THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MAY 3, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 3 May 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MAY 3, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The duck-shsoting season opened on Saturday, and as birds were plentiful good sport was indulged in, and maty shootists retnntcd with good bags. One party 02 Lake Papaitonga (Mr 11. Cockrell, Otakij, waa one 01 the party) tecoxed 54 ducks on tic opening morning. On friday eight next, Lit the T<= Horo Public Hall, the anniversary *x:ial in connection with the Te Horu ii&tbodUt Church will be held. A good pro gramme will be rendered by a eotcert pariv from Levin, therefore all who ittecd my depend on a capita! evening's entertainment. Supper will also be provigtd, and the charge r'or admission is enly one shilling.

■ The Canterbury Onion Growers' As [ sociatkS bas sow rasen action witt ! the idea of r 3 e extent * the ordinary methods £7 whicfi growers deal through merchants. Ji. .-■--" appointed a certain concern as sole cis■tributing agent. Thi; concern, is arranging sales, and. in the meantime, j the price has been ih:cd at £3 per ivs. ' f.0.-b. sgil or store, sacks estra. With "*£sks V*?' i-t pries £9 -"-- P*r ton on rail In' additive a --heme is being prepared for grower.- to i£iid onions to Sydney on consignment. tixcxaai letter to growers states thai prkei liaye advanced £2 per ton in Sydney ami Melbourne during the pact week. Thi: price in Sydney is relatively equal to more than £5 at Slarshiaxd. Ob V.■ - ird:?.y week merchants in the city wereoperating at £S to £5 10- a efcn, in the paddock, their intention being t« =£itd we are selling our footwetr at the old prices, tsit is while our present e.:*ck lajt;. We have just purchased & large range of ladies' and gents' boots ana shse»j which t-zc to arrive shortly. Ixyite's Shoe Store, OtakL—Advt.

The monthly sitting, of the S.M. Court at Otaki will rake place on Friday next. A Chinese business man was on Friday fined £lO and costs ht Wellington for celling whisky. A business site with a frontage .of 76ft Gin to Cuba street, and a frontage of 59ft (Jiu to Dixon street, Wellington, on Friday sold at £21,000.

It is stated that valueless cheques have been passed on various business people in this district, and that a search is now- being made for a person who is suspected of the crime.

Two men—Robert Nixon and J. Quirin —were on Friday lined £2O and costs for committing breaches of the anti-shouting regulations at Wellington. I\L\on was also fined £3 for falsely staling bis age was L'l year,-.

Ernest Barry, the English sculler, who is going to Australia to row against Alfred Feltou for the world's championship, which Feltou low holds, has left England lie was .given an enthusiastic send-off. Sheep-worrying by dogs—generally

of the useless variety—is prevalent in this district,, and large numbers 0..' sheep have been killed. In view of this shecpowners are compelled to take drastic action, and ma try have decided to prosecute wiu the utmost rigour of the law. A meeting of the Otaki Library Committee was held on (Saturday evening, be., l'elrie in the chair, when a liuinbei of minor mutters were attendee! to. .Mrs Hodgson was elected a a ember of the committee. A very successful sale of dairying and topping-off land was held on Friday- at. Feilding on behalf of Mrs E. Client and Mr E. E. Short. The highest price realised was £l5O per acre for .".0 acres, which was purchased by Mr L. 'J'. McLean. A total of 536 acres, all uear Feilding. average about £l2O per acre.

H.M.s. Renown is the first ship of the Koyal Navy to cany a billiard

table. One is installed on the spar deck. The Prince is a fair billiard player, though he usually has to strike his flag when he plays Prince Albert. who is probably the best performer with a cue the Royal Family has ever possessed. Tlo- cricketers' ball, held at Tc Iloro on Friday night, proved very suecessful, the cold evening being much appreciated by dancers, who were* present in ■ air number-. The floor was in good order. Stubbing'* orchestra supplied lip-top music, while the supper arrangements were fully appreciated. Messrs Larseji and Fitzgerald were efficient sccretarie -. At the annual mooting of parishioners of St. Mary's Church. Levin, or. Monday night the following were elected office-bearers: —Vicar '.-: warden. Mr T. Hob-on; parishioners' warden. Mr W M. Beckett; vestry. Messrs W. Bull, S. Hall. A. Hani. .1. k'ebbeli, H. Porter, W. G. Vickers, V. Higgins, W. Watson. E. Percy, and F. Kimbcll: syuod=mai). Mr d. Kebbell; auditor. Mr R. D. Wallace A lite occurred on Friday night about s o'clock in l-'olliU Bros.' timber mill: at Terrace End. Tie tiro had a good hold when discovered, and the two-storied building was -oon afire ;rom (rid to end. The adjoiningftiniber ■-taet;: were saved. The firm are heavy loser-. The insurances are £I3OO on the plant with 'he Royal Exchange Office, and £I3OO on the timber in the British and Dominion- Trader-:' Company. A telegram from Hawera ? lates that arrangements for the visit of the Prince of Wales were complete before the postponement was definitely announced, so in order to prevent the waste of eatable-; the children of the

town district-: were entertained on Fri- ' day. During the afternoon Mr MasI tor , chairman of the Taranaki EducaI tioj Board, laid the foundation .-torn.' ! of the Hawera Technical High School j before a large gathering of interested ! spectators. 'Jin increasing influx of alien; to ! thi; country tyas the subject of comJ men at the Mann -.vat u Farmers' Fnion ! breach meeting. The chairman (Mr J. i A. McLeavey -aid that Chinese and I Indians and all sorts of dark races were allowed to come into New Zealand : as fa*t a- they liked. They would only begin to notice li when the position ; became too serious to be dealt with. H». thought the Government should be a.=l:e3 to see that only a certain percentage were, allowed to come in. Mr ' H. Barber; The Chinese arc- about the or - market*gardener? in thi- country. 3r< they not? The chairman: Yes, and £1 ier sere. '* ■ ' fatal motoring accident occurred; />!j Wtiknnu: road, near A-hburton, on Ti. -day last, * The motor car eon- : tai -d Messrs Hay Smith, stockdeaier. o\ -r" and driver of the car. Frank i Ca pbel!, local manager of the Loan \ as ■ Mercantile Agency, and George : Bramley, a retsujed soldier, who lost a leg is the war. The lasi-nanied >.e-<.aped uninjured, but Campbell wac , killed 'outrigl::. and _Smith died after i sdiciaiiss jo the no'sjlHslt The car , I apparently cot i&ip a - rut, and became" ' uiiiaanageable. and oyeriacacdi pinning :-.:.:.ael] and Smith aader3&4%- - - i&* Owing to the of the HigfcOocitnksioner (Sir Thomas Msii-fceazie;. the little town of WaLkonaiij will enZ'.t 2 unique experience :n connection WilL ii£ visit -it the Prince of Wales to these - the "Otago Daily Times' 1 )- Writing to Ah* Mayer of Waikooahi »'Mr Kerr), ender iijreh, : ;.r Thomas -ay.: J "I thought I my old nU~-ii in your di trie: like to hear the j.i.-> of H.M.V. Benowsi ] . . i : rtct; a nnoXi as r ae paa=fc« s*/<&! otis'4-.i ifalsey whether he would fh&w that j little attention. Tp-dzv he writes back ' 'that wjien parsing WaiKtiaain :.; • ':■.■■■■: htxt rxsci: rlci;ire to coaspiy j : rtj>- r*que=t." " j For &ZT<,ii£.hisl Coughs. ts.ke ' , Woods' Quia PetsryrrEint Cure, 1» sd. 2s Sd "*'"

The week-ly stock sale at Levin, to .have been held ..to-morrow, has been abandoned. The wholesale price of milk has been fixed at Is 6d.per gallon in Christchurch. The Dairymen's Association, at a recent meeting, discussed a proposal to increase the price to 2s, but after a long discussion unanimously decided on Is tid.

Fred Barratt does not care where you buy your boots; take them along and he will repair them. He's still goingstrong, and will continue to do so as his. superior workmanship is well known. Try him.—Advt.

The annual meeting of piarishioner? in connection with All Saints' Church will be held at 7.30 to-night, when important* business will be transacted. The question of church schools and the election of synodsman will be among the matters to receive attention. Vocal items will be rendered, aud refreshments served. We take, this opportunity of reminding holies that they now have votes in connection with church matters, and we.hope to sec them exercise their privilege. Splendid work was done by the Wellington Municipal Milk .Department' oilieors and staff in connection witli maintaining the supply of milk for the city duriug the railway strike. The motor lorry drivers had a most-strenu-ous lime, and deserve spechvd thanks for their valiant efforts to/ keep the city supplied with milk. Quite a number of lnisbtqis were met with—without serious results, fortunately—and at o»e time there were no less than four motor lorries disabled between Otaki and Wellington. On the whole (he tremendous amount of k work involved was managed admirably,

The Manawalu Gorge Board of Control met at l'almcrston North, when .Mr S. Jickcll. engineer to the board, brought down a report on the upkeep and maintenance ami the improvement of the road through the gorge, which at proacut, in view of the heavy motor car and stock traffic which passes through it, is dangerous. Ho suggested that :i roadway should lie constructed for the whole distance, with an outor curb above the river, and a ttitled surface, while the worst bend would be avoided by means of a tunnel. He estimated the cost at £.?2,8'J5. it was resolved to call a conlerence of local bodies concerned to consider the scheme, as well as a proposal to erect a toll-gate at either end. If was also decided to apply to the Gove, nine,it f„ r a £ for £ subsidy "ii the amount required.