LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 7 April 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Pabuerstot North Hospita-.f Board meets at Palmerston NcnL tomorrow morning. Nominations for the Brcee seat hove • cioiod. The candidates nominnied are ' Mr James. Begg (Ec-form) and Mr John E-lie (Liberal),

As a result, of tbc increased price of t sugar, the Australian jam factory at i South x arra is closing, and trill throw | GOO persons out of employment.

The annual election of school committees throughout the Wellington Education Board’s district will take place on Wednesday, 2Stli April. Details are set forth in advertisement.

Dr. Pornare, who has consented to give a short address at the Otahi Brass Band’s concert, on Friday night, has donated £5 to the funds of the organisation. Natives who could jump live feet into the air from a standing position without an effort were encountered by Major Court Treatt, an English Army officer, on a recent motor trip into Central Africa.

The weekly auction sales at the Otaki mart will be resumed on Saturday next, when a splendid assortment of miscellaneous goods-—poultry, fruit, produce, etc., will be offered. Details arc advertised.

On the voyage of the steamer conveying Wirtk’s circus to Australia from .\eiv Zealand, Alollie, one ot' the elephants, gave birth to two baby elephants on board the Alakcito at sea. the event causing considerable interest on noard ship.

Air Buckingham, Lower lluu,'has accepted the Otaki Bulb ,Society’s invitation to act as judge at the Bulb Show, to be held at Otaki next September. Air Buckingham acted in this capacity last year, and gave every satisfaction. flic Alanakau School Committee lias received a letter from the Wellington Education Board to the effect that plans for the new classroom at the Alanakau school are completed; and the specifications will be ready in a few days, after which tenders will be called lor the work. This will lie good news to Alanakau parents, school teachers and childtcu, -as the extra accommodation is badly required. The Otaki Coif Club will open its season on Saturday next. loth inst.. when a number of competitions will be held. .V considerable number of new' members have been enrolled by the club, and tbc prospects of the .season are eheciing. A number of enthusiasts have been indulging in practice during the past week or two, and should soon develop good form. It will be a general tea day on Saturday. Doubtless there will be a large gathering of members and friends at the opening. •'school dentistry in this district ap:'pears to be giving every satisfaction. A very large number of children have been examined and attended to by Air D. S. .Mackenzie, and all who have received attention speak in high terms of the treatment. At i’arapuraumu nearly fifty per cent of the children arc suffering from defective teeth. It is understood that the Covernmcut intends to appoint a dentist to assist in this district. The I’rince of Wales’ visit already promises to cause quite a lot of heartburnings, says tlie Wairarapa ‘‘Age,” which i-siies a warning. There is just a danger of a little too much “flummery” being cxeicised over the royal visit, to Als-terton. We do not want that ,-ori of tiling. Tim Prince does not. want ii. lie is only one of ns, a» he showed biju-id! in France. Therefore ht us do tilings in the mode.-.' :.nd «• ireufu»pect way in which he would desire. We ean not aii iso-l hint at the railway station, -for can v e all shake the royai hand. But those who hew charge of him would be well auvi.-ed iu remembering that they are n!.-.u one of Ur.. A Californian man has recently it- \ - nted a device embodying a new ide:i in street marking. This indicator con -: - of : heavy cu-t iron fiag.-i with in -• ts for heavy j.-L-.w.- glass. The plait gin-s is coloured red and the of the inter-'-'--in" free!- arc Ln.-r.-j in white. 'The whole frame is bedu-d to a concrete I/lock into which a conduit i- lilt ml for receiving the w iriti;.. .'it night llit 1; mp in ide the It nine is lighted, 1 rid the led glare may be .... g iron-i ;■ great distance. Tac • : . . .... ~. . ..j j tom a j..ovi: g ; to: g.ddie the di-tan- ■ or iv > a a Tie indicator lake- up i.ttic . • _ i 7.; :•• i -tag only C-: ; hove the If.el o: '■ '■ ■■ .-treat, and •i- ao ob-truciion to traffic. Be.-ddc-diiecting a- - r rand tourists: these indicator l lid in enforcing ruins a- to i y; itg corners. s-ir Oliver Lodge La- for many vc-ur-iit* a one of the fev. notabilities in La gin a 1 who Lave j'-nt 'f i . -- credence ami - apart to ,-.t-i ritual: t.- iam. Hi-, it c-re.-t in tie occult led him rec( i;tly . indent ke a kernring tour or tin died .Mates, and while in Ai cri he wigs the recipient of a sensational chalk-age. -dr •dos-pi ;. Ricti, formerly a member of the j- s-hieal Research Society, but latter!, prominent in the exposure of fra :j: r- r medium-, offered to endow' the -iety with sLV;d if the society, s-ir Oliver Lodge, or anyone ease could produce medium who was able to '.-gctnder .-.cientilic conditions., “the Might -i-.t t.-asible evidence of com-

ra'usiccriog witn .T- spirit world, or supernatural feats t»f a ny Bit--: further offered an S-dditlCit-gl ! If sir Oliver Lodge- would per- j .-om-lty jstvC-r-t the challenge, and added that it vtrn, pcifectly easy to ouplieate by trickery all ris-r psychic r-ne.'.oinena which .Sir Oliver had tie- j scribed a- having seen in England. » I'p t*» xh/t time the la-.t in ail left there j was no newspaper rsferetite to -tie i challenge being acc-t-r.-teii. I The pri,.-c of new boots is prohibitive | in many larailies. and is Cosieqtzcs.ce : it is advisable zo Lave old boots re- j parr, -:. Take them to F. Barrett, w ho ■ makes them as new with the best of i leather and workmanship. Don’t delay, j tend your boots and shoes at once — T. j Barratt, Dan-tan Street, Otaki Bailway. — Advt. Tor Children’s Hacking Cough. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is id, j 2s Sd. !

Ono of the ruany parties of mountaineers who came across the Tararuas during the Easter holidays donated £1 towards the funds of the Alt. Hector Track Committee, Otaki.

A dance was held at the Otaki seaside resort, ou Saturday night, when the large dining-room was well packed. Songs, recitations, etc, were given, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.

A party of seventeen boy scouts, from Mastcrton, walked from Woods! de as far as Alt. Alpha and back again during the Easter holidays. The lads, who were in charge of a painstaking and careful scoutmaster, had a delightful time.

An Invercargill Press Association telegram states: —A motor boat accident occurred at Pallia ou Friday by which two men, Alfred Alilwood (10) and. Charles Ewald Miller (50), both married, lust their lives. The bodies have not been recovered.

Harvest festival services are to be held at All Saints’ Church, Otaki. on Sunday next, at. S a.iu. (Holy Couij minion), II a.in., and 7 pan. ins church will be appropriately decorated for the occasion,

The Alanakau Football Club will hold a social gathering to-morrow night at the Alanakau Hall, to celebrate t„e opening of the season. The footballers are working hard to make the function a success, and a good attendance is assured. See advertisement.

Some fifteen to twenty members of the Hum Hockey Club (Wellington) visited Otaki for the hockey tuuruameut, :tud stayed for two or three days. The young men express themselves us delighted with their holiday, aud several were so pleased that they have extended their stay in Otaki. A very pleasant time was spent at ill,, Alanakau tennis courts on Easter Atomlay, when a match, Natives v. i’akelias, was played, resulting in a v,;u for tin- I'akehas by DM games to -■ -j'],,. Natives did not play up to ii;, n usual standard. The belies pioretTeshuients, aud a jolly time , pent by all. lliere can be no double that die Utaki-dreytowu mountain Tararuas is fast becoming i»'|)U----o„ Good i riday last no less than Ht persons slept iu the Tauheremkau hut. or in the vicinity, and on datuiday night there were fourteen sleeping m •he Alt. Alpha hut, arid seventeen out 'ide. Ju addition to these a large number of holiday-makers visited various par.* of the track, it is estimated Hat fully fifty to sixty persons made i,i across from Woodside to Otaki during the holidays and everyone reports having had a dcl.ghtlul

Qa Friday next an entertainment -,,11 be given at Otaki in aid of the proposed band. Misses Mooney and Williams and Messrs Mooney and orter. all of "Wellington, come with excellent reputations as entertainers. The poi dances and haka will be similar to tho.-e to be given by the Otaki. Na--1 jvos at the reception to the Urince ot Wales at Kotorua. The- Natives Imy practising assiduously for weeks and these performances -liould ..-ell v.orth seeing. The Horn In. v. ill -dve a brief addres- a' tb<- < iitertaintneat. S-emg that .he „c tho function is such a good oma there should be a very large aud'enc on Friday nigh'• The Migge.ition that the wearing o.elding ring, by married men "houhl be made n compulsory -it i- curiot; ho-,.- fond reformer.- often arc of that c„j,-pul-ion --i- amazing in that jt surely cu-’lom rath-r than any polling'which makes women flourish ,j... “badge of slavery.” If the wear■nif *f the ring to b<- made eompullet the compulsion be applied to panic to the .contract, or tlon.octal philosopher v.ho assert thi-t theta*- has a I way.- favoured the woman : - agair».-.t the man v.-iil be p«ovidod . , -1, one argument in support o* theii .•or<t-niion. Anyway, the castor, of -he wearing of wedding rings by :« has greatly increased of late years--i.D-1 cost 9l-' is- more potent than o* pulsion. —Exchange. some led T.M.C.a- boy- ----- W; ikriTtae on Thursday, ar.d encamped on the. property ot Air W • id. -id-''.-;.f.T>.. who had kindly op'-sed the gro-trel for the purpose. The weather .. . . or-cllont and the health ot t.ce }, O VS nil that, could b(: wi.-f.'-l The rise at *>.&> a-®- :iud are B"’ through physical drill, followed by a run over the bill.. Football i- played. -v.-inrning is fixed for r.oo:. a ret i p.m. each day- and is thoroughly eaReligious .ervices arc eonritr:*-e-i each day. Or; Friday night r-eve-rai f:r t - were lit on the hills and stor'eof the ancient days were told to the 1.,,-.- gathered round them. The tents are inspected daily, and there .- v.w rivalry'among the occupant* to secure bouStur.s that are due to special tidiness. Tim CJship was la charge of M r L. If. By an. boys ’ work director. Wanted. —The public to know th-? , we arc siding our footwear at the old r»ns«, ifsi.t i. 3 while oar present stock iastsl We have jaii purchased a large rrmge or ladies’ and gents’ Loot* and shoe#, which are to arrive shortly. - Irvine’s Khoe Store, Otaki. —Advt. Coistipelioa brings many ailments in - It- train end is tbei caa-.o of - much mekaesi. Keep your barren regular «y taking Chamberlain ’* Tablets and you wSI escape many ailments which make life & misery- Constipation -a a simple thing, bat like ist&ny simplo things it may: lead to serioa* conseqceaees. Nature often needs a jassistance, au-i when Cbacib-er-Tablet- are taken at the fir-*, ivasfe® of any irregularity ttach =h fr-ring srd distress may bo avoided, cold everywhere. —-.Advt. For Induenra, taks Wocds* Great Pcwaecaist Cart, is Sd, 5e S-C- i *