THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 6 August 1919, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the course of bis address on •Shakespeare, at Otaki on Monday night, Mr Byron Brown ridiculed the finding of an American court some little 1 time ago that Lord Bacon really wrote the works credited to Shakespeare. Mr t Brown referred to Bacon \s essay on love, and said one could not possibly I believe that the writer of that essay j had composed such incomparable love I scenes as that of Romeo and Juliet. It I was altogether preposterous he thought. Onions are likely to be dear, as supplies from America are problematical, although quotations for delivery in September have been received at £25 per ton, landed from San Francisco, duty and freight paid. The position with respect to Australia is most unsat isfac ory, as the continuance of the seamen's strike prevents shipments to this market. Contracts for onions already bought in Melbourne for Xcw Zealand have beeu cancelled.

The Drury Hill elevator was officially * opened by the Mayor on Saturday afternoon. This work is the biggest of •its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. It was begun shortly after the outbreak of war, and has been carried on steadily ever since. Tfib tunnel is 700 feet long, and commences ju.-t across the road from the town bridge, and an electric elevator then carries passengers 216 feet, when they emerge at the flagstaff, a point known to tourists the world over, and generally recognised as affording one of the fine.-t sights in the world. The elevator is the result of the enterprise of Briga-dier-General A. E. Wilson and Mr W. J. Poison, who also are establishing a garden suburb on the hill a few yards from the elevator station.—“Wanganui Chronicle. ” Though Shakespeare could not be

said to be a religious man in the ordinary sense of the word, he was not by any means antagonistic .to religion, said Mr Byron Brown, in speaking at a Shakespearian evening at Otaki on Monday night last. Mr Brown added that many of Shakespeare’s works were of a very high moral standard, and he instanced “The Mercy Speech,” in the “Merchant of Venice,” as one of Shakespeare's sermons. clothed in beautiful language, that would npt be unfitting' for any clergyman to preach. If one only dug down into the works o 1 our national

poet, znanv other tine sermons could be found. . 31 r Byron Brown expressed a hope, speaking at the Biterarv and Debating Club’s meeting on. ilonday. that the | efforts now being made ]>y Dena Ashton ; and others to resuscitate interest in , Shakespeare in New Zealand would be successful. M r Brown said he believed. ' that every company that brought these ? plays to New Zealand had met with success, and there was scope for further* enterprise >c this direction. A better knowledge or the works of f Skakespeare would, he believed, assist | esSsso^' ar ' lir elevating the morals | ,0i the people* S’? experience bad gone to P i¥ r the k - s - p?r !. £i -:If - Shakespeare. tt' 0 -£ b lhcre a 5 a rr - - lag among a certain _ section tnat Shakespeare trgs out ci date.

During July seven births, two deaths and three marriages were registered in Foxton. Foxton’s rainfall for July was 3.22 . inches, the heaviest fall (.70in) being on the 2nd. ! The Horowhenua County Patriotic Association is meeting at Levin this afternoon. f The erection of the State school at . Foxton is being delayed on account of ! shortage of bricks. i The Matatua, with troops, is cxpectj ed to arrive in Auckland at midnight : to-morrow. • The Yew Plymouth Borough Council last night decided to take steps to ' raise a loan of £IO,OOO for tho erection of houses for employees. . The Government is voting £30,000 to Lord French and Admiral Jellieoe, and smaller amounts to Generals Allenbv, Marshall, Milne, Trent-hard, Birdwobd. ; and other army commanders, i The monthly meeting of the Otalci i Town Board takes place to-morrow evening, while the Horowhenua County i Council’s monthly meeting will be held-

on Saturday. Miss 11. Johnston (A.T.C.L.), a pupil of Mr Bernard Page, has, at the request of many, decided to give lessons : on pianoforte in this district. Correspondence may be addressed to Miss '■ Johnston at Waikanac. You will want a pai r of goloshes or gum boots for the mud and wet weather. Yew stock now in. We also - ha ve a good stock of winter slippers in | ladies’, gents’, and children’s. The j prices are right.—lrvine’s Shoe Store, r Otaki. —Advt.

j The proprietors of Pearce’s Boot L | Arcade, Cuba street, Wellington, are making a special offer of 2-14 pairs of smart goloshed Derby Balmorals at 23s I (id per pair. This is a bargain line ; that should be snapped up early. See ' new advertisement on our third page. ’• j More light and more ironing at less :i j expense! The Kcroua, a marvellous d i lamp, inaugurating a new era in illumination, will give 13 hours on a pint I- of kerosene, while the Imperial benzine iron" will iron for 3 hours for less than Id. Guaranteed.—Full particulars J. C. Better, Otaki.—Advt.

The steamer Joan Craig has been at . Greymouth nearly a week, and is not yet being loaded, as the watersiders refuse to handle the cargo, through e 1 the presence of non-unionists among the crew. The vessel’s hardwood cargo , for the O'obden bri< Ige here, was unj loaded by the crew. The mill owners sent the mill workers from the country j to load the ship with timber, but the I workers, on learning the facts, refused to handle the cargo.

j The monthly meeting or the Horoj whenua County Council takes place at Levin on Saturday, commencing at 11 i a.in. At this meeting the chairman j (Cr. G. Alex. Monk) will move: That ; the resolution of the Council granting 1 ! the enginoo- 10s and 3s a week towards ’ the cost of running the motor car tie 8 rescinded, and that he lie granted £1 a 8 | week until further notice. The Coun- ® cil on their part further agree to pror ( vide the cost of renewing parts of the 1 car '.corn by usage. This does not apply c to lyres and tubes.

/ ’ 0 The fact tit at many visitors To hotels t neglect to take precautions against i robbery enabled some person unknown Ito get away with a considerable I ! amount of money from the Club Hotel | Jit Palmerston Xorth on Sunday night. * The thief was evidently staying on the | premises and had therefore no trouble , velk-rs, who were relieved of sums I ranging from £'J to £ls, and totalling ■ £1". Unlocked doors facilitated the robberies, and no locked rooms were entered. This should be a warning to people to lock their doors when stayj nig at an hotel, y

y | -'or A. E. Minton, ever alert to the f interests of motorists and cyclists. has secured a large stock of the best ar- .. tide." in the lice, and those in search „ of reliable goods should call at, the t) llyl-o. Mr Minton has on hand s a large quantity of the best motor oil j valvoline, which he offer.* at 7- fid for light and li - per gallon for medium or t heavy. He also stocks the leading s brands of motor tubes, a number of fine bicycles from £ll upwards, and Mo.-e----t ; lev covers, with a guarantee of Id c ! months, at 37s fid. There are also in . ; stock numerous other articles, includ- . iug go-carts, equal to anything in the „ ; district, and at a price that defies ’ ' competition.

>' 1 ! M anganui has a population of over 14.000 people. A handful of wateri siders refuse to unload the coal from . J a steamer. Wanganui people are starv--7 ' tng for coal, the supply of coal at the , l gasworks is nearly exhausted. The i - population of Wanganui fold their , ■ hands and helplessly follow the poliev 1 of “wait and see. 5 ' Where the people i j are so meek and passive, “self-he-ip” ..is an unknown quantity. But to calmly • t allow children to go short of the com- ■ | forts of firing while coal is lying at the j wharves betokens a Christian rc-signa- ; ticn that is remarkable —even if it may ■ i not be admirable.—“Ehhain Argus.”

I Referring to the- expected arrival of j four up-to-date aeroplanes by the 31a--1 tatua at Auckland this week, the Minis* ■ ter of Defence <-Sir -James Allen) , stated that the Defence Department bad-been in communication with the i i Canterbury Aviation Company regardi ing the u-e of the .«oekburn aerodrome, i but no definite arrangement had been • made. The four aeroplanes had to be ‘ housed somewhere, and the aeconvmoda- J lion was available at Soetburn. The * 3linis>er added that the general cues- - hoc of aviation policy va- being held ‘ over until the return of Mr ilas-c-v 1 \ anti nir Joseph Ward. The report * | already received from Colonel Bettlsg' 0 ? ten was no that officer's final report.. * The policy of the Government would e have to be settled before detailed ar- ~ ' rangemesti of any kind could be made. t 1 ffji .Joseph Ward had gathered »emc Xn-foraast-rW ibpa-: serial mails.

According to the “Daily Yews’ ” lobbyist, Field-Marshall French will receive a grant of £IOO,OOO, but no earldom. The tender of Messrs Harvey and Co., Ltd., of Levin, has been accepted for the additions to the Ivuku dairv factory. Mr Gerald Anderson has a big list of articles of various descriptions to offer to the Otaki public at his auction mart on Saturday next, full particulars being advertised. In .Stiles and Matlieson’s advertisement in this issue woven nightdresses are specially featured. These garments are usually 14s (id—during the sale they arc reduced to 10s (id. Hadficld has abandoned his intention to challenge Barry for the sculling championship, affd will return to Yew Zealand. Fenton, the Australian, is likely to challenge Barry if bucking is procurable. Bargains are the order of the day at Mrs Muir’s great alteration sale, and those in search of first-class goods at lowest prices should not miss their opportunity. The sale closes at an early

date. •Semi-official Polish news reports further Jewish progroms in Bussin. General Grigorieff’s surrounded the Jewish quarter in Odessa and massacred every single Jew during an occupation of three days and nights. Bootmaking.—F. Barrett ' wishes to notify tho public of Otaki and district that ho has resumed business as boot and shoemaker. Old and new customers pleaso take notice. Address: Dunstan Street, Otaki.—Advt.

Yo less than 51 petitions tor divorce, two more than the big list dealt with at the last sitliugs In Wellington, are to come before Mr Justice Cooper at Auckland. Eleven of these, however, are cases held over from the lust sessions. The directors of John Court, Ltd., Auckland, have decided to give all the employees two weeks’ holiday on full pay to celebrate peace. Mr Alfred Court, a member of the firm, has just returned from active service. There arc now 9SM- police strikers in London and 700 in Liverpool. Troops are suppressing hooligans in Liverpool and Birkenhead, where tin - • is widespread looting, and warships are protecting the dojdts. Special constables have been called out in Liverpool to quell the rioting in the poorer districts. Mr H. K. Elder, of Waikanac, has disposed of his well-known Waikanac property to Mr Higginson. of Koputoroa. Mr and Mrs Elder have been identified with Waikanac for so many years, and have been such splendid settlers, that their departure will be very deeply regretted by everyone. , In response to a request, it has been decided that Mr H. Small’s paper dealing with Yew Zealand plants and shrubs (in connection with the series of gatherings being bold under the auspices of the local horticultural societies) lie held on 'Friday, the 13th inst., not Friday next as originally

intended. Whether Anzuc Day shall be made a statutory holiday will be considered at a full Cabinet meeting on the return of the headers, said Sir James Allen in . reply to the Keturned Soldiers' Asso- 1 edition. Then the representatives of ' the association, together with many letters from others on the subject, w ill be considered. A boxing bout on Monday between James Ketty and James McDonald was keenly fought at Dunedin.. Both men were very tired, towards the finish, and in the last round McDonald .just managed to get a swinging blow into Keay's jaw. The latter fell, striking the floor heavily with his head. He was removed to the hospital in an unconscious state, where he died. His home was at J-’airlie.. Wild statements made to the police about “dastardly crimes,” including “the murder of twelve girls by the Red Hand gang,” have led to the committal of a youth to the Avondale .Mental Hospital, states the “Xcw Zealand Herald.” Early on Friday morning last he informed a policeman on duty . in Queen Street that he had seen a member of the I’onsonby police “brutally assaulted” in the Domain. Xo sign of the crime could be found bv a posse of police, who immediately hurried to the Domain, and further statements, including the story of the j “murders,” led to the apprehension { of the youth. Whet! first asked for his came, he gave the came of a French j

aviator. “Farmers don't know so much about j their cows as they think they do,” I said Mr Singleton, of the Dairy JDivi- i sion. in an address on herd testing to t dairymen at Levin on Wednesday. He stated that,in several casex after tests had been carried out by his Department the owners had been asked to pick out what they considered their best eight I cows. Very few had been able to do | that. One farmer when invited to > select his best butter-fat cow picked oat an animal that was not even among ' the first four, and when told that his highest fat producer was a cow with • three teats which he had pa--e*i over, I he exclaimed in surprise: “What, who j" would have thought it, and her with !’ only three teats:” It was only by j j testing, said Mr Singleton, that these j things were discovered.

Everyone with any experience of the s Xev Zealand climate will admit that * at this -Sea.-on of the year and often ' rigs* on to October, we get the most ! J boisterous weather. The boys, in com- |; Cion with the rest of the community, j 1 fee; the weather keenly, and need pro- >" t set ion at school, at work or at play. • Nothing is more .suitable than one of , " our smart Tweed Overcoat- for boys . - front 3 to It sear-. The -JuaHc-r size, 7' cost trora TJ- -i 2-ss and the larger ' from fits to 755. This is an invi-.' tutsnt ’ c that is alway. ; well worth while. GEO. FOWLDS, LTD.. rut err. .Street, tVeilingtom jr

“Local bodies arc not like the Gov- || eminent, who keep requests ‘steadily Sp in view,’ said the Hon. W. D. S. Mac- §| Donald at Wairoa. “They get busy II iiml spend money as fast as they can.” H The children’s “Victory Ball” held p at Levin on Monday night was a brilliant success, there being a very large j| attendance of children in fancy costunic. The competitions excited keen interest. Mesdames Bryant and Burnell (Manakau) and Percy (Motueka) acted as judges of the competitions. Owing to its economy in price and running the motor cycle side-car is gradually forging ahead in public esti- i limtion throughout the world. The latest item of news in this connection ; is that a fleet of 300 taxi-sidecars is to lie put on the Paris streets. the fares to be charged are considerably less than for taxi-cabs, there is . little doubt that the experiment will he a paying one. What to do with the culled cow t\as a question that naturally arose on | several occasions during the address by Mr Singleton to Levin dairymen on | Wednesday. One dairyman said he did ' not think it a fair thing to put rejects on to other dairymen. By doing that they would get no further ahead. Mr Singleton admitted the question was a problem, and a good deal would have. - to be left, to dairymen in overcoming it. There was no doubt that a proportion of culls could be fattened and disposed of, but careful breeding was | gradually reducing the percentage of . undesirables, and in a comparatively few years they could be. reduced to s minimum.—‘ * Chronicle. ’ ’