THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 11 June 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Masterton County Council. itlast meeting, decided to take action against all owners who offend more than once with stock wandering at large on the roads. Levin is keen on sharing in the distribution of war trophies to be made throughout this district, and tin Borough Council ha- decided to get m touch with the central committee in Palmerston North which is in characist' the distribution. The retail price of fresh eggs in Ashburton (says the ‘‘Guardian”) has been reduced from 3s to —s dd per dozen. Fresh eggs in Ashburton have never touched 3s during any previous winter, the record price last year being Z, 9d. To date a rota! of £5,276,000 -‘ has been paid out by the War Expense* Department in war gratuity to members of the Expeditionary Force or their legal representatives. The payments have been made to about 91,000 applications, leaving an estimated number of about 5000 still to be settled. The Levin Borough Council decided a.t Monday night’s meeting to set up a committee to report on the advisability of investing the town clerk with power to supervise the worst or the Council, all departments i---isg brought uafler hi- control. In other word-, -he town clerk will act in the cap: city ol a general manager. The Mayor (Mr 3lathcson). who bought lor-vtira . tee niStCer. is confident that the msovat:oh will and quoted ifc* Plj-outb case, where a similar experiment is said to be wording very well. The committee set tip is to zos..<.e its to the pfcst meeting or the Council

A coniirmation service will be held , at All Saints ’ Church, Otaki, on Friday t evening next. j Particulars of the next sale at the | Otaki mart is advertised, and should be .» ; perused. 1 i For riotous behaviour in a public i place a man named \Y. Home was lined j £3 at Fox ton on Tuesday. The Fox tun Fire Brigade has decided . to pay 10s to the taxi iirst arriving at * the lire station and hauling the engine to an outbreak of lire. Entries for all practical subjects in connection with the Associated Board K.A.M. and R.0.L., London, close on Thursday, July Ist, with Hr Ken. Aitken, Levin. Particulars are advertised. Owing to heavy rain last night Messrs .Sell and Kidgway 's circus were unable'to show at To lloru. To-day they arrived at Otaki and will show here to-night. At the last llult County Council meeting the acting-chairman (Cr. M. I W. Welch) announced that in future no deputation would be heard unless the Council received three days' notice. The high cost of dressing need not worry the women who shop at Howard i Andrew's. Ltd. Blouses and hosiery arc offering at prices that cannot be duplicated anywhere in the district, bee advertisement. Fred Barratt does not care where you buy your boots; take them along and he will repair them, lie's still going strong, and will continue to do so as his superior workmanship is well known. Try him.—Advt. Kelerring to the commandeer of wool, meat and dairy produce, the Hun. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, stated at the opening of the Winter show at Kow Plymouth that during the war the Imperial Government paid fddb,3ou,uuu for New Zealand produce. I As ilie result of a ball held at Foxton to raise funds for the local Fire Brigade. Miiiiie £3 Ss was cleared. The sale of tickets amounted to £.33. but against this the item for catering totalled £l3. Other expenses included the hire of . musicians, rent of hall and priming. The competition for Mr Huche's crack herd of Jerseys at New Plymouth was keen on Wednesday, the average being .130 guineas. Mr Fulton, ‘Waikato, paid £OO guineas for Avoca's Lady, and Mr M. .Sharp, Matapii. paid a similar sum for Waiwetu Lily. •‘Those who complain ot indifferent treatment at the hospital and conseijuently refuse to pay,* should be made to," was the remark of the chairman of the Palmeiston North Hospital Board yesterday. He added that i ? would be a dangerous practice to commence to remit charges on such ;;iouik!.;. 4 Oi. It he- beim decided to hold n public opening ceremony in connection with tie new lio.-pitnl building.-, ut l’uimerston Forth. The function will be held on Monday, duly Ifith, and the public, representatives of local bodies, member.- of Parliament, and other- will be invited to the ceremony. ‘‘The only thing is to carry prohibition and thou you will have no D.T. ca-e-,” -aid Ml- Gil! at the Palmer-ton Xoidi jlo-pifa 1 Bumd meeting ye-tor-dav. uiieu 11n- chaitman tnentioJmd that the padded ceil at the ho-pilal could' not be u-cil for ‘"D.T.” ca-,-- itiile-s a police con-table v, a- in attendance to look after llic patient. The dance, lie id at To Hero on Wednesday night, proved mu-t enjoyable, although the attendance, v.a- not -o laig- a- dc-ircd. 'l'll*- ilea : ua - in Jinc otder. .-upper w:i- fully appreciated, Mr K. Fichol-ou -applied iir-t cia-; dance IDIM-, V.hilc Mr Ft an it Ben v.a - M.C. 'j he i. aergclic and capai-ic -eclctHrie-v.a.-re .Mi-.-ms A. Hagan anu E. Morgan. At yesterday ’- meeting of the- ilospilai Board Mr W. Murdoch expressed the opinion that every month some member or member.-; of the Board ,-Jiuuid visit ike Lu-pital and make a supirvisiou ot the food supplied and other article-. lie even thought they 1 -itouid look into the cupboard-, look at aad l« -I Ihu food, etc., adding: “II require.- it, 1 assure you.” It: these days of high price- it m uii . interesting to hour ot anything i:t tint way of special value-:. On page -- , fo-day ’.-> i.-.sue Mr Artken, Levin, wbi- is district agent tor Messrs Cha-.. j B-ag and Co.'s famou- piano-, offers * vr - eu-v terms to those ho are thinkj „x ■ uvinu a new piano. All the iastrui- in the Lc-.in showroom are of I in- -time high grade and handsome a ;1,,,., .i: in the firm’s - ci i-kitov n Wellington '-varenou-e. am: so re invited to cull amt have a chut a.b. piano- with Mr Airkca. t .- motoring, e.-pectaiiy to race "if- l.ia- oceo m ( : a p-ii-Hoii. uiai • n -rd for life lisib has been •hr rt to the wind-, -ay- a contemporWhen a.ti nccid.en’ occur.-: the pot occasionally take action, but it ;« - e-edingly difficult to obtain a convp tiecause. however the onlooker mu-.- estimate speed, he has his story . i pub -.,-dly contradicted by the man at I the wheel. It is clear, however, that the motoring laws ot tkj* country xtou.tr- to be radically overhauled, and the Hon. G. -J- Anderson. Minister for In:*-nal Affairs, ha- ctecided to deal . j with the matter next .session or Purlin- j ! . after consulting a conference of mots ri-is. j A .St. Helen’s Homo for Palmerston Forth was discussed at yesterday ’- meeting of the patmc:n Hos j.ital Board. Dr. Vaiicsinfe Lad visited Ur Park’s r -1 --n -. ana - *-* - - c. -or-'htabic. He not approve ot e-.a-.-rt.-M hou-f-s. savouring the ertcgf r.-jw bui: fines la the pre-ent . of the country’s firm nr- he did not feel justified is ecorsaitnuifig tee Minister to -hen:. Lit-' ’• --’C" ,- - Helens Heme :r ifislmcr-tort to heir. the: - prut id* money arid j cot a hda-.- which would handicap the : i•- rr: *. Mr Gill • t'• "* -- be heard of the matter, but after div cuftios the qnestioa was allowed to drop.

At the Pahnc-rrton North Hospital -‘j Board meeting yesterday it was reported that a tender (SffO-iO) had been

accepted for improvements to the'-hos-jiital grounds. The work to be done included laying down of tennis courts, making roads, planting trees, and laying out of gardeu, etc. The work is being done in conformity with a scheme of improvement submitted by Mr Black, the well-known horticultural expert.

At the Auckland Police Court Arthur -Symons, aged ~'J years, who arrived from Wellington six weeks ago, admitted that he had since lived on the proceeds ol' thefts, lie had broken into six Auckland warehouses and stolen the petty cash, in one instance amounting t» ilti. In addition lie liud taken cheques and promissory notes valued at ‘■AMO, which he did uot attempt to cash. Accused had committed two burglaries in one night. Ho was found on the premises of the Totara Timber Company when the workmen arrived at seven o’clock in the morning, and was arrested. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence. Xu the meantime he has been sent to Palmerston F'orth to answer four burglary charges there. . . ° .v..v.i-i r.. it

Now the winter i- here you will want a pair of slippers, goJoshcs, or gum boots. Ladies’ siijtqiers from 3s lid; gents’, with leather soles. Is (id. all sizes; heavy gum boots, fils; children's goloshes in all sizes from s>. Irvine’s shoe ignore, otaki.—Advt.