THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 21 June 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* Mr W. H. Field. M.P.. will meet members of the Otaki Town Board tomorrow and diL-on.-; with them matters appertaining to the welfare of the town. ! Tfae Otaki Town Board ha; appointed Mr Albert Smith to secure the aeocsss-ry for the petition -a connection with the proposed cenve»*'un of Otaki into a. borough. Mr -miTh cSS©^ 1 rouads ?*" morning. An entertainment o: a pie-;—--nature was given at the Otaki Sanatorium un Friday, when pupils of the Convent School royalty entertained the patients wish musical »nu ■ •-ide-j-----tioas. Many of die item; v. ere ready fine one;, and the- audrc-ncc was not • low in sjjfirexiatsi.a' them. A --Ope ■'■■ expressed that a t ; - - j would be given at no distant Hbtf. I The first of a series of eight e-iiciuC ;>nrtic- was hold tst the 'Aihaaa school.on Friday last. The tournament ha? been by she S-.-c.ooi C0;..suittee to get funds in ai4 f >- *he ehndr*n'.- annual entertainment, rre-*v evening's prize? were won by Ms?* E. Barker and Mr L. Clark. A very pleasant evening was spent by all present;

Wednesday next, 23rd inst,, is tlio ; I Prince of Wales’ 2Gth birthday. I The Associated Auctioneers hold their l’ortnightly stock sales at Levin to-morrow (Tuesday). Entries are ad- f vertised. . .j. The lloruuhemia Horticultural and 1 Industrial Society’s committee meets to-night to make arrangements for the schedules for next Spring and Autumn Shows, etc. The Arawa, which arrived at Auckland last week, from Southampton, brought 35!) immigrants. They appear to be a good type, and include a large number of farmers and farm labourers. The Mayor of Levin is arranging for an address to be delivered in Levin by Mr Leigh Hunt, chairman of the Greater Wellington Town-planning and Municipal Association, on the important subject of town-planning. To-day is what is generally recognised as the shortest day of the year, although, as a matter of fact, there is no apparent dill'eruncc in the length of days for three or lour days. This morning the sun rose at 7.3(5 u.m., and sets this evening at 4.2(1. At the last sittiug of the S.M. Court at Levin no less than 25 persons were lined 10s each and 7s costs for allowing stock to wander, while live were lined 15s each and costs 7s. Pur failing to send his child to school P. Home was’ lined Ids and costs 7s; lor obstructing a railway right-of-way K. Eel’orter was fined 21 and costs 225; D. Gimeou for using obscene language on a football field was lined 22 and costs 12s; lor breaking a prohibition order Taniati was lined £2, costs 7s. A special feature at the wedding ceremony at St. Mary’s Church. Otaki, on Wednesday last was the singing of the children’s choir. The children, who had been specially coached by the .Sisters for the occasion, acquitted themselves admirably, and all present expressed (heir delight at the really excellent performance of the children. It is; to be hoped that the choir will be maintained as a permanency. Another clearing sale w ill be held at Te iforo on Tuesday, 2!)th just., on ac - count of Mr Arthur Lockwood, who is leaving for England. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. will eon din t the sale, and will oiler, on Mr Lockwood’s behalf, a tinw lot. of various kinds of sheep, steers, horses, vehicles, farm implements, full details of which tire set, forth in our advertising columns'. , yi f Dr. Anderson (Director of Education) received a letter suggesting an interchange of touchers between the London County Council and New Zealand, and offering to interchange twenty ol its teachers; with twenty front Australasia, each year, the interchange to be for a period of one year, for the purpose of study and experience. It is suggested that four of these teachers should conic from New Zealand. At the inquest on the three victims of the late Taumaruuui tragedy. (Injury returned a verdict that they v.-ere killed through the explosion of n packet of gelignite, left in the kitchen overnight, the cause 01. the explosion being unexplainable. Medical evidence showed Miss Lilburu and the child of 1 Mr and Mrs England were hilled inI stautaneously, while .Mrs England died fr of shock. The evidence of England * showed that when he rushed to the e house he found his wife still conscious. | The repot t and balance-sheet, of the I Hank of New Zealand, presented at Friday’s annual meeting of shareholders, show that, the aggregate asset; of the bank now total nearly £53.001.1,1100; that the capital is £2,027,411, an increase of £317,513; that the reserve fund j.s to be increased j £2.500,000; and that the notes in 1 circulation amount to £5.705.337, an r increase of £2,037,052. The dividend I tor the year totals 17 0 per cent. Material increases in the pay and penj .-iot; i of the bank staff wore reported, ■ end the chairman foreshadowed possible legislation during the coming sc on fur the rearrangement of the bank’s capital and reserve 3ucd. # At a meeting ot the Levin Beautifyiug •■society, held on Friday night. Mr Goi 1.-inith submitted a statement, she ving that the- recent Mardi Gras had produced a sum of £1252 17s sd. It wa- decided to recommend to a public i;.c< ting ’hat the money be expended as follows:—To subsidise wage-; of a v. or king gardener for two year; at the rat of £123 per year (Borough Council to pay balance). £250; laying out gardee -. Cambridge street, and erection of me: rial, 2oo: recreation ground at We roa. £150; Levin Pari: Domain, • £L street planting. £lup; Hokio be: shelter belt. £100; Horowhecua h.k £so: Waiopeac reserve, £SO; i- -1 work, £l3b. Total, £llOO. the risk of disappointing the tea: d-ißongers. who art apparently wor !g overtime in Wanganui just nov ,vr; deem it a pleasure to be able to ■ scotch” the particular scandal to whi- u rial free and widespread eircuiistb i ha- rc*ei>.*(y i.c-c-e given. No goo . purpose is to he served by ike tiotr ti unautheaticated ten's :rs; but once publicity has been given to .s-.-uadal it is desirable, in the intore ■ oz _J concemed. 11.;..t its trush .shou d be publicly c-stablishcd at fee WJhCA j-ossioir 2gi:::*:.o To that end we yc.:tc rd: r to ascertain the basis of this imteho'“^-' y •" ~” and our enquiries were sot in v.’*"’ i The net: rv-Mt of our investigation I nnsy be 3 -;utto up in a phrase —“No ■ girl, no twins, no <ieo<r>iep. nothing but a ?.-••-re of winked. cruel, ar.'i u:iJ c> : fabrications! ” presumably having their puTrid origin ir the < ter: n-i'r author r .-. c-l vile- and Si thy - : threatening aaoeynious letter-. — • • V.-.r.g>r.:;i Chronicle.''• Fred Barratt does not care where you buy your boots- take them along and « he wist repair them. He 3= srii* going strong, and will continue to do so as his superior worttcanship ir well known. Try him.—Advt.

A special meeting of the Otaki Brass and -will be held at; 7 p.m. sharp on 1 Wednesday at the Druids’ Hall. « “There isn’t very much to eat,” 1 aid the Eskimo hostess, as she handed 1 candle to each; “just light refresh- 1 tents.” Parliament will open on Thursday 1 ext. when the election of a Speaker till take place. The Governor’s Speech till he delivered on Eriday. Dennis Gunn has made a statement teforo a magistrate regarding the l’ouonbv murder. The statement will be landed to the Sheriff to-morrow naming. Meanwhile nothing will be disclosed. The Sunday trains to Otaki continue .(> be well patronised, and yesterday ivas no exception. When the line wea[her sets in it is fully expected that the numbers will prove records on ptevious years. Fifteen Hindus and six Chinese aimed at Auckland from Vancouver by the .Niagara on Thursday last, and will undergo the educational test. The total number of Chinese who have arrived in Auckland since the beginning of the year is 37-. In the same period 133 Hindus have landed there. Now the winter is hero you will want a pair of slippers, goloshes, or gum boots. Ladies’ slippers from 3s 6d; genii’, with leather soles, -Is (id, all sizes; heavy gum boots, -Is; children’s goloshes in all sizes from o’s. Irvine’s [shoe Store, Otaki. —Advt. “Those with a linger on the commercial pul.-e note an uneasy feeling.” writes a correspondent. “There are already many attempts to break contracts for forward delivery. The calling in of note issue too, when money is already tightening, may if not carefully done prove as great, an evil as its issue when prices were booming.” ft. Lias been deemed expedient to postpone the children’s evening in connection with the Otaki Literary and Debating Club, owing to the tact, that the date arranged did not suit, many of the children, the Convent children being away on holidays. The evening will probably be bold about the end of July. To-night week (June -Sdh) a Thomas Moore evening will bo held by the Club, the arrangements for same being in the hands of Mr * 'dlius. The (supreme Court was engaged on Saturday (says a Hokitika Press message) hearing a claim for damages tot fjuuu ami special damages lor io’J 1 arising out of a coach accident, which took place in the Otira Gorge on June 17th. JUlb. The jury awarded Arthur Herbert King, of Bluff. fcSUfio against Cassidy and Hail, coach proprietor.-, and leave for the defendant to more for a. nonsuit was granted. Argument is to be taken at a date to be arranged. The Haweru “Star”' reports that •foil’s .dairy company recently had returned from the railway station two crates of cheese, which had been corn pletely ruined for export by having had large slices: cut. out ol each cheese from between the battens. It has been alleged, and on very good authority too, that this is quite a common pmc tiro among the employee*, at cert a < works, but, the perpetrators running l , hide all trace of their work by pri-nr.. the cheese round so that the damaged portion comes behind the battel: ot the crate. y.JiiiIn regard to the problem of education in the backbioeks, the present Minister for Education advocates, the provision ot hostels lor children (a-propo.-sed by Mr Evelyn Macdonald rn his campaign for tire Otaki seat) as being the best solution offered, air Macdonald also proposed assistance to buckblock mothers, such as that nor. being given by the Women ’a .National lieserve in Wellington. Wo think this proposal merits favourable consideration, despite the Minister’s reply to a • recent deputation of ladies re this matter. He will, however, surely hear of the matter again. Meantime we commend it for public approval and financial and moral support, and would very respectfully suggest that the Women’s National Kcserve should move in that direction, on behalf of therf overwrought and “out-of-it“ sister-. l'or Bronchial Coughs, take Yv'octa ’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is bd, 2b »d.