THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 31 March 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will be no Lsuo of the ""Otaki -Mail'' on Good Friday or on EasteV Monday, but the paper will !«j printed on Saturday afternoon nest, April 3rd. It has been decided to proceed p.ith the building en' tho new Catholic Church in Palmcrston North, and tenders are being called for the erection in brick, or concrete of a church and presbytery. What is considered to be an Australasian record price for a bullock's hide was obtainpd at a bide .-ale at Dunedin a few days ago. when 30Jd per lb was paid tor a single hide. The weight of the hide was 931 b, and it- value £ll 10s 4d.

It is expected that a returned soldiers' football team will be formed in the Ohau district this sensor;. A good many players arc located at the .-jldiers' settlement at the Kuku, and no difficulty is anticipated in getting ■■. strong side together. While Messrs Swensson Bros, and T. Thorner were driving along the Gorge road yesterday afternoon, the weight o* the vehicle and load forced their pony over a steep bank, with the result that Mr Thorner severely injured hi-: collarbone, and was also severely shaken. Messrs Swensson were more fortunate, and escaped with minor injuries. The horse was uninjured, bet tie vehicle will need a deal of repairing. Considering the embankment was, a bad one. leading to the river, the party may consider themselves very fortunate.

Attention is called to a -.-•■rr important sale of Friesian-. Red Poll and Guernsey .six-months bolls, to be held st tie Centr&l Development Farm. Weraioa, Levin, on Thursday nest. April Sth. as advertised. The young Friesian sires fete ttOtj spfceia;,? In addition to the- t:--;.._ - 'Jii ■ -■-

The Pahiatua County Council is raising a loan of £32,000 for bridges, housing, and road machinery. The local banks will be closed on Friday, Saturday. Monday and Tuesday for the Easter holidays. A number of Opunak'c settlers have been lined different sums and up to as •much for £lO for permitting the spread of blackberries. A child, with five fully-de-ve-loped fingers and a thumb on each hand, has boon unearthed in the Masterton district. AVe remind our readers of the Hauterc Rifle Club's'daucc to bo held on Easter Monday nigh;. An enjoyable time is assured all who attend. The Palmerston drapers are so satisfied with the trial given to Saturday six o'clock closing that they propose to make it permascnt. Easter costumes of the highest quality are advertised by Messrs Stiles and Mathe'son, Ltd., of Levin. Those who cannot call will be equally well .suited if they order by mail. Mr K. Hooper, of Waikanue, gives notice by advertisement that if the bay horse trespassing on his property is not claimed within fourteen days ii will be sold to defray expenses. The business people of Otaki have practically all decided to close their premises from Thursday nigh; until Tuesday morning, for the Easter holidays. The Auckland City Council is couii.un.g its pol.;-;. ci' 1;,:- ■ s coin-rrtc roads, which are showing such excelled results that the Mayor >iat.\- it is questionable if any better method of laying them can be devised. A number of Chinamen have been viewing j :ul ,l nCilr Levin fur market gardening purposes, but so far have made no purchases. They are now inspecting land in the vicinity of Otaki. The monthly meeting, of the Otaki Town Hoard takes place to-morrow night. As there is an extra amount of business to transact the meeting will he held at 7 o'clock instead of 7.30. The unreserved clearing sale, to be held on behalf of Mr Robert Gibbons. who ha.- sold his property, to-morrow-should be well attended, as tin- list to l.e submitted includes some fine dairy cows, sheep, milking plant, etc. The U.S. postal airmen engaged on the New York-Chicago route have threatened to strike unless two pilots, who', were discharged tor refusing to ascend, are reinstated. This would be the fir.-' airmen's strike. It is reported that the Palmerston Patriotic Society has £<to,ooo of accumulated funds. It is not yet decided whether to distribute it to the men in the district or pool it with other funds under the Government proposals. The Pacific Cable Hoard notifies that weather conditions in Canada are still unsatisfactory, and causing a delay on full-rate traffic to ami from the United Kingdom of about three .lay--. Deferred five day.- traiii.; io and from America h also showing heavy delay. Cockrcll's have opened up a Jot of new good-, which are well worthy of in.-pecfion. As a result; of careful buying and choice selection, the e goods r.rr of splendid quality, while the price are most reasonable, a. p l udect buyers will Had On in pection. 'j.'ko.c who are thinking of baying a piano should first call on Mr Ken Aitkcti, of Levin, and see the special values he i- offering. M r Ait ken has a good stock of instrument?-, and will be pleased to discuss pian»s with any in-Twenty-three Native tribes will be present at the Maori wclcom" in Koforua to the Prince of Wale-. A contract for supplying meat to their carop has been'U-t. Ji is estimated that 30 bullock and 300 sheep will be required D :r;ng a fracas in the Empire Hot'd. I'eilding. oa Saturday. Kobert Mci.'onkey i*said to have battered John Miiligan with a solid-bottomed pint gia> . The latter i- in the Palmerston Hospital, and the loci! J 's.P. have re-iea-od the alleged a-allant on sub- j

A Kotorua telegram -tutes that Cha- 1 . Y'lr: er, wholesale wine and j-pir:!: merchant, charged with .-cliing a Lottie of whi-ky in contravention of the Liecusinir Act. was convicted on a second The license was cancelled and Turner XI litary and colonial official- watched r ;:ils on the Seine of a new ieotcr (•oat -,i the glider type. The boat is Stte with aa engine of $"'J hors-e----r-'jv, -. with twelve cylinders, and eap- ; tile ■:" -I'j'j revolutions per minute. n,li> an hoar, and the top speed SO

! mik . ! ; 31 -fibers o£ the Foston fire Brigade I '.vere entertained by Mrs Hornblow on Friday night, when reference was made to the fine work done by them, Mr Homblow also presented the brigade with a cheque for £2 in recognition of cervices done at the- recent fire. Song?, A London "Times" correspondent at Caucasus of descendants of Scotch people who landed at Trebizend in the iilteenth century. They lived 1." a village in "he mountains near BaiotJta. He wore kilts: ;nd sporran.?, played the Gaelic and Georgian Tartar. The CCr- ;: r^s"; jtes ™ i pairta. Take then to T. Bsrrait, The j tz&l&s tbt-rn a= rev with the best of leather and T-orJocss-iip. Dos'i dei&y, :taa yoar boots atui shoes a: e«e-~F. ! Baxratt, Dmstan Street, Ot*k: B*ii. ; waji—Advt.

Eggs are quoted at 3s (3d a dozen wholesale in "Wellington, with a rising

tendency.

A. meeting of the Horowheuua School Teachers' Institute was held at Otaki on Saturday last. Questioned on the matter by a reporter, an officer stated that there was nothing to report.

A proposal to raise a loan of £lG2,oot* for the augmentation of the Dunedin city water supply by bringing in the Lee stream, was defeated by 2-172 votes to 704. Over 12,000 were eligible to vote.

Tickets have been printed for the monster concert which is to be hold to raise money for the pnrehase of band instruments, and the heading appears

"Otaki Maori Brass Band." This is erroneous, and the organisation is to be known as "The Otaki Brass Band."

At a meeting of business people at Levin it was decided to close business premises from Thursday;night till Tues. day morning for the Easter holidays. It was also resolved to form a Chamber of Commerce among the Levin business people. Wanted.—The public to know that we are selling our footwear at the old prices, that is while our present stock lasts. Wc have just purchased a largo range of ladies' ami gouts' boots and shoes, which are to arrive shortly. Irviue's Shoe Store. Otaki.—Advt, special services in connection wiih the Anglican Churches for Easter are advertised. At evensong on Easter Day at Otaki solos will be rendered by Miss Evclync .Tones and Mr Blackie (Wellington). The well-known anthem "King of Kings" will also be rendered. At the motor cycle sports at Takapuna, H. Einn, when competing in the President's Handicap, was touched by another compel iter and fell. His machine skidded, and he was flung across a ditch. Eiiin had one leg broken and the other leg severely injured. There was also evidence of internal injuries. He was taken to the hospital, where he dieu next morning. A motoring fatality occurred at Kakahouka, Invorcargill. While a. car,

containing C. Caruie and George Sullivan, of Mataurn Island, was rounding a corner, Sullivan was thrown (oil and killed. Sullivan was a v. ■II known horse dealer for many years, and one of the best judges of Clydesdale stock in the district. He leave.- a widow ami family.

A Hindu named Munda Kam was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment foe breaking a telephone wire near Waiiuarino prLon camp. He was also committed tor trial for breaking and entering and stealing clothing and money from Hnnthorpe'.- at Taumaruirai, and money from the Waimarino railway \tation.

Mr I". Isbcrwood, who is now firudj established as bookseller, stationer tobacconist, etc., has on baud the latest and best of writing materials, all tie leading brands of tobaccos, cigarettes etc., all at. bedrock prices, Mr 1.-her wood ha.- also a number ot usct'u articles, suitable for presents, wtiilc lib .-tock of toy., i varied. Inspcctioi i-- invited. A Palmerston North fi.-hcrman re ports that the Otaki river, though cleai and cold, peeui? to yield very few ii-h These, however, are of large size ■•<" pccially finfj quality. Thi «, he sayj. doe to the good v.at- i and to the lac that the river abounds in ce! . wbi-1 kill the -.-iali. r IL-.li. Tho-c caught an of distinctly oiange colour and re •erabie salmon. A distressing fatality occurred it . -giit-yea! old soil oi .Mr Lrr,',-t Croa.l well known in the Pahiatua district; -.'as ran over by a tnotOr delivery vara The lad wa- running along the road -..);< a the van came along, and the driver slackened up to give- him a. ride. He attempted to mount the vehicle before, it had stopped, -lipped, fell and v as run over

Phenomenally heavy rahiK occurred 1 in parts oi the Gisborne district la-t | week-end. A message from Buatorea, Waiapu County, states that l%f. of ruin fell there in the three day.-; up to 0 avtn. on Monday last, at Pukeliti and Waipiro 37in fell, and at Tokoraaru Bay Win. At Ahikouru between r> p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday no le.r.s than 0 inches of rain were registered. Enormous flood' occurred in the river-. Torrential rains did cnormoa« damage in the Whangarei district, where sevesal liveri were lost.

A nig effort i- being made to reform the Otaki Brass Band which, some years ago, performed Cne service. the playing of the members being much above the ordinary. To facilitate the purchase of instrtsrnent« a monster tonf cert will be held o.n the 9th of nezt i month, when poi dances, iiroiiar to tfawe to be performed before the Prince of Wales at Botorea, will be given, while it is Loped to have the iastraaHints in good time to play on the arrival of the Prince at Otaki. The management of the function is. in capable hands, and the concert,, with a dance to follow, should be the means of rai'isg a large amount of money.

The Feilding and District Patriotic Society ha-, decided to dhstribtite half its accumulated fosdi (£«<KO) .am»ng.«t the men in Feilding and district who have -.ufje.-ed or are suffering or are likely to snff«r in the fatare again from the effects oi wounds, iirab or eyesight. The grants'range froßi £3OO (given to an Anzac who had l&rt both eyes) down to £2". In some eases the grants are to be paid •_ .ijp ~.._ ..- .. —eekiy pension, and in others -'j ranch per yea.? for *-ro or -hr?e year*. Other case* are -til! beisg tirjn ; re.d '■* ■' '* - '"'-' i-"-[ rtir f-f -.-,-;. I- £ss_ - ncciet's" still hell'. £«• >'j for fTrtw« v,c. fie IL*t cor.•sit »h« nta-es e£ all riea 7.h0 tha-ight theaiselve* estitJe-i to help, airnes be--5S a.iv c rt; i «'i ior; asd the list is stfH ope- £os claircaats if have bees ritsi'i

Draught horses sold in Dannevirke last week realised £4O each, hacks made tip to £l2. unbroken from £27 to £ls. Out of-eighty horses only four were passed in.

It is stated that Mr A. A. Landall has sold his farm at Rangiuru to Mr A. Giddens, of Otaki, while Mr K. T. Smith, of Kimberloy Koad, Levin, has sold to Mr Sutcliff, a returned soldier.

The Traffic Committee in connection with the visit, of the Prince of Wales to Now Plymouth suggests to parents that all children coming into town for the celebrations should have their names fastened securely k> some portion of their clothing, so that- in the event of a child geftiug away from it* friends it could easily be identified.