THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MAY 17, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 17 May 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MAY 17, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Poston municipal gu.-wuxk- show a net loss OU the year'.- working of £l5O. A number of members of Parliament propose risiting the Mangabao hydroelectric works on May 25. Empire Day is io be celebrate'! on j Thursday, June 0. the King’.- Birthday. [ ' rich will be a Government holiday I throughout New Zealand. At Wellington a day or two ago Nora : Nugent was convicted for drunkenness, this being her Noth offence of a lute nature. The Govsrnment has given a grant of £250 towards the expenses of the Olympic team. The total now in hand is £IOSO, but £I4OO is required. The team leaves Auckland on June 1. In connection with the : enort being made by the New Zealand Presbyterian Church Foreign Missions Committee to raise £13.000 this year' to meet the loss by exchange by remittances to China and India, the Trinity Presbyterian Church. Timaru. has offered"to contribute £IOOO.. provided that ten other sums of that amount are given; al-o ah Additional £SOO if ten similar sums are contributed. fronic little time back Mr I. C. Junta, of North Taranaki flats of Otaki), met with a nasty accident, which might easily have proved a Totality. He was driving hem. io Okcu from tie Clifton County Council meeting ai Waiiii.ra, when hi: horse iht and dashed aiht lie roadside, overturning the vehicle- ill June- i"~ ■ 1 " •cioffitnes.-. received a&;£i£ fo;ur:t. • to hi= back, and was badly sinkei. *- 1 managed to crawl to a neighoounng vi>xs. where he was carefully nursed per never®! deyr, after which ho vrne aren't i home, he was some considerable time before he was to get about, "sur we are g:«d ro hear he inn now fullv rocavcrid.

Entries are announced for the weekly stock sales at Levin, to be held tomorrow. There are now fifteen dairy factories within the immediate vicinity 4 of Paliiatua. . * Lovers of good music will be pleased to hear that there is every probability of ‘ ‘The English Pierrots” visiting Otaki earlv iu Julv.

Special values in huckaback ton els are offering to-day at Stiles and Matheson ’s, the big value mail order house, Levin, See their advertisement in this issue, and post your order, with cash remittance, to-day.

A\’e are now showing lines iu children’s goloshes anti slippers from size i upwards. Also a line of shoettes suitable for dancing, and a full range ol' ladies’ and g'euts’ winter footwear, Irvine’s Shoe Store, Otaki.—Advt.

Captain Alan Ilotkam, gunnery expert, has been appointed commander of the Now Zealand Division. He will leave for New Zealand as soon as the Chatham can be got ready, with the sloops Laburnum, Veronica, and the cruiser Philomel.

Mr Robert Bevan’s clearing sale of high-grade stock, to be held on ffOtli just, at Mauakuu, should attract buyers from various parts. The stuck is v eil known as being among the best on the coast, and compel ition should be keen.

A concert and dance, in aid of the Anglican ehurchroom at Te Iloro, will be held on AVednesday, and should be most enjoyable. The arrangements are complete and the object a worthy one. Miss Muir, who is in charge of the arrangements, is providing a capital pro-

tonic very lucrative deals have been made by (he farming community of fc>ou(h Canterbury of late. One farmer sold ten pigs for a total of £S<> 9s Oil. while another, close to Tiuiaru, from tea acres of white clover, received a cheque for £350.

The JManawatu Piax AVorkcr.s* Union has resolved to amalgamate with tile New Zealand AVorkers’ Union. Representatives of the local union will attend a conference of tlm New Zealand AVorkers’ Union which is to be held in Wellington at an early date.

AYe remind all interested of the extraordinary general meeting of the Otaki Bowling Club, which is to be held in the Druids’ Hall to-night at 7.30 to consider the proposed amalgamation of the club with the tenuis and social clubs. As ihe matter is of importance it is hoped there will be a large attendance.

Talking of the recent Reform re shuffle,'the ‘‘Lyttelton Times’’ says: It is a mighty change from the past to have this island figuring in the Cabinet the weak persons of Messrs Nos worthy. Leo and Anderson an island which has contributed to the Dominion’s statesmanship so splendidly

throughout the country’s history, until The newly-formed Otaki Brass Band h ■ been engaged to supply music for tiic Otaki race meeting on dune 3rd and -Jib. Already the band has a playing membership of eighteen, whileat least four others will become players vs soon as, instruments arc available. ‘The bandsmen are practising assiduously. and as many of them are expert musicians, they should be. able to make a good showing at the race meeting. A new textile fabric has been introduced by a British manufacturer which is claimed to wear better than punt worsted and can be sold at about onefourth the price of the best woollen • fabrics. The stuff is stated to stand good hard wear. should this prove correct the question of lower-priced clothing may yet be- solved before in-cre-a-ing cost necessitates reversion to Kdeuie attire. “I would suggest to the AVelfare League, which is composed of charitably.minded, very wealthy people, that it should donate a challenge cup, open 10 the whole of the world, for the worst slum.” stated Mr J. McKenzie a* Wednesday night’s housing demonstration. *-T! at cup would never leave New Zealand. I recently visited the slums of Dublin, and I thought they were bad enough, but there was nothing in England. Scotland or Ireland to equal the slums of AVellington.” —■ ‘‘Evening 1 ’o>-. ’ ’ Here is a letter sent by ?. proud mother to an enquiring official: —‘‘To ihe Registrar Berths and Mirages. Den.’ sir,—-We got yotjf notice about read r sring the berth of our baby an Mr says watts your hurry. v.e got days yet. AVe aint seeding you the rioted form yet because we aint dec: a on any name yet. I wanted Eds and my husban wanted Margar. so we decides she was born she was boy and we got it to do over age' ■ AVar you wans is the father’s nan. well it is George: place of reside::- . 35ft 4in including the washden- e. 23ft -Enin including the woshtou babies name, well we not define ; on that yet. Can you register j him now and we let you have the name i v.he,: you vaesnate him?” F. . c butter buyers, “representatives o’ sub'.tantial institution I*: England.” are at pre-ent in Taranaki. It Is id they represent institutions the ; capital of which in the vicinity of ivsT-iV 1 If, and that they could sell ; the whole of the New Zealand butter ■ in their stores and a large proportion of the cheese output. The result of ( the negotiation® with these gentlemen ; v, ill be watched for with great inter-c-t. Mr Ellison 1- the London retire- I scirpiii-.e of the National Dairy A-:-o- , c .ation of New Zealand. It is some J nine years since he ww m»t in the j Dominion. Messrs Coley and Dudley * &r; representatives of the Co-operative j Vrhwie?isi!e Society of England, an in- . s-pgupa or ciAittisl magnitude. Messrs - Gough ahd Owen Thtum.- are officials of the- same society. -*® K v o r Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is Pd--2r Sd.

A me,etmg or those interested m the formation of a Missionary Guild will be held.at All Saints’ vestry ou AA’cdnesday afternoon next, as advertised. The Governor-General (Lord Liverpool) will leave New Zealand about the end of June, and the Chief Justice (Sir Robert fcitout) will act as GovernorGeneral uniil the arrival of Lord Joliieoe iu September.

Catherine Speedy, for having driven her motor car across p street intersection at an excessive speed on the day of the Masterlon Show, was lined 10s at

the Mastcrton Police Court. Ou a second charge of failing to sound her horn defendant was fined a further sum of 10s.

(Messrs Bills and Moore are making a special display of new millinery at their showroom, now uuder new 1 management, the firm having been fortunate in securing a first-rate millinery artist. Ladies are invited to pay a x isTi to Messrs Bills and Moore’s show-

A reliable Stratford authority ou dairy matters states that on the fixed selling price of 3s per lb for imported butter in Loudon, dairy factories will receive ffs 3d per Hi clear, plus 3d petlb for casein to those factories manufacturing it. Providing there is no increase in shipping rales, cheese factories should get about the same amount.

A married man, with nine children, who was called upon at the liawera Magistrate’s Court to show why an auiouut he owned had not been paid, admitted, under examination, that bo spent monthly about this ou tobacco, aud that when ho visited town .fortnightly he usually had two or three drinks. “1 could not afford to spend tiffs a month on tobacco,” said the magistrate, ‘‘ami you have no right to spend such a large auiouut when the money is needed for yourHdtildren. ”

About ail hour after the AVakine berthed" at AVellington on Friday the non-appearance of a Dr. J. G. Hyde, who joined the vessel at Lyttelton tinprevious evening, was noticed, and on a search being made ho could not be found on tho ship. In his cabin were found his coat aud vest, but his trousers and pyjamas were missing. It is thought, that Dr. Hyde went on deck in

ihe early hours of the morning am accidentally fell overboard. Dr. Hydi comes from Tarras, Otago, aud wa> ship’s doctor ou the Moaua lor a cuuph of trips. An elderly farmer named Join Sharp, of Rongaherc, Otago, attache his children during (Saturday, but tlit children got away from him. Latei irt the evening he again attacked tw< of them. One escaped, but the olhei a little girl aged seven years, had hei head battered. Dr. Stenhoilsu and :

constable were summoned by neigh hours, but the child died while beiiq conveyed to the Dunedin hospital. Mr; sharp bail been in delicate health am was staying iu Dunedin, iiharp gavi himself up to the police u.t Lawrence saying that he had struck one of hi git Is, but tkuughl she was all right.

The Otaki Library lias just received .i valuable addition to its reference d< partnicht, in the form of a larg< volume, entitled “The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated I’owers and Germany, the Protocol annexed thereto, the Agreement respecting the military occupation of the territories of the Rhine, and the- Treaty between France and Great Britain respecting assistance 'to France in the event of unprovoked aggression by Germany,” signed at Versailles fin .June 28, I‘JPI. This- important work, forwarded with the compliments of the Prime Minister, should be rend with very great interest. It is printed in French, with the English translation on opposite pages. S~ays the Dunedin “fc>tar”: No political party can live on a glorious past. That, was; exactly what the Libera! Party under lair Joseph Ward tried to do. and they reaped failure. The people want progressive action all the time in parliamentary affairs. Possibly that explains the general discontent already with the Reform Party. There is at band a great opportunity for politicians; “to acquire merit.” The Liberal Party will be judged on their work, and they should never again forget that the people keep to that test. Sir Joseph seeks; a rest in the Old Country; but perhaps he will find more appreciation there than here, and may be tempted to enter British politics. IPhas had invitations to do so, and the fact that he has mentioned the possession of them suggests lurking thoughts about accepting the offers. In any- case the Liberal Party can only hope, by sterling parliamentary service, to regain a revival of popular confidence in their principles.

bpeakieg at the Manawa'-t .Sub-pro-vincial Farmers' Union meeting at Palmerston North on Saturday, Mr H. Vile (president) said that bv adopting the sliding scale of subscriptions the income of the Fox ton branch had increased by £4O. Recently three new members had been obtained, and th<-y were all £5 member , the limit of the amount of subscription; under the sliding scale scheme. The secretary stated ! that the increased revenue of the whole ■ of the branches under the Sub-provin- , cial Union would, be £245 18s 7d by j adopting the sliding scale. Mr 0. B. j Lynch (Paraparaumn) objected that j there was at present no power to levy subscriptions on a sliding scale, and i suggested that they place on the order { paper for the provincial conference at i Feilding this month a remit giving s'ubproviiiciai unions power to fix levies in j soeb a manner as they think fit. The majority of members eor-iclered that the action suggested by Mr Lynch way nit uece?sary. and his proposal was rejected. Fred Barratt does not care where you buy your boo is; take them along and be trill repair them. He's still going! *tr«sg. and 'vill .coutiau*- to do *o as | his snparior workmanship u treii known. Try him.—A dm

It is the intention of AA’eilington Province members of the Lower House to meet the Prime Minister towards the end of this month and discuss with him the various needs of the AVellington provi nciul district and also the Rimtitaka line.