THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 18 June 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! A heavy and prolonged shock of ! earthquake was felt In this dineict 1 shortly after 0 a.m. yesterday. ! Tie Otira cottage hospital at J£ol:l- ---' tika was totaliy destroyed by jire on ! “Wednesday night. The insurance is ! £SOO, bat the loss is substantially j higher. - . I Sir aider Haggard told * Keasisgi tori audience that he began tu write ! "ding Solomon's Miner'' s# a ion©, and the effect ci the book v. a; to rain his career at the Bar. ‘ " Tin? »»etion of 45t acres, of Ohaa land, purchased by Mr Alfred Bolton, of Otaki. at the >■;*." os Tuesday la-*, was knocked down to the j-nr.rhii.-er at ~- j H's per acre. The price did not appear in oar la.-t issue. As a result of a deputation v.-iitln; on the Boston Pviw fe b Council, it has been decided to place a. football ground at the eastern cad of Easton Park., footballers to be responsible for er:y damage done to shrubs, and. to prohibit Sunday playing. If not._pdae.red to the perminion to uae the ground would be withdriwn

A confirmation service will be held ' at All .'saints’ Church to-night. The Masterton “Age” reports a serious outbreak of*diphtheria in the AVairarapu. One Auckland Jinn has announced a reduction in the price of all brands of tea ol’ (id per lb. Among the institutions to receive benefit from the T. G. McCarthy fund are file Roman Catholic School at Otaki (four years) £-50. and fcjt. Joseph’s Convent. Otaki, £SO. It was stated by Mr 1\ l’iriini at the opening of the Foxton school on Tuesday that £SO worth of property had been stolen from the premises while the erection of the building was in progress. several members of the school committee state that it is the lirst they had heard of the matter. Xuw the winter is here you will want a pair of slippers, goloshes, or jam booU. Ladies’ slippers from os tid; gents’, with leather soles, Js (id, all sizes; heavy gum boots, Ms; children’s goloshes in all sizes from s’s. Irvine’s Shoe Store, Otaki. —Advt. Train arrangements for the Palmerston North Show, to be held on the -2nd, 23rd, tilth and 231 k insls., are advertised. Holiday excursion tickets will be available for the trains leaving Otaki aL 7.50, 10.23, and 11.15 a.in. on the 25fh. Messrs Joplin, y tabard, and Carmichael, Ltd., laud and estate agents, Levin, advertise a further list of properties in our columns. Any one desirous of a farm, residence, or residential section should call on the iirin. Half commission is refunded to rc- • turned soldiers. It is stated (says a Palmerston .North exchange) that the Government has acquired, through the Public Trustee, an area of -100 acres for th« new railway department outside Palmerston North; also that £7OOO was recently refused for an hotel license likely to be utl’octed by the proposed change in. the railway route. At the Otaki saloyartis on Friday, July 2nd, Messrs Halgety and Co.. Lidwill offer for stile by auction the estate ami interests of Hie lessee in a block of land containing .1373 acres, near Otaki. Further particulars can In: obtained on. application to the auctioneers, or Messrs Logan, Williams and White, solicitors to the mortgagee. Hastings. See advertisement »u our third page. A tine example of practical help is reported from the Hautapu district (says 1 ho Auckland “Herald”). A party of settlers invaded a returned soldier’s holding the other day, ploughed his fields, erected his fences, dug drains, and did innumerable .'mall j»bs. This spontaneous assistance brought feelings of joy to the ex-lighting man > heart, and made him feel that his sacrifices had been worth while. At a meeting of the Foxton Beautify ing Society the president (Air Perreau) I reported that he had secured twentylive guarantors who were prepared to give £! 1- per year, lor three years to j a* i'~t tile funds. Mr A. S-. Fasten wa.I elected patron of the Society, it waf decided t■ ■ co-operate with lb' llorti- ! cultural Society with a view to assistS ing that body to stimulate an interest i in the cultivation of garden plot-, etc. 1 A clearing sale on noeonnt •? -Mr i Ralph Seholes will be hold on the farm. ' North Manakau, on Monday next, 21st '| inst., as advertised, when t’a» X Z. Lu»n i and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., wilt I ell cows, due August and Jjeptcmj bcr. Jo 3-year heifers, sheep, young j stock, etc. The herd of cow.- is an old- ! established one, and has been heavily I culled for years, therefore they can be i recommended to intending buyers. Full I particular- are set forth in our adver--1 rising columns. • Three sections of land, comprising are:,- varying from -- odd acre- - to 1 ,v s I acres, are advertised as open tor 'ale j or lease by discharged soldiers, and t applications will be received for •ame - up to Monday. ZSth in-*. The land | ; U ay be purchased for ta-h, or on de--1 fcr.ed payments, or -elected on lea'■ e I tor 33 years, with right of renewal. Further particular.; are advertised, and llif-o who think of applying -or any of sections should obtain fullest j in i tit: uia r - from the Commit--doner of Crown Land-'. Wellington. At a meeting of wholesale dairymen in ( ihri.-tchurch on Wednesdaysa ieso* In' on s'.as adopted: That the pric<* of mi k fixed by dairymen, namely 1 •* 0 d pv gallon wLcde-ak-. *houid continue lit :i the end of .S<7jC6irJjtr. The meetin pledged i Vi alt nor. to -tippiy any ;n> ’ for the city -apply under that

pr • and -tatcd that it regretted the u;. -ratited interference of the Board of ade with one: of the worst paid : i ■' tic-, v. it boat full enquiry into ;ii ■** of production. Horowbecua Horticultural anti I: trial .Society is about to prepare it- heduk‘s for the next Soring and -Shows, and will be glad to re< ivo any suggestion.-: re improvercc : of the prize list. One suggestion to .ceeive fall consideration by the con .Jiiftse, at its meeting on Monday nig t next, i- that the autumn show be iiel-' earlier it- the year than has been the custom in the past. It is thought Sy erne that if the show were heid in I’ebruary. in - toad of Starch, a much better display of flowers would be i secured. -e. ... -.;£!>£* TLoie whose sign: U showing signs | or railing, cr ’--.ho require further v/J- i ’■me re their eyesight, would do v.eir j to call on Mr .7. 3. Oc-rrt.nd. optician, j >quar-:. i J ;- In:. jvortb. air | btasni Its had a wide enpe-rierro as j .-'Oriciar:. and tests eyesight free of | -*• iied also give- advice to clients. ; i- it a common fallacy for people to I cent tints! their eyesight ie very :■ - : - before- consulting an optician. I Ac vise should be sought at the very f I sign of defective vi.sian or eye - •-.rain- Mr Oerrasd is not only an .« optician, but a reputable watchmaker j ■ and f-weiisr, and keep' z very fine ’! stsel: of goods, t

A notice relative to unpaid rates due to tke Otaki Town Board appears else where.

A meeting oi' Paekakariki ratepayers will be held on Saturday week at 7.3tl p.nr. to consider the proposed water supply. The Hutt County Council invites tenders, to close on 12th July, l'or sections of land at Paraparaumu and I’aekaktiriki suitable for roadmen’s dwellings. See, advertisement.

It is probable that a dancing class for adults’ will be started at Otaki in the, near future, when a young lady from Masterton will give tuition in the latest dances. ‘