LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 23 June 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I ti J decided j ' . " . X '■ j t Wanganui yc-.er-iay. Coion. i U: ._-r. was fined Z±< for telling a 21b ! ''-■■■• ■-:->- weight. The magistrate alio 'it i- as: ■jT'i'.r u> have t!- r - conviction Sue r,roposrd removal of the Palif.cr- . ! ■'Musav.-atu H*r»id " fFo.vtoa}. revive '.Be agitation for Ae liakir/g -jp of the -Vtsiia Tnmk bet v. eta yLutUtu *r Lirtatford ; _-J Uvi:.. The journal j -mder.-u.gd: that ■■. tonfert-see ti loci 1 i -•' ";--' -f- iri'i-. tevera! tree* have also • ■■■"■;. fs-lle-'j. the ficwf- :-:; ;...-.. beta i.aproved, and in various other -ways the precincts are being made more at a ted, and satarally very ixractifol, and j by the aid of a Little landscape gardeaißg could be ci&ce a !ovely spot.

During Ike week many tliefts of vire, potatoes, timber, harness, ere., Lave been reported at Fox ton. "We remind members of the Otaki 3rass Band of the general meeting to je lield in tliu Druids ’ Hall to-night at r o'clock sharp. The Education Board has approved jf a grant of £23, the estimated cost of installing gas at the Buxton btate school. Otaki men will welcome the announcement in this issue of special value in stylish raincoats, made by Messrs Stiles and Mathesen, Ltd., of Levin. Two fresh eases of American smallpox were notiiied at Dunedin on Monday, making the total to date since the outbreak was notified of 31, 2'J being in Southland and 22 in Otago. The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of the future Federal Parliament House on Capitol Hill, Canberra, the site of the Federal capital, on Monday last, and many thousands ol people attended the ceremony. Fred Barratt does not care where you 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. Hall the members of the Wellington Education Board retire next month by eliluxion of time. Among these members are Messrs it. A. Wriglu, AI.P., and J. P. iShand (city), W. 11. Field (llutt-Horowhenua rural district), L. H. Penny (Marlborough), T. Moss (Wairarapa), and L. P. Kishworth (liutt-Pelone urban district). The Hull Bull) .Show has been lixed for September 15th and 10th next. The date of the Otaki Bulb £how has not yet been lixed, if being deemed advisable to wait the arrangement of the Hutt Show dates before deciding on the local date. Tin; local Bulb Society will meet at an early date and decide on the date of its show. I Ladies will be interested to note? by reference to M r Cockrell's advertise incut in to-day’s issue that he has a choice lot of crcpe-de-cliencs, silks nets, etc., in all wanted shades; al>o •' 1 j \* rv special quality black poilctle sift 1 for skirts. All interested would tk well to inspect these good.- without delay. f_)n Monday next Mr Gerald Andcr I son will conduct a clearing sab* al | M ana kail on account of Air- Southee j who J* l leaving the district. The good' | to be offered comprise a nice lot ot I household furniture, the details' ol | which arc set, forth in our advertising columns. The sale will commence at 12.50 p.m. sharp. Illumination comes trout strung* places. Ji2 a corner in a London papci just to hand, published in mid-May appears this news item: A man state* at the Thames Police Court that he wa: a butter 1 * blender." The magistrate “What does that mean?" The mai explained: “We blend different kind? nf butter together—-American. Xov. Zealand. Dut«b, and other-." Anc j then it is represented as i’rc.-lt Iri.-h butter? Reply: “No--fre.-h i'ngli-’ butter." The magistrate: “Now v. < I know." And so do we. ! A Palmerston North lady has return | cd front a Ti-it to tk* South islauc ] with a souvenir of the trip in th« rhape. j f.f h giant potato. A tape run over thf j abnormal vegetable showed its diruen I sous to l.)« 13 inches round the waisl j and 25 inches round measured length j ways. Its weight is 2oz less than 51b | Jt was grown among a crop that yioldei • 35 tons to the acre by Air F. Barker ! Woodcud, Canterbury, and when du; | had J 5 kindred tubers dangling to tK< j liujue root. The lady is anxious to se* : the potato exhibit at the show thi: j week, in order to compare the vege | table with locally grown one.-. A large tract o: land between Tai ! hape and Oh a kune ha-: been purchase* I by Air I*. J.- Lyc-ar, of Gisborne, iron | .Mr Hausen, now resident in Auckland j comprising 54.4,000 acre-. The property | is known a* the Wrtiouru station, a u< j is r>n the Alain Trunk railway line I eome interest i- centred in the fae that it is supposed that two mili tar •icserter« are living a.-; hermit-, in th* bush. It is said the police endeavoured ’o run them to earth, but without -tic cess. The fugitive• are .supposed to b* j living on hares and trout, tee latte; \ abounding in the xt.reams. Sevcra J hunts have been ruad*.*. but or* eacf j occasion the men have evade a th< j searcher?. The question of the oi ch-cx . % primary schools was referred to at tht annual meeting of the Alana v/< t* y c k o<> 1 C o m in i 1 1 c * a 3 A s *o c hit ion o.u Monday night, when, it wa.- stated tnat fiV" time one teacher at Tokocuarti bfd had” ics U. different chi'-*.; to teach and control. It wat rotated out that tht trouble was ©net caused by tie tranker of teacher-: oa tirboolion, aad oae oi the member-, advocated advancement beieg obtained bv a teacher without ’.he necessity <! having to move to another school. It v. a - decided to forward a remit, to the conference of delegate, of school COl2asijtew is favour of the maximum number oi pupils in a class being Au imports at poiat -.-. at involved tit a case brought by an Auckland soumission ageat the other day against the vendor of _ property -.vhich was sold. The t.ia in* lIT.-. were A. id. .homo» and J. H. Onley, trading a-. 1 Lomas and Cc.. .t'j the r creed an t adjun--02 Siih. The claim for 5* cmariiMioa on the -ale of a property ■piaced in the pinin';:: ■■’ ad * a so. v. n* -. Tee Question was ra.*-:-i a - to : -.vhetkir Onley at the time is got the authority held a tend agent’s license, r. the course of the '-a sc it transpired rh-.it plaintiff had bough: into the butieesSf and that while Thomas waaway from Ac eh land hi* license: had not been renewed. As one of the ioikitore engaged remarked that “concluded the matter,” and plaintiff waa nonr sited.

To-iay the Prince of Wales celebrates his birthday. The Hautere Kitle Club will probably hold its annual ball on the. L'Sth July, while the Otaki Bowling Club will possibly hold its lixture a week earlier. A party of Natives at Tc Kumi (To Kuiti) ate wild honey, and later all became ill. An adult and a child developed convulsions, and the- adult lost consciousness. Medical aid was summoned, and the patient's arc now improving. The mail ear from Foxton had rather a bad experience yesterday. Besides heavy rain, bad roads, and the loss of a tyre some distance from its destination. it arrived at Levin in good time to catch the down mail. Seeing that th« car was a Ford the performance is not to be wondered it. A notice of interest to residents of this district appears elsewhere, in which Mr .1. P. Brandon, Chairman of the Otnlu Town lioaiu, invites all who are desirous, of seeing the district go ahead to sign the petition for the conversion ol the. town district into a borough. It is understood thai mure attention is to be given to gardening as exercise and recreation by patients at Hip Otnia Sanatorium, burdening is a fascinating hobby, and a healthful occupation, and the majority of tho patients now at the OluWi "San." are looking forward to their gardening a hours with pleasurable anticipation. j Messrs Truclight and Co., the leading | fruiterers, Mill Kimd, Otaki, have en Hot fresh fruits in the. district, the I choicest brands of confectionery, and cordials, the best of groceries, tho freshest of vegetables (straight from their own gardens), ami all the latest and hading brand- of tobaccos and cigarettes. The firm also advertise ! AI the last sittiug of the S.M. Court at. Foxlou Thomas Curran, licensee of the rantil.v Hotel, was charged with | (1) keeping his premises open for sal*? '[.mi liquor contrary to statute, and (-) (with selling liquor tout vary to Statute. Defendant pleaded guilty. As both chargOrt arose out ol the same set. of circumstance* the police agreed lo withdraw the second charge, while on the first the S.M. inflicted a penalty of £]o. >.'u endorsement was made on tho liaense, as Mr Shcppard, the new pur- , chaser, had taken over the Hotel. ' According to the Part: "Tribune," it ts reported that a German crossed I the frontier, climbed a wall, and fired : ! several shot:- at the cx-Kaise-r. Another story is to the effect thai a disguised Belgian labourer, on the pretext of repairing v.aterpipe.-. concealed himself 1 in a corridor, and battered the exKaiser with a club, un'd the guards | rescued him. The ex-Kaiser's secretary decline- to admit the truth of the ■■ode-. A recent cablegram stated j that the ex-Kaiser was in a critical Prom lsl July next, the War Es-:.--:-e. Branch and Base Record, Office nil! be amalgamated and designated "N.Z.K.P. War Accounts and Uccord Ollicf." This office will be under thecontrol ot Mr J. vV. tlutchen (colonel, \ z. [;,., rvi'), who i-■ at present holding the appointment ot officer in charge, of War (expense.-. All communications ; count of the New Zealand KxpcdiII -; -.,;.- Force will, from Z'lth instant, be to Officer ill Charge, N'.Z.K.F. War Account and Record Offica, Lauibton Quay, Wellington. rid woman, Mrs Tom Holland, wife of the licensee of the Club Hotel, at Carterton, occurred on Sunday. The iady left the hotel a few minutes before 7 - o'clock ror church, and has never been -.</;> since. Search haa been made, but no sign ha- been found of the mi'tinj ' ! lady. There Is no cause why she should 1 di.-.'tppear, "hough she ha* been in bad i : j., -.;,h for some time pa-t. She bad - ever fullv recovered from the Io»« of -' ;, , ~,,.,, .-,..-g,-:--- Holland, who died 1 rlorirt" 'he epidemic in 131!). Parties ..• 11 earchitig. L'ntil recently Mr '■ ;..;■', Mr HolLaud were resident in , It i- raarvellou-t how it is to create an argument over a small mental arithmetic calculation. At Martin quite number were puzzling their •■-: :.- over the following simple calculation, and it even ended in a wag*r, v.: icb Las to oe settled by one of oar learned scholars. For example: A goes into an hotel and porchas.ea a botti* o- whi'ky and tender.- a £3 note. Tho barman, not having sufficient change, g':-.-c-> A a bof.e of whisky and 15a '■\.:l:.'j-:. telling A to call later for tho ,- 5... - rgV A goes oati :de and l>orrows £-i from a friend. Bcta«i»S '" ** ho «- •.. ;.ny» to the barman; "Give mc ay five poand note, t ha.ta the change-" Xt { hanasa it? Jl ~ A "&■' - vo V y '- a '' "■'■ and A pays E £5 > aod .",'..','. " "vrio h ite gainer or \o*et by -•.: iransactlon. Tt 1-. qtfite KBspi*. ■> Advice ha:-, been received of a paisfa! aendent which occurred at Ur 1. MicVd-Min'* farm at Tirirattkawa, rear Palmerston K. MicfefeUon, jaaior, and i n»n named J. Thorpe, were filling a Sarsp with benzine, ol« <A thtm Lfllding a lighted canetie. trht-n by *oßiß mk-shance the benzine spiasfced, the vapour, catching alight, young ."o'.-tke-.-j;."- c'otfees were qakkly »b fire. He rushed iatfl tbr or*2 air, which oL.lv fasa&j ih« flame*. Oa t'c<? directhva of hie father the boy roßed '..-. the grotitei, whibt Miekelaon, searj tore .~ " : :- kerning ear«tat«, B''th father and rta were severely barnad, ■e.! rj T: n •'.--:-' --"-''d about the in which tbt ae««dent occurred was lightly : i aged by -i'eXow the v,:.-.',r." i» here yoa will waat ~ pair or iUptp*r«j golo«h», or jcxa { boots. Ladies' slippers from 3» 6d; !" 'fentr'. irith k-athtr iol<rs, 4j 6d, all sizes; heavy jam boots, 2*;; children's goloshes is'all sizes fioja S'-;. Irrine'i Bhoe Store, Qtala. — Ad*?.

A sale of stock, etc., was held at Manakau on Monday on behalf of Mr .Ralph Sclrolcs. Very satisfactory prices were obtained. At a nicotine; of the leilding Borough Council on Thursday night the Mayor complained of the pfact.ee of local bodies sending out “round robins” to all other local bodies with suggestions as to how the Government should conduct the affairs of the country. or, as his Worship put it, to “leach their grandmother to suck eggs.” Mr ! Harford said the Council was elected I to conduct the municipal affairs ot

I'eilding. He intended to give sliori plu-ift to these circulars in future. The ! Council intimated that they were n agreement with the Mayoi. A gentleman well known in legal I circles ill Palmerston has received an interesting letter from his brother who is at present in 'England. The letter states that he lias for some time past been endeavouring to secure berths tor himself ami his wife to enable them to return to Xew Zealand, but there is no prospect, of obtaining passages tmut tlio end of the year. He says there is an unusual demand for passenger ue--1 crm.modaf.on in England, and . J* likely to continue while people hock to the Old Country for mere pleasure, which is a very costly busmess at the present time, inference is also made I m the letter to financial conditions a - i Home. Hie. writer stating that <■ Y™ I cent is the ruling price .tor j securities, and that the amount is <*- j ported to increase to ‘ in a vciy s 101 . • time.