LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 8 March 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three shillings per dozen tire offered at Taihape for empty beer bottles. A special meeting of the Manakau branch of the X.Z. Farmers' Union takes place this evening at 7..'!". The House of Representatives at Washington by an overwhelming majority refused to repeal prohibition.

I A class for confirmation candidates will orii'u at All Stunts' Church on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Arrangements; are being made to hold a dance ai To Horo on March 17tb (St. Patrick's Day). .Detail, will be advertised later. A telegram from I.e.- Angeles states | that Dempsey, the world's champion j fighter, has been arrested on a charge ol evading war-time conscription. •,\ Micrrssful sale was held on Saturday afternoon on behalf of .Mr W. Tonipsitt. '-'.bo shortly leave.- to take up residence in Wellington, Messrs McDougal! Bros, and Co. are advertising several autumn line?, inrludiug the latest fashions in millinery, cr-tumes, coats, etc., all of distinctive i :,:,''!;iy and style. ! ~ member of the- vestry of AH s.,jnfs' Church has josi presented the .-!.-,srch with a"gift of two acres of land, situated on Domain Road, and valued • - £.jUO, for the purpose of helping to c~r.abli.su a church school in Otaki. : new maternity home, on ;;;i to-daic ! iim.-.. ha- been established at Otaki by i Xursp Patterson, who has completely 1 renovated and re-furnished premises in Mill Road that rue most suitable for At Whakatan'c on Wednesday la.-t I sugar, benzine, coal and firewood were retried a* being unobtainable, while potatoes were very scarce. Housewives were compelled to gather driftwood from the banks oi the river to j k., ; , t e I This is how- they deal with pur- ! vevors of milk who add writer to the j nourishment in South Australia. Defendant was fined is all £ll-'. and h;;<i i to fof the bill for advertisement in the t! ree daily papers in that city, giving his name, place of abode, and the na :re of each offence of which he was -nvicted. together with the

penal) • imposed- Tin- treatment will soon ; 1 the watered milk industry. Pn< - of garden produce have been most ■■ -ooursging to marke; gardeners. A loc-:: grower recently sent several sacks of beautiful fresh garden peas to the city, and received the munificent return of us r>er sack. When one considers the time it take- to pick a sack of peas-, the cost of seed, time occupied in growing, and marketing expnses, it can readily be seen that market gardeners eaanot be charged with profiteering. The same gTOwer recently received 2s 6d per sack for fine French An officer of long experience in Wellington explains to the •'Times'-* tie reason for official delays in answering correspondence, by giving one in*ts>i!ce of the costly effect of prompt replies. A Manawalu faretei sold five hie.:-, and being dissalisiled wrote rrime Minister, -'hose officer promptly rep'-ed that they were --old is the usual fa;-. The result of this -■•:•_- that the .-....,-. -.r r ,:Tf. ta nearly every :•:•:.■•■.: C.or;'A.T»sder:«e with the ITinUter and pro v sMv several handred letters pa; sd. Our Luiorm-ir.- believes that •ss.z '., lsttfit ■would have bees, forgotten and -thus aasrswered anstrered itself. '

A first-class confectionery business in Otaki is advertised for sale.

The Hutt County Council holds its monthly meeting at Wellington tomorrow.

TEo vital statistics for Foxton for February were: Births 3, deaths nil, marriage certificates nil. v

•We remind bowlers of the special general meeting to be held in tho Druids' Hall to-night at 7.30.

Mr K. H. J. Knox, who has taken over Mr C. Sawyer's farm at Waitohu, has for sale grapes at Is (id per lb and apples at 7s per 101 b case.

Shipments of Belgian glass are beginning to arrive in New Zealand, and it is expected that the glass market will soon be considerably relieved.

Messrs Ford and ShuHd, agents for the Wizard Lightj will be in Otaki this week, and will bo pleased to take orders for this well-known light, particulars of which appear elsewhere.

The petition of Mr J. B. Hine, tho unsuccessful Government candidate for Stratford, to have the election set aside, will he heard by the Chief Justice (Sir EobeTt Stout) and Mr Justice Chapman ou luth March. "The Mangahao hydro - electric scheme will, I consider, take six years tit the very least to complete, and, at the present rate of progress, ten years," said Colonel Mitchell, M.P.. to a "Dominion" reporter. The Otaki Town Board advertises for applications for the positioas of building inspector and sanitary inspector. Applications close on March X3th, and full particulars can be obtained on application to the Town Clerk (Mr M. 11. Ayro).

A public meetiug, to receive the report of the Peace Memorial Committee and to consider a new memorial scheme proposed by the Ratepayers' Association, will be held at Otaki ou Wcdnes day night.

After-sale bargains. Women are urged to see the splendid towel bargains which Howard Andrew is offering at special reductions. He is also Offering remnants at bargain prices. All lengths for every purpose.

The Levin Horticultural Society's Siiuw will be held to-morrow and Wednesday. The season has been a good one for vegetables, and also for many classes of fruit and vegetables, and a splendid show is assured. We hope to see the Otaki district support the show.

The general executive of the Licensed Victuallers' Association in Wellington have supported a request from the Grey branch and decided to

appoint a deputation to wait, ou the Prime Minister and urge that, no further referendum should be taken on the li'-ensing question for tit least nine to twelve yeaTS. A Califoraian gentleman of wide experience in growing and marketing citrous fruits, informs va that a recent .journey through the North Auckland province convinces him that the clim-.-n» and soil are equal to the very- best of California for --■- purpose. All that. is lacking is the importation of the proper thin-skinned varieties of oranges and lemons.

The following have been elected. ofliccrs of tho newly-formed volunteer lire brigade at Foxton: —Captain. Mr Parkin; lieutenant, Mr H. flamer; ,-üb-lii-utenant. Mr A. Stevenson; engineer and custodian, Mr W. O'Brien; trea-

surer, Mr M. E. Pcrreau; committee Mc*ars A. Smith, 11. i ; "ranklacd. and a! ofticers. It was decided to recommem the Borough Council to erect a firbrigade station, and to purchase : syren similar to the one at Otaki. Autumn fashions are now bhowing a! Mr V.'. M. Clark's drapery establish went at Levin. Mr Clark has had hi showeoom considerably extended, and it i- now under the personal Kupcrvisior of an experienced milliner. His big autumn display will commence on Tuesday (to-morrow), and Mr Clark invites ladies: to pay a visit of inspection. It will be well worth their while. u- h u splendid array of the very latest millinery, winter coats, blouses, sport; coat-, rubiproofs, costume--, etc.. will be on show. Readers should pc-rn-e Mr Clark's new advertisement on our first page. The ManawatuMaster Laker-' A- ociation met at Palmereton North on Friday night, and unanimously decided to take a similar stand to that of the Canterbury Association, not to accept the new bread prices, as announced by Mr Massey. The Association include.-; Foxton. Palmereton North, Ashhur.-r, Shannon, and other town.-, "adjacent to Palmers-ton North. Urgent representation is to be made to Mr Massey through Mr Nash, M.F., to allow the [trice to staid at 6d. In the event of refusal it is understood that the association members will close their miseries.

A motoring accident, the victims, of which were Harry Stoekley, a jockey, and E. C. Walker, a taxi-driver, M»tb of Auckland, occurred on Friday night near Paeroa. The car containing the two deceased and Herbert Cogan and driven by Walker, was en route from Te Aroha to the Thames about du*k. The driver mistook the way and took the Netherton road. About a mile and a half beyond Paeroa the Poire bridge, spanning the Wairoa river, was open to allow the passage of the steamer Wsimarie. The bridge opener saw the car approaching and called out, bat Walker wa» unable to pail thfi motor up, and it plunge*! into the open•ay. being precipitated into the water , beltra-. Stoekley and Walker were both j drowned, but Cogan reached tbe sfcore eifcatutad, The price of aw b&ota la prohibitive In snasy families, van is consequence it is advisable to have old boots repaired. Take them-is F. Baxratf, who makes them as rer? trith the tvat of caine? and trcrkmanihip. Don't delay, ■end your beer** and sl&G&s a: oaee—F. Sanatt, Dunitau Strwt, Otaki Bail- \

AVe understand that Mr G. H. Kingdon has disposed of his farm at Manakau to Mr Holmes, of tho Wairarapa.

The monthly stock sales at To Horo will be held on Wednesday next. Entries aro advertised.

Tho final stage* of the big summer sale is announced by Messrs Stiles and Matheson, Ltd., Levin. Special bargains aro advertised in this issue.

Tho annual general meeting of the Otaki Fire Brigade takes place to-night at S o'clock, when nominations of officers for the ensuing year will be received.

Wo have just landed a few lines of standardised boots. Call early and secure ;i pair. Irvine's Shoo Store, Otaki.—Advt.

The shannon tennis players will visit Manakau ou Wednesday next, and play a friendly match with the Manakau Club. The following will represent Manakau: Miss Houghton, Miss Gunn, Ms-s Smith, Miss A. Cotter, Mrs H. G. Byraur, Messrs Duucum, Grey, ivopata, Stewart, and Burncll.

Chautauqua completed its sessions at Levin on Saturday night. All of the meetings were well attended, and the public were so well satisfied that an appeal for support for a 1021 session at Levin met with ready response, and the necessary guarantee will speedily be forthcoming.

The introduction of the poppy for sentimental reasons into the Dominion from France, where it has been declared a noxious weed, was strongly deprecated by the Oitmuru County Council at a. meeting on Saturday. It was stand that St. John's wort was planted in -j few gardens in Australia, and was now a universal pest. The poppy was a particular menace to wheat. The following resolution was carried:—That the Council protests against the introduction of the poppy, a noxious weed, and asks the Government to take the step- necessary to protect agriculturist from the pernicious weed ov*r which the TTirmers in Franco and Belgium have no control.

Good roads were essential to the attractiveness of country life, which was a. matter which had to bo considered nowadays. They had to make roads fit for motor traction, and to-day some of them were hardly tit for bullock fraction, said Mr Massey to the Conference of Chambers of Commerce The difficulty was to know where to begin, but if was clear they should tackle first the main arterial road?. One should be able to run a car from Auckland to Wellington or Auckland to Taranaki without difficulty, and that meant the bad sections must be tackled, lie did not, agree that good roads meant competition with the railway-. Jt: had been the experience that good roads were good for railways.