LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 16 June 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

- 4 : monthly teeettng of the, Otaki Cotirt will be Lcid on July Ist. : oMite ;■ nuraber o: ca«e= will be . . ,-.,: hcjj ■■- '-■-■- ' - - : '■'" iinoekftd ■-,^,-,' : v.,. had. the cieiaceholy, but CL-i-*/'*• mca that ;"■-' --:£-**:->'■ <■'! -'J^ ■'■■ V- r.' ■-. Kiagdoti - ddre-i-ed to all altered for the pre-s-ent. hut aa =. r --:\y

We remind our readers of the grand | istallation bail to be held in Brights’ , i lieatro to-night, under the auspices of • , re tJ.A.O.D. Lodge. 1 A special meeting of the Otaki Town iuard will be held to-morrow night, , -hen several important matters will be onsidered. "That- all school books be standardsod throughout A’ew Zealand” was a emit to the Agricultural Conference arried at Saturday’s meeting of the .las tort on A. and P. Association. There is a big saving for men who Hiv ready-to-wear suits from the wilier stocks of Stiles and Mntlieson, Lid., -evin. Purchasing by mail is made :asv at this modern store. The monthly stock sales al Otaki a ill be held on Friday next. IStli inst., instead of next. week, this alteration being - made on account of the Palmerston Show next week. Mr W. Howard, of Levin, met with a nasty mishap oil Monday evening, lie was descending a hill in the Avenue, when the forks of his cycle collapsed, and he was rendered unconscious. It was sonic hours before he regained his normal condition. At the Otaki auction mart sale next Saturday Mr Gerald Anderson will submit a big lot of oats, peas, barley, produce of all kinds, vegetables, chaff, tools, implements, furniture, etc. lor details see advertisement. The continuation service, to be held at, the Anglican Church on 1-riday night, should prove an impressive ceremony. Quito a large number of candidates will be continued by the night Rev. the Lord Bishop of Wellingtoil. Fred Barratt does not care where you 1 buy your bootsJ take them along and he will repair them. He’s still going strong, and will continue to do so as , his superior workmanship is well known. Try him. —Advt. No! only during tenement cases an' ihe troubles of the houseless ventilated at, the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington (says the ‘‘Evening Post”). A witness in a maintenance case stated yes. tenlay morning that she paid bis per week rent for a small house, but received that amount back from a learned couple, who. with-their live, young children, lived in two of iiu -ooms. One of t lie Ur si serious aspects oi the acute sugar shortage in Nid.-mi is the effect on Kirkpatrick's jam factorv and Gridin’s biscuit factory. Both have had to take, drastic steps in reducing hands, including married men. Only the chocolate department is working at Gridin’s, and further curtailments at Kirkpatrick’s are threatened. The Ponsonby murder case and the senteUKO passed upon Dennis Gunn were considered at a meeting o! the Executive Council yesterday morning, Hi- Excellency the Governor-General presiding. it was afterwards announced that his Excellency,- acting on and with the advice of his Ministers, sees no reason why the decision of the Court should lie interfered with. ‘‘By the variety of articles that pass through the sewers,” staled the engineer of the Lower Hull Borough, in bis report to the Council, “it i- astonishing that house drains and xewex- do i gi\e more trouble. Pups, kitten-, aiticles of underclothing, and tin by tiic dozen continually puss through. A pair of dungarees were palled out ol ilu; centrifugal pump on one occasion.” Art energetic campaign is being con ducted at i'almer.-ton North for funds lor a new V.M.G.A. building. Mr l-r-iiort has promised flomi it ten others contribute £SOO, and Mr i‘. McHardy v. j reles.-ed to Mr J.. T. McLean, who had left on the Makura, urging Lim to increase his contribution to £SOO, and, two thousand miles away, Air McLean replied agreeing to do no. Talc oi a near tragedy from Foiton ‘‘Herald”:—-it is rumoured that three local sports went duck shooting recently. They landed on a small island, and after partaking of sundry refreshments to keep out the cold, waited for the ducks, and in the meantime fell into a state of somnolence, The island was the resort of numerous water rats. Awakening one ot the party noticed a water rat on the arm of one of hi- coin- ] laions, and .stealthily seizing Li-. gun. Ut fly at the rodent. Both sleeper and rodent had a narrow escape. The price of paper cropped up at the liofo'.vfeenua County meeting on butur■lay, when a letter was read i rout the Minister for Internal Affairs stating that, owing to the shortage of paper the tree copy of the ‘ ‘ NZ. Gazette” would be discontinued. The Chairman said he thought this; was; catting thing.-, too fine, and such a step would not have the desired effect, as the Council must' necessarily continue to take the paper, but would have to pay for it in future. The new telephone exchange directory for Fulmers rrn North and district di.-elswSs a rapidly increasing number of connections, <■ speeiully among thecountry people. Of the local centre, Palmerston North has. J27g subscriber;, Fctiding 552, As.hhur»t 35, Fox ton 147, Glen Orciua 51. Levin £O4, Kangiotu ii. Kongotca »>£. riar;-.on 3C, shannon 7'j. Tokoinnrtj life Pobangiua 24, L'tuv,ai IS). Within a radius of .'JO mile- of Palmenten North there are about 55 zj subscribers. It would be a distinct convenience if the Bulls, Woorfville and Pasiatua snaths were added to the lift. Thft new Girl” High Hchaol in Fitzherbert street, Palmerston North. L-. now almost completed, and the finished ester: or cos si ruction enables the passer-by to reaii-e the scat and hand -orne .appearance of the building, to y,%kh white rough east walls and red Ft«/l roof give an effective finish. Jr, ».fce interior a ttntaoie fuaunra is the id 1/-- to which fanlights have •ten put :n the lighting of the cla ■ - ."/etc. The school should be ready for -a - -.pdti&n in a mouth’- time, though there -is a possibility of difficulty in ;«euriag desks, and in replacing the doors which were destroyed in the recents are ut fco'ih k's factory.

A sitting of the Native Land Court ipencd at; Otaki this morning, before Judge Kawson. A good amount of business will conic up for transaction. and the session will probably be a fairly lengthy one. An accident occurred on Monday" at the end of Wncreiiga Road, Otaki. when a vehicle driven by Mr Taylor collided with a motor cari driven by Mr G. AY. Magnus, of Wellington. The shaft of the. trap siruck Mr Magnus, with the result thai one of his ribs was broken. He was attended to by Dr. Sharp, after which he proceeded io Wellington. Both the trap and car were damaged, but, luckily, to no i*rcat extent. To go through years of bloody war, to be thr«e times wounded, to win the .Military Medal, and be recommended for a commission and the V.C., and to filially meet -his end through a little needle becoming embedded in his hand, was the fate of Kcgimrntal SergeantMajor Albeit Edward Bloor, etc., etc.. who died under an anaesthetic in the Colonial Hospital. Suva, on May :18th. In brushing his hand over a wall, a needle found him and broke, off in his hand, and the doctor advised an operation. Next day the most popular young man in Fiji was dead. A request I'roiu the Stratford Borough Council tor support iu an attempt to secure a universal Saturday half-holiday caused a little discussion at the Uorouhenua County Council meeting on Saturday. Crs. Coley and Uroadbell were Ihe only members to support the proposal. Gr. Ilarkuess thought different districts should make their own arrangements for the holiday, while: the chairman thought it not fair for one local body to dictate to others in this mtiller. In connection wilh the present high price of clothing a .judgment of interest to tailors and outiitlcrs, as H entails an important legal point, in their business, was given by Mr ,1. L. Stout, S.M., when delivering his reserved decision in the case in which K. A. Do I,lien, costumier, proceeded against !>.a Llaggitt for the sum of £l2 2», made up cif £IS lSs for a navy blue channelise costume, £l!> 10s for a blue glare georgette frock and £:; 5s for two ■ lips. At the heaiing Mr Jacobs appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Oligloy for defendant The defence raised was that the articles were made unsatisfactorily and that no act of acceptance v. as mad.'. Mr Ouglcy also raised the question of a noiiMiit mi the grounds ( that it being a contract for the supply !df good to the value of over £lO. a i-.Mitracf in writing between the tu« parlies should have been entered into. ]'.,■ submitted that a. (lore was no such agreement the plaintiff had no legal claim. The magistrate held that tho latter point must, succeed and nonsuited the plaintiff with costs.—Palmerstoii '/Standard." Xmv the wind r i< here yon will v.nut a pair of slipper-, golo.htv, or gum boots. Ladies' slippers from .T-: lid; (.'•mis', with leather sole-, fa Gd, ail ■"<,;*■■; heavy boot . -Is; ehildrcu'i ► ~!.,she.- in all sizes from .V.. Irvine 'r. Shoe Store, Otaki. -Advt.