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

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

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

j On Saturday evening Mr V. M. J j Jones, an old resident of Woodville, j was knocked down by- a motor ear and j ■ killed. Deceased was 72 years of-age. j ! At a meeting of the Eiverton j i fOtaloo) telephone subscribers the ! j opinion was expressed that the Gov em | ment was profiteering by the increase j ■ in telephone rates, and that the matter ! should be brought before the Board of j • Trade. ■ William McKegg. licensee or the '■ Albion Hotel. Shannon, was fined £5 j and costs by Mr J. L. Stout. S.M.. on s-j charge of exposing liquor for sale. Two men named Herbert Tomlin and Stanley Walters, who were found os the premises after *> o-clock at night. " were fined £1 and costs each. Those who require motor car. motor cvcSc. or cycle tyre-* or tur>e> can #<?cinre -aiQ? at tlie local 1 * Byko. 73 Mr Minton now bavin £ a In r£C .*ioek of all tboso lines in hand; in fact, all accessories : can be seemed locally from Mr Minton. Mr Minton is also prepared to vulcanise motor tubes. See advertisement in to-day’s issue. Fred Barrett still leads the way with ; boot and shoe repairs. He uses no inferior leather and puts in only firstclass workmanship. Priees right: try i v—„ Once tried, always tried-—Advt.

Air Bert Standen, of Carterton, has secured a farm at Fairfield, Levin. A well-known member of a local body in the AYeiongtoa diiiiict is said to have notched his 150th cuu\iction in court eases. The Otaki Brass Band intend to hold their first annual ball in Brights’ Theatre on Friday, September 3rd. Particulars will appear later. The monthly meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board takes place to-morrow morning. According to “one in the know some of the present councillors of the Hatt County Council.will lose tlieir scats at the elections in November. Interest should be keen. There is at present much sickness in the district among Natives, and Sister , Lewis would lie grateful for old linen or babies’ clothes. Any gilt, huge 01 small, would be appreciated. Messrs \V. Tompsitt and A. J. AleCurdy expect to be contestants for the Waimiiomata riding cl’ the Hint County Council at the election in November. Cr. P. Cavamtgh Mill probably , seek re-election. Ail important sale of furniture and effects, on behalf of Mr T. Bowman, will take place at Otaki.on Thursday, August J'Jth. A preliminary notice is advertised. if the refioating of the Lusitania proves successful it will result, according to an announcement made in Paris by the directors of the steamship line, in the division of at least 000.0011 between a Preach salvaging company, the British Government and the Canard Line. The money spent in New York on tlieutre-going is attracting attention. Prom information based on the amusement lax proceeds, it is estimated that theatres in January and Pebrmuy took in £3,000,0110, which is calculated would be snllicient to buy 1,000.000 pairs of high grade boots and 2.><'.iiini well-made suits of clothes. At a meeting of the Levin Chamber of Commerce on Monday *econimendalions were icceived from the committee that Monday, January 3rd. be a public holiday, that Faster Saturday should bo a public holiday, that business places close at noon on Levin show days, and that Saturday afternoon fie tile universal half-holiday. There .were two Native funerals at Otaki yesterday afternoon-—the late Ilei Parcwhanake and Pita Hakarnin being interred at the Native Mission cemetery. Both funerals were very largely attended, among the mourners being a number of visiting Natives, and also many Europeans. The Otaki Brass Band headed both processions, playing the “Dead March in Said - ’ most impressively, and the services at the Native Church, and also at the graveside, were conducted in each instance by the Rev. Temuera Tokoailun. Afterwards the bund played a number of selections. A good story which has the added merit of being true is told by a Dunedin gentleman who lias just returned from a trip to the United States. 1!" was conversing one day "ith a school teacher in a populous district, and mentioned that he came i rom No Zealand. “New Zealand;’’ remark--i the pedagogue, obviou-l.v searching himemory. “Let me see. was New Zen bind in the war or was sin- neutral.’ The visitor from Dunedin had no ado quate rep! \- ready, but thought or many stinging rejoinders when it waj too late. Two l-oys. aged LI years. .Tames Lowry and Thomas ivdward Prjeston. who had absconded from the Weraron Training Farm, were charged at Pal merston North before Mr J. L. Stout. S.M., yesterday morning with breaking and entering, between August 3th and h:k. a store belonging to Howard An drew, at Ohau, and stealing 1 beret rom two pair- of boots, two shirts. and cigarettes, of a total value of £-1 17* gd. Evidence for the prosecution was given by Constable Oreggan, of Levin. The i,oys yere found guilty and order ed to be returned to tiie Training Farm and to receive punishment. A further charge of Having broken a plate-glass window valued at £4ll, the property of John Allison, of Levin, was withdrawn. “If I were getting a suit of clothe.I should think that very good,’’ was the corn merit of the Mayor of. Auckland filr .f. H. Gun son) as he handled a bit of tweed at a meeting of the joint committee of the Red Cross and j St. .John Ambulance. The committee was being asked to purchase three ' private handlooms worth £37. which tre being used by patients at the .'o torn a military hospital. Mr Chat. .... ludson also admitted that the tweed would make an excellent wearing suit -f clothes. Those on the committee -ho did cot know where the article ame from were much surprised when old it was The work of a soldier patient .at the King George Hospital. Mr Gtxnson was carious to know whether such tweed could be turned out commercially. Mr Robertson, of Rotorua, said the price was 32s b-i a yard, which was cheaper than the imported article. The committee agreed that: the weaving work at the hospital should be encouraged, and decided to purchase the looms for the hospital. Dealing with the subject c£ the reckless driving of motor car-, the “ Waimate Times” say- editorially:— “Hardly a duv p:-.-—it. New Zealand but the' motor car. serving more the purpose of an inhuman juggernaut than a useful vessel of transport, claims some unfortunate victim, smashing hi.- limbs or sending him into eternity, as frequently 'one as the other. There i- no.need to argue about the rights and wrongs of individual cs-ee it is the total death-roll that it the strongest argument that thing- are not p> they thosld be. We appeal T © automobile Associations to take the matter up and assist in the -cor’-: of waking Zealand should be brought into line with the rest or the civilised world.”

Mr Harris, of Manakau, has purchased Mr Fraud's small.farm ou the .Beach road, Levin. i The Waikanae poundkeeper adver- j - tises that a brown gelding, impounded I ; at the Waikanae pound, will be sold on | j Saturday, 14th inst.., if not claimed and ; expenses paid. 1 The Northern S.S. Co.’s auxiliary schooner To Teko was completely wrecked on Slipper Island, near Mer-A-ury Bay, ou Friday night. Joseph Gobie, one of the crew, was drowned. The others arrived-at Tairua safely. The new schedule of railway freights and .fares is likely to be announced during the week. The preparation of the schedule is a task of considerable magnitude, owing to the mass of detail requiring attention, but the work is well advanced. The Cumuil liner Aquitania. which sailed from New York on July 31. has created a new record. She covered the last I2!l miles to Cherbourg on Friday iu three hours forty-two minutes, the average speed being -'.4 knots (..1 land miles) and hour. All interested in motors and motor repair work should rend Messrs Ford and Price’s replace advertisement in to-day’s “Mail.” This firm is building up a first-class connection, due to the excellence of the work turned out. and those who entrust them with their favours should have no cause for regret. Mrs Varney, aged eighty years, a 1 widow living alone,was burned to death in a fire which occurred in a four-room-ed dwelling occupied l.v her at Thames. The house was destroyed. Il was situated beyond -the water supply atea. and though a bucket brigade was form- j 1 ed it was Impossible to save the house I ur enter the dwelling. There were m> insurances on the house or contents. Dame Nellie .Melba sang to the world by wireless telephone on June ! ,15th. til the invitation of the “Daily 1 Mail.” The concert was given at ' Chelmsford, and the audience included all “ listeners-iu” within a radius of Ji)0! 1 miles. The singer’s glorious voice was clearly heard in Paris and fieri in ' amt at the Hague, and messages from listeners-in in all parts of England I record the success of this unique and wonderful concert. All things come to tho e who wail it: they only wait long enough! There , is a prospect ot the long-tulked-ot new ! post office at Paruparauimi hi mmg , an accomplished tact in tin* m-ar I 1 future. The District Engineer else | 1 where calls for tenders for the, erection of the proposed new post office. Pbtaand specifications may bo seen at the post offices. Pa raps rau mil. Levin, and i the District Engineer’s office. Welling | . ton. Tenders close on the 2-St.h inst. . ’ The Rimutaka, which arrived at ' Wellington on Monday, iuought .".23 passengers, the majority of whom were I immigrants. The trip.was a fair weather uiio until the steamer \\a: a couple of days out from Wellington. The health of ail on board was gorier I ally good, only a few mild attacks ot measles and diptheria being exponent I . d during the voyage, and all blit two patients had thoroughly recovered by I the time the vessel arrived. At the forthcoming Otaki Hi lb I Show, to be held on .September Hi. t the principal prize, in the open elas* i- ' I the Otaki Citizens’ Trophy, which was subscribed for by the citizens of Otaki. The trophy, which has just been received, is a very handsome sterling silver rose bowl, of a n*-»t design. It is offered for 24 varieties of daffodils, in the open class, and must be won twice in succession or three times at intervals. The latest strikp is one that lots tarred at a boarding e»tttblishii..-ft connected with a Wanganui scholastic institution. The boys considered that 1 they bad a number of grievances, and felt, thev had a fresit one the other mix when, at dinner-time, pudding was 1 served up without milk. The next day ’ that pudding made its appearance without milk it was refused by ail, and efforts to'discover v-ho was the instigator of this mild form of passive resistance failed. The sequel has been the deletion of pudding from the menu, a decision which is viewed with considerable misgivings by the boys.— “Chronicle.” The dairying industry is an increasing important factor in the prosperity of the Ashburton County (says the “Guardian”). A large increase in output is expected this year, although the exact amount will be governed by the ability of farmers to get cows. It is estimated that the output from the Ashburton butter factory during the coming season witll be between 27.5 and 300 tons, which, at £240 per ton, should run out at about £70,000, compared with a product of £30,000 three years ago. The- output of cheese from Staveley is estimated at 200 tons, and from Biackbridge at 130 tons, the total value, at £330 per ton, coming to £42,000. At a meeting of the Ohau School Committee the chairman (Mr Harkcess) referred to a local in the “Chronicle” reporting that the residents of the Kuku were agitating for a school at their end of the district. < After a short discussion it was proposed by Mr Wall, seconded by Mr Bishop, -and carried ur<an:m©cydy:— That this committee is of opinion that it would be inadvisable to establish a school at the fCukti. because (l’j the number of pupils' offering -would not be enough to ensure a salary- -Ult;cleat to attract the services of an experienced and highly qualified teacher: <2> the committee agree- with the policy of the Education Board that* the multiplication of small schools i> not in the best interest - of the children.” Now the winter is here you will want a pair of slippers, goloshes, or gum boots. Ladies' slippers from 3s 6d; gent.',-with leather sides:, 4*. ed, all sizes; heavy gum beet*, 245; children’s. - goloshes in ell trizf. from s'* Irvine's Shoe Store, Otaki:.—Advt.

Particulars of the Otaki stock sale for Wednesday next arc advertised. Jazz dancing is ert its last legs. The ‘■‘tickle toe” ceases front troubling, and the “shimmy shake” is at rest. Like all crazes, the jazz dance has been killed by excess. A year ago every dancing hall in London xvns crowded with jazz dancers; to day the same halls arc practically deserted, and nigger bandsmen are seeking passages to the United States. A civil action which bids fair to be of much interest to Wellington people, is set down for hearing at the Wellington Supreme Court on August 10th. The case is that in which A. Leigh Hunt, formerly manager of the New Zealaml Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company, claims from Joseph J. Bryce, of Alarton, a sum of £3OOO damages for alleg ed slander. Ou Saturday. August 1-nli, Mr Aitken, of Levitt’s book and music store, will commence a .14 days’ alteration sale. Big alterations are about to be made to the premises of this wellknown business, and to enable them to be done quickly and simply Mr Aitkett is determined to reduce stock by .marking down to very low prices. Visitors to Levin will do well to xisii Aitkon’s during sale time. A Sydney cable says:—Much public inteiest is being taken in the ease of Sister Ligouri. a nun who escaped from a convent at Wagga and was brought to Sydney, where she took refuge in the house of a Congregational minister until arrested under a warrant issued at the instance of the Roman Catholic Bishop ot the diocese, the information setting ou! that Bridget Partridge, otherwise Sister Ligouri. was it person ; deemed insane and without sufficient means of support. The Court remanded her for seven days to a reception house for expert medical observation. The Court was densely crowded: The Protestant organisation is taking a prominent part in the case. For Children's Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Pc.ppcimLC Cure, Is 9d, 2b 9d.