer in charge of the Mnngahao electrical works. He stated that it

was the intention to expedite the work ns much as possible, and it was possible Mint electricity would be supplied

“It is an’extraordinary tiling, but no mailer what New Zealand produces, that production is of the. best quality in the world,remarked ’Mr J. <N. Grigg in his address to tiie (’hirstchurch branch of the Koval Colonial institute the other evening. Incidentally, Mr Origg remarketl on the enormtms value of the Panama Canal t<» X<*w* Zealand, and said'that' whatever Xev. Zealand could spare would have a great, market in New York in future, a matter which wo would .be extremely foolish to ignore. Mr Hone McMillan, picture* proprietor. Isas generously offered to Mippjv a fine programme of pictures and ioa.'a Gm theatre for a display to be given in aid of Hie funds of the local Fire Brigade, the entertainment to be given on Friday week (July 4th). Suelt an act of generosity is muc]i appreciated, and the members of the brigade now intend to “do their bit fr towards tiie success of the function. The Test remains with the public, who wail be expected to buy tickets. Woodx ’ Great Peppermint Cure*. 1 or Chronic Chest Complaints,