LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 11 February 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ riio Ilorowheuua County Council meets on Saturday next at Levin. The Horowhenun A. and I'. Association has decided to hold regular monthly meeting* in fifture, the 'late fixed lieing the afternoon of the second Saturday in each month. The Otaki Town Clerk »ivm public notice that all dog las fee.- unpaid after Maseh fitli will be sued for. Mr Geo. Gallagher is the authorised collector of the tax. which is due by both Maori.- and Europeans. A boy in Mai:..' (1'..5.A.; heads the li-t iii the records o) corn-growing by boys' and girl-' club-. He produced oSI bushels of tJinf corn on a quarter of an a'-re —a rare oi -'■'■'< bushels pet acre. This sort of crop ought to pay almost as well'an dairy farming. The wholesale price or maize in Auckland is 8s .".'J per bu.-hel, so that the yield per acre- would be £!W 10s lid. In a note to the current j-r-uc- of the Journal of Agriculture the Government warns farmers as follows: Great cure should be taken in buying paspabjm seed at the present time owing to trie .'••-!>' inferior seed on the inarke\ The r>"c-w Zealand-grown seed of t!./ Il'l9 .-ci-oii should on •■■.:.• account Vie -oT.f! unless its germination capa- ■-:• ■ has bee , :i*2--.c'-r.-.".iri.-.-i. Australian '"up: is seems fairly Miti.*f«<atory. ollovring the conference recent!* .»• the Prime Minister with representati- vi of farmers, bacon carers, wholesale disfriWiors and retailers of bacon. the Government Iki decided to revoke the Orders-in-Counei! fixing maximum -, r ; c .,.< f- or bacon .".;:<! hams. The eiieu of this rew>«ittfsp '■■.ill be that price? of llaeon acd hams >•.;'.! no longer be eontreU/vl. The whole of ilir- bacon cured 7n tils JJrtstiniQn will, however, be available for Jjoutiii'tfiu consumption as The export is prohii.jTc-i, ur.a in addition to this, with a view to augmenting supplier, the duty on baer/n and M.rps importeTl from Australia hft = been rec.it". >i. -^ While journeying frow Whakatane to Tauranga in a large jauraai on Saturday, a native named Inittfca Ta4ri /aJlr't a: Motihi Island arid anchored in the j bay. Prej-aring to resume his voyage about ; i.tu. oa Saturday. Imuka vieisity p£ th.. jieezuw* tank. He jumped overboard. 2<JKi -m«i..c..7,f>r ? , ashore,*gave the sUzna at the Maori (a. 1 All endeavours; to save the vessel were I fruitless, and it ,»ni speedily destroyed, j The native's loss is estimate- at £250 j for nh* launch, which was" ■itr.nsun?}, j and the vessel; -.. ,

At- the Napier Magistrate's Court Robert Anderson Was fined £IOO for failing to destroy rabbits on his property. " ■ j - A fire in the premises of the American Agricultural Chemical Company at ■ Regia, Havana, caused damage estimated at ten million dollars. Owing to the stoppage of coal supplies from Britain industrial firms in Denmark only is possess six weeks' supplies. Drastic rationing of domestic , fuel and HgTiting is proposed. I While, butter is selling in London tie • ttay at 'Js (id to -s Sd, or even 3s per i lb, margarine js quoted retail by the j great "Maypole" multiple shops at Is ! per lb. ! The Sisters of the Otaki Convent , tire resuming music tuition this week. I and elsewhere notify that they have vacancies for a few pupils. Terms will be given on application. Hosiery that will wear well and hist long is offered by Stiles and Matheson. ! Ltd.. of Levin. This progressive Jinn has a line of black cashmere hose at very reasonable prices. A London exchange says: The lowest tender for printing the Peterborough Corporation's abstract accounts is ISs tid per folio. In 191 S the luice was Ss. the previous year Is .'id. and iu pre-war days .*!s 6d. Hundreds of thousands of benzine tins go to waste in the district during the course of a year (says the Wanganui "Herald"). As the tins cost a shilling each, there is a small fortune for the man who takes the trouble to collect them. The butter and cheese representatives at Wellington informed the Prime Minister that, they favoured a free market, subject to any restrictions which may be imposed by the Imperial Government.

A medical man. who is also a gardener, says that I'aluicrston orchardisthandbng stone fruit, with any sign of ripe rot or brown spot should be very careful, for it is highly poisonous.— I'almerston "Times."

Attention is called to the unreserved j clearing sale, on account of Messrs I Walsh and Jeffares. Otaki, on Monday i next, by Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd. A large number of dairy cows, young stock, farm implements, etc.. will be j offered a.- advertised. j

The Levin Mardi Gras Carnival is being held at Levin to-day, and is ex citing keen interest. The voting for queen candidates will be held open fur another week, and a big function *ill be held at Levin to celebrate! the crowning of the successful candidate.

The price of new boots is prohibitive in many families, and in consequence it is advisable to liavo old boots repaired. Take them to F. Barratt, who makes them as new with the best of leather and workmanship. Don't delay.

send your boots and shoes at once —F Barratt, Dunstan .Street, Otaki Kail way.—Advf.

A resolution was passed at a meet in" of the General Labourers' Union

Wmiganui, demanding a public inquiry into the condition.- which have be( i existing in Fiji and which have no*, from the Government point of viev iie-e.ssiialed the dispatch of. a mili iarv expedition to protect |»roperty. "Dr. .\nd<rso:i. Director of Educa lion, has all the nay iu the Kducatioi

branch ol the Government," naid Mr l>. MeKenzie, chairman of the District High School Committee, at the indignation meeting at Petone on Monday. '•The director should not have -j much power as to override a high school committee, when such a body -übmitted information at the request of the Education Board." Owing to the bad weather on Monday night, the concert arranged to be held i'T Manakau in connection with the Levin Mar.li lira- did not, eventuate, though a number of performers rind audience put in an appearance. It ha.- been arrange-] to hold the con c«rt on Friday night next, when it is hoped there will lie better weather and :i large audience. •'The Ma = -ey Government has no more moral right, to govern New Zealand than the Bolshevist leaders have to govern Russia—probably, if "!j.fwhole truth were known, not so much. . . We can reasonably expect to see the horsemen and baton- in the main street* of our seaport cities within the next few month., and before the nnustoeracy of New Zealand awakes to the danger of minority government, the bulk of the workers will be driven into the ranks of the revolutionaries." —Auckland "Liberator." A remarkable story is told by the London correspondent of one of the most reputable Canadian papers of the rsinh Fein plot to kidnap the Prince of Vj'-ilf.- during his ylgtt to the United .-states. H« "'upon high authorit-.-." That the ".'fiodti» operandi'' wat<> be a? follow*: —"A high-powered rnot«.r car was to be brought up.to one of the stations at which the Prince ;*,,«.- die ro alight it! America. He wan to' hare l>e<rfl -w?iw<l and carried to a wafting ear. Jn wni ;h /n- ?■;-? to hartbeen conveyed to aseerM hiding place. litre to he held for ransom, namely, the jgeogiuiipn ot the Irish BepubK*?." .'-. mm/ £-' .the fi'',r'->' antboritiw y-f.M --.r the ph>t" iU-T iCasowi*^^** 5 With Brilisif .'/tSciai.- la Arr.er. : e-f. as-T extra sraiiS? <**"* '-*MfP* W attend j the Prince. It' is- adayuwi ctsi* nenI befs oi the Prince'* party | nothing of the matter until they ba4 returned to England, and it is s!*o recogais.fic J«ai the Priaee's extreme p&mdatii&v ixt AJfet-jfca ?'i> r Jld have made the risky aasir to carry «jt. fiyx. correspondeat evidently has so <ittvt,i' hz to the. accuracy of his information. We i.-,. ji-jwicg a nice rtingc of j la.dk--.' .taß ,ifc than town j price*, rs court, *tr<ip 1= stock, vrhi« cleatier; ' ia Boetock, j iTttg-get and Pacific, al»o a ,ltne of ij "geafc'a <.Teenhiae Torkisg' laces.; Xrvfne's Sioe.'.Store, CtaVi.—Advt. ; l

The Government has purchased -140 acres of the Ornioml Estate, Wallingford, Hawke's Bay, for soldier settlement. It is stated that a libel case, as the result of the recent petition relative to the Hutt County Council's ranger, will be heard shortly. An effort is to be made this week to promote a sports gathering, to be held at Otaki on Faster Monday. A deal of enthusiasm' is being shown, and it is hoped the suggestion will materialise. Felton, the sculler, at a welcome home in Sydney, said he had signed an agreement to race Barry on the I'arramtitta on September Ist. Barry expected to leave Fnglaud at the end of February. It was stated in the engineer's report to the Kairauga County Council yesterday that at the present time the Council was employing nearly 50 men on day wages, and including contractors' teams nearly 70 horses

The Te Horo public school picnic will be held on Friday next, when u most enjoyable time is promised all who attend. In the evening a dance will be held, and all should attend, as this will probably be the "wind-up" of the season.

"He look the farm because ho wanted to be the last man to go to the. war, and 1 hid him," said a female witness in the Feildiug Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. The present result id' their joint action is thai she is suiny; liiiii for separation and maintenace. Mr Gerald Anderson, our local auctioneer, gives preliminary notice of auction sales to be conducted at Otaki. on account of Mrs Huthwaite and Mr .1. Mackic. on the 21st and 25th inst.. respectively. Details of both sales -.ill be advertised later. At a meeting of the Christftharch War Memorial Committee it was decided that the Christchurch memorial should take, the form of a cenotaph and hall of memories in Cathedral Square, the design to be settled by public competition. It was suggested that this memorial would cost ££>,ooo.

The cases to come before the Supreme Court at the criminal sessions at Palmcrston North commencing on Tuesday ne.\t are as follows: Marcel Knocks and Samuel Cootes. alleged theft at Otaki; John Leopold Kankin. alleged theft from a dwelling house at I'almerston North; Augustus Sullivan, alleged theft at I'almerston North; .lerasmus Gambitsis, alleged uttering of a forged bank note at I'almer.-tou North.

Mr Murdoch, chairman of 'he llawera County Council, inclines to the. belief that lorries drawn by steam can be worked more economically than those driven by electricity. Tests urn 1 , he said, now being made, and they should soon know which was the cheaper. He mentioned that while a steam-driven lorry would lust !i0 years, Iu- had not, heard of one driveu by benzine which would last more than eight

In the Carterton case, in which lb,ward Harold Armstrong, saddler, -..;<;-• charged with breaking and entering the shop and dwelling of May Klizabeth Baillie, the jury without relintig brought in a verdict of "not guilty." The evidence showed that. Armstrong was on terms of intimacy e.itii Mr.-. Baillie, who hud promised to marry him "when he got his divorce," hut. had "cooled off afterwards." Armstrong went to the premises wdth a skeleton key to "sec who hi» rival was." This led to the proceeding?. . The judge said the cus.c had provided a certain amount of amusement, but 1 was expensive for the country. A mysterious burning accident with | fata) results occurred at Kuriwao, near I Clinton, Otago, on Thursday. Annie Mary Irwin, single, aged 30, was found ■lead at the residence of her uncle, Malcolm Paterson. The deceased war. apparently in good health and .spirits -..hen her single aunt left in the morning to •iri'.e to Clinton.. On the former returning four hours later she found the unfortunate girl lying under a wiliow tree with cvvn,' stitch of clothing burned oil and in a shocking con<litiori. only the boots remaining on the. body. At the inquest a verdict was returned that the cause of death was shock, the result of burns, there being j;o evidence to show how the bunis were caused. Siayr the "Woodvillc Examiner":—

The suggestion to erect a toll gitc on the Gorge Road in order to derive revenue to defray the cost of ks maintenance will come before the controlling authority at its next meeting. Meanwhile the proposal is being eagerly debated pro and con. Motorists in particular, are determinedly opposed to the proposal, averring that it would tie a source «f continual hindrance and inconvenience. Drovers, also, do not rejish the idea. One. in language lurid and erjjptatie, expressed t-ie opinion that they hail enough trouble with the übiquitous motors without the additional worry of a toll gate. Or» the other hand money ban to he found for th*-- apk<rf-p of j this ('•-pensive portion of the main [arterial mad, 'ailing the GoreTßrwnt I taking it over as' ftignwiy j Revwioe' Kill have'to be dv-rivHi t-itoer i by a direct levy on the local bodies ;r;e&p*.rr ; *;ng tiif- Gorge of Con-

trol, or by the establishment of'a toll i gats as siigjge»>te<j at the PaJtsefston I jfc£ejij, s - ~k£".atbef £>y, JfT* """•^ "VSTsat man is lEere' vio aas jwf whilst in a desperate haste to Veep an appointment esperieastd the zwuijaacc of having to wrestle witi u tie that is difSctilt to adjust. It jriH S'- lt elide,- f* -?-<- It sbsolotely refusei to liiiiigjt- izuek a iUWtAi'JS Ji 6. strong incentive to £3 izqgJLiii jriprts rions. Ac effective way vt trbviatici' all thi* has been found by GEO. FOWLDB, ETD., of Manners Street, cludes a <thoi.ee 'selection of WrteHell slide-easy ties. Tfii latest and smartest —s«e them.

A Christchurch iirin of butchers advertises the following price list under the head of" **Great Reduction”: Prime Canterbury: Fores fid per lb. legs Sid, sides id, chops fid, Sd, Kid; sausage meat 4d, beef sausages 5(1, pork sausages Sd, saveloys Is 3d per dozen. Prime ox beef from Sd per lb.” i They arc opportunists up in Taranaki. ’ One season the dairymen are all out for butter, the next they convert their factories into cheese-making. It, seems that cheese, which had a splendid spin during the war, is going back to second place again. At any rate, word comes from the north that I the Taranaki cheese factories arc to convert their factories back to buttei making next season. j