THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 19 September 1919, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For the cause that lacks assistance, i For the wrongs that need resistance, j For the future in the distance, l And the good that we can do.

—♦ Owing to the holidays there will be no issue of the “Otaki Mail” on Monday next (Dominion Day). The troopship Ayrshire is expected to arrive in Lyttelton on Friday evening or Saturday morning. The vessel has on board an English mail. There are 831 receptacles. 523 being bags of ordinary mails and 308 bags of parcels. The monthly stock sale at Otaki takes place on Wednesday next, when good lists of entries will be submitted by Messrs Abraham and Williams, .Ltd., and Dalgety and Co., Ltd., as advertised.

Owing to the alteration of mail trains, commencing next week, mails for north will close at the Otaki post office at 9.40 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and southern afternoon mails will close at 4.25 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Besides spring millinery, spring drc-sses, and spring shoe styles, spring hose is necessary to show this apparel off to the best advantage. But there’s hose and hose. Stiles and Matheson’s ko»C is spun silk hose, and it conies in many new stripe effects. Read Stiles and Matheson-'s advertisement in this paper. In connection with the War Loan, attention of taxpayers is drawn to the fact that tile compulsory provisions of the Finance Act, 1913, will be put into operation, and the fact that persons who are required to subscribe under compulsion will only receive 3 per cent by way of interest on their investments. There is very little time longer in which to subscribe to the loan, and we would again urge every loyal citizen to do his or her best to support the country in this effort to raise money which is absolutely necessary in order to meet contingencies arising out of the warT

Commencing on Monday next the train service will be further improved, and trains will run as stated elsewhere. [ Among the additions, trains will leave as follows:—From Palmerston for Napier on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, leave Napier for Palmerston c t Monday, Wednesday and Friday, leave Wellington for New Plymouth on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, leave New Plymouth for Wellington on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, leave Wellington for Woodville on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, leave Woodville for Wellington on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Further particulars appear elsewhere.

1 There is now on view in Mr T. A. [King’s shop window, Otaki, the narI cissi blooms which wpn the "Citizen? ’ | Trophy (-4 varieties), and also first l first prize for the collection or IS varieties of daffodils at the Otaki , Show on Wednesday— gTOwn 3nd exhibited by T. Waugh, of Lower Hutt. The exhibit has attracted great attention, and well it might, for it comprises a magnificent lot of some of the very finest daffodils in existence. We would strongly advise all lovers of beautiful Sowers who have not seen this lovely exhibit to call at Mr King-'a during the next dav or two. M

800 trunking.— T. Barrett wishes to notify-the public of Otaki and district that he has resumed business as boot

and shoemaker. Old and new customers please take notice. Address: Dunstan Street, Otaki.—Advt.

The AVaikanae Girls ’ Club have donated live pounds to the funds of the Horowhenua Patriotic Association. ! Messrs Neil Donegkue and Co./ Ltd., ' of Petone, advertise that they have several motor lorries, vans and cars on hand, which they are prepared to sell cheaply. , - | • The Lyttelton gaol, as a general ! ' prison, will be elosed within two ! months. Some of the'prisoners will be removed to Paparoa prison farm, and others to the Auckland gaol. | The Prime Minister stated in the i House yesterday that ho hoped the 1 session would end about November 1, ! and the general elections be held in the first or second week in December. The races will be next week, and you • will want a new pair of boots or shoes, j Wo are now showing a nice range of summer footwear, and the prices aro right. Call and inspect. —Irvine’s Shoo Store, Otaki.—Advt. Replying to a question by Mr Nash, 3 in the House on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said he knew how irritating was the permit system re train travelling. He had consulted the general manager, and instructions had been given that if possible the permit system should be dropped after this week. This will be good news to our readers, ; as the permit system is condemned by ' all. ' Big stocks of summer footwear have - arrived at Mr Andrew’s Stores from leading manufacturers, and Mr And«ug| was very lucky in escaping recent fK rises. The consequence is he can Jj||| cheaper than many others. Boots t ;j| • shoes to suit every taste at HoTd|j| Andrew's, universal provider aSM money-savor, Manakau (also at Oli-JfiH/ There is sure to be a large gather|p!jj! at the Children’s Evening to be hel|H ; ; i the Druids’ Hall to-nightj when a J||| ber of elocutionary, inuslcaJ and afiH tic competitions will be held undo it ..iri auspices of the Gtaki Literary KB Debating Club. The entries assure a very successful evening. BH - competitions will commence at 7 jjjKj At a meeting of members of tgNg; Horowlienua A. and P. As3CCic.tjM| the committee appointed -to sider the matter of a two-days’ *BRB , strongly recommened such a procedMi In view of this the question will be Jm| ther considered on Saturday w®M>i The advisability of having a nog 1 section was also discussed and fMM™j ably received. .tE Perhaps the most attra £|||| .M? exhibit at the Otaki Buljj6j| . Wednesday was a bloomJflßß named Seville, exhibited Poole, of Hutt. The medium size, but would jjagg . anywhere, the , a glorious .bright BH .* j pciianth of snowy 1 ■*•*'s' /j the first bloom of variety shown in the DominH|. |g the only flower produced sOTHr/':, bulb imported by Mr Poole. £S|||j||||£ saw the bloom on to order bulbs, but Mr Poole 1 in a position to take, aiders. jPflUfflii ' mentioned that a year or two ago i bulbs of this variety were quot> < yjj 1 from £l7 to £2O each in the Old CcjHi 1 try. I|| A particularly interesting sectio K|| though a small one—at the Otaki 1 Show was ikat for New Zealand s 1 ling daffodils. In these classes by 3 the best bloom was a magnificent t H|| ling trumpet raised and exhibited , 1 Mr H. Poole, of Lower Huit. 11 'V bloom is a soft yellow trumpet, of I®i|; 3 size and perfect form, the being smooth and long, and the l perianth of excellent form. This J variety was obtained from a cross from 1 King Alfred and Lord Roberts. The 5 judge (Mr Buckingham) awarded the 3 bloom first prize in its class, and also 1 champion bloom of the show. Mr 3 Buckingham told an “Otaki Mail” tc--3 porter that the bloom was one of the finest trumpets he had ever seen. He also expressed the opinion that the time , nas coming when New Zealand would = be able to supply its own novelties in- , stead of importing them, as many fine s seedlings were now being produced in • this land. Mr A. J. Hobbs, of Hutt, also showed some very fine seedling daffodils at the Otaki Show. L Your boys, like everyone else’* boys, ! are still wearing out elbows and knees, : Mill kicking the soles off boots, and the 1 problem of how to clothe them seems no nearer solution. Boys can’t help knocking their clothes out'; it’s natural , with them. Still they have to be j dressed neatly on occasion, end there ; is nothing smarter than a well-made tweed or navy suit. When mothers are in Wellington they should make a point of inspecting our big stocks of suits for boys from four to eighteen j years of age. They cost from 29s Gd to j 555. j GEO. POWIiDS, LTD., Manners Street, Wellington.