LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 28 April 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting of the Horowheuua A and P. Association on Saturday it wadecide,! nut to include a class for poul try in iliis year's catalogue.

The monthly meeting of the Palmei'Mun North Hospital Hoard take place at Palmcrston North to-morrow morning. A Levin runner has just disposed «• | n line of weaner heifers at trom Cfi to £B, which i- a big advance on la,! year's prices, when such stock could hardly be given away. The annual meetings for the election of school committees in the Wellington Education District take plsu-p to-night at the various schools, and it is hoped that more interest will he shown than in thopast. The animal meeting of parishioners of All Saints' Church, Otaki, will take place on Monday evening next, at 7..'J0, at the Druids' Hall. Nominations for Synod-man close the same, evening at j A woman -".7 years of age died in Christchurch Hospital yesterday morning a- the result of pneumonic influenza- The total number of eases in the isolation ward is now 27, including ji\ <■ of tin: severe type. A [-'airfield resident lias jus) cut some .'ioolb weight of pumpkin; from one plant, says the Levin paper. These includi ■! live which turned the scale at over fiolb each. As pumpkins require practically no attention during growth l hey arc a profitable and useful crop. The cricketers' ball, to be held at To Mom on Friday night, should prove sue- •■< t'ul, especially a- arrangements arc in mo-t capable hands. A good floor j and first class music are promised, while the : Ir.-ii -ion fee ha - bt t-o fixed i- low a, po sible. Af the last fitting of the I'o-tot -Of. Court several cyclist- for riding on the borough footpath- and without lights were each lined in sums up to 10s and cost-. For allowing stock to wanter two offender- were each lined ins:, posts 7s. Several civil cases were awarded by default. Sbevp-worryiug dog- have been causing trouble on farms near Taihape, and on" owner estimates Lis 10,-t- front thi eau-e dnnng the past year at £lo'.'. Other farmer- have reported 10-'-es from time to time, and the aggregate de-traction of sheep by ttrav dogs must At the annual meeting of parishior.- • r. in connection with Ail Saint-' Chareh. Fosteri. the following officer-. f,-i ■ eh ■ ted:—Vicar'; warden. Mr G. A. Tver; people's ward-:-. Mr A. S. ):, to-; v.a:v. Me- .-= W. E. Barber. J. ituekey. C. H. symoads, F. Robinon. W. Nye, C. Spier-', E. i.etty. L. r"u -rie, i. Moorhou.se. D. Chriitie. ' he annual meeting of the Te Horo brr rich o: the N.Z. Unto-:, to :■ held on Thursday, should be we!! attended. The chief basicc-s will be "h- iorniriution and election of officer:-., u:- the reading of the balance-sheet. V,". -.could sprriaily remind all inter- •-.-• of 'he alteration of 'be date of thi meeting, which was at first ari for Friday nigh". bat after- ■ altered to Thursday . to-morrow) 1 ernier Mc-cv remarked to a Palrut .on re-ide:;- that it was the is-tcr-'ion of the Government to try a •'daylight espress" between We:!!:;g----ton are Auckland almost immediately. The trains, in-tead of leaving either end at night, will leave early in the ornin-g. thus avoiding a night on bo: :c. Leaving at 3 or 6 a.m., the destinations could be reached well before ' • sdnig'nt. and give a daylight view for 'he -sain pan of the joaraey. In coanection with the visit of the T'r:i:ce of Wales', holiday excursion tickets will be Issued a- follows:—To Palmersioa Norte, from Otaki, WaiTiakuraa. Masterto2 and intermediate • -itio:;s. or. 3rd May by trains arriving ar Palmerspn North up to 3-p.m.: lag May 4th: to Wellington, from ■■-,-:,■■ - ~ '-■ .■-- h anA 'uter-,.-.0-.:i. ir --;or- on 3rd nod 4th May. aiiabie i„x return until Stb May. is-

Messrs Coley and Corrigan invite tenders for felling 300 to 500 acres of busk. See advertisement.

Messrs Sinicox Bros, advertise that any persons found trespassing on their properties in pursuit of game will be prosecuted.

Mr E. Granficld was the successful tenderer for purchase of outbuilding (for removal) and bricks from Mr T. B. Bax, of Otaki.

Notices relative to applications for transfer and a transfer of license in respect to the Family Hotel are advertised in this issue.

Every lady in the Otaki district will be interested in the special bargaiu offer of navy blue prints that Me.ssA Stiles and Malhcson. Ltd., of Levin, make iu this issue.

Mr Harold Cockrell has on show, in his shop window. Otaki, a very iiue display of chrysanthemums, grown by the \*oll-known specialist, Mr F. Westbury, Lower Hutt. Mr Cockrell is booking orders for these plants, and lovers of "mums" would do well to inspect these lovely flowers nud book their orders.

A special general meeting of members of the Otaki Lawn Tennis Club is advertised for Saturday night ww at the Druids' Hull, for the purpose, of discussing the proposed amalgamation of the Otaki" Tennis, Bowling and isocial Clubs. A good muster of members is. hoped for to fully consider this important proposal.

It is not, generally known that a person may be married without a ueddiug ring, and marriage.- haveactually been "solemnised" without the ring. Twice Mr F. Evans', the Christchurch registrar, hat "hitched" a couple without tho conventional circlet. In one case when he asked for the ring the bride said that he had a religions objection to tin use of it and as there was nothing in the Marriage Act about wedding ring the ceremony had to proceed.

Mr Koil Ross, secretary of the Palmerston North L.H.C., writes:—At -" meeting of the Labour Representation Committee, a motion was unanimously carried condemning the gross and useless expenditure on the Prince ot Wales' visit. At a time when the

country is groaning tin e : ; gerater debt than has ever previously existed. it, is our opinion that instead of wasting the. wealth of the country we should prevent all unnecessary waste. We would suggest that the human energy being needlessly expended in such a spendthrift fashion should bo turned into channels of useful production."

Much interest was evinced at the sitting of the Foxton S.M. Court when Thomas Curran, licensee of tho Family Hotel, was charged (1) with supplying liquor to a Native for consumption oil' the prc-inise-. and ('-',) with selling liquor when the premises are required by law to l>c closed. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Defendant was lined £lO on the first charge and ,v> on the second., and ordered to pay Eli 3s lid

co-ts. Harry Walsh, Percy Kelly, and Arthur Tellison were charged with being illegally on licensed premi'-e and were each lined i!<is, eoM- 7-. C Lcnbam, for a similar offence, v.-. lined 20s and cod. Wanted.—Tho public, to know lhat we ara selling our footwear at the old price-, that is while our present stock lasts. We havo just purchased n largo range of ladies' and gents' boots and ?hocs, which are to arrive shortly, Irvine's Bboo Store, Otaki.—Advt.