LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr T. Colpinan, of Eikiorangi, the \ well-known Ayrshire breeder, hahought a section on Mr F. S. Easton's estate at Ohau. and will shortly take tp his residence there. The return r*f £3l received bv ;> '..evin dairyman for his- six cows for inly has beer, beaten by a Te Horo rpplier to the Wellington City Cous■l, ivhose July cheque for V> cows was :•■'<. The Otaki Bulb Show- takes place on 'Wednesday, S*h—only three seeks from n».xi Wednesday. The -.■::.rr.i'fee will meet to-night to make anal irriuge-ent;, for the show, which promises to be a gTZzt success. - A reminder is given of the social to I be held at Briehr?' Theatre, Otaki, or. ; Wednesday evening seit to bid fare- j -.veil to Mr and Mrs H. O. Jones and family, who are about to leave to take ' up re*:dere?e j n Wellington. Mr and j Mrs .Tor.c- have lived in Otaki for about thirty years, during which tia-e they have proved mo*t valuable tit-;, zens. Mr' asd Miss -Tones bare been -pecJiily prornirK-i.;* in' ntu-icaJ circle*. arm will be gristly mis-ed. Ir :s hoped and eipeeted that there will be a very large gatherisg on Wednesday night -•.- take an opportunity of stowing apThe liner Marcari left London oa the j glrs for'xew Ze^Ld'tO tri JTSrt j Chalsecr-i Tse rteasel is fee a; the tytwltOE. Wellington aa'd New Ply- j Pot Inflwmza, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cars. '>-. Sd. 2a »d, I

Mr Alex. Campion, who recently ' bought Mr Colpmau's farm at Bikio- , : rang!, has sold his residence at Te Horo to Mr Inia Hoaui, of Otaki. j A new tiled whey tank has just been j installed at.the Manakau cheese fac- j t tory. The innovation will be much ' appreciated. Mails for Australian States, South Africa and East close at the Otaki Post Office at 4.25 p.m. ou Wednesday, ISth ) August, per TJlimaroa; also same per . Maheuo, close at Auckland. Warren Newth, charged with manslaughter iu connection with a recent motor fatality at Sainton, was on }• Saturday found uot guilty aud acquitted. The fortnightly stock sales at Levin will be held to-morrow, ami the monthly stock sale at Otaki on Wednesday nest. Entries for both stiles are advertised. Fred Barratt still leads the way with boot aud shoe repairs. He uses no inferior leather aud puts iu only firstclass workmanship. Prices right; try him. Once tried, always tried. —Advt. Mr A. J. Anderson has disposed of his furui at Ohau to Mr Heuley, of Huntcrville. Mr Anderson has purchased Mr C. Cottle's residence at Weraroa. where he will reside in future. Messrs llaxtou Bros., tyre and rubber specialists, have up-to-date machinery lor vulcanising, re-treadiug, or relining, while blowouts, bead and rim cuts, bruises, etc., are attended to in a thorough manner, also being done by rue latest methods. ,- , A class for teuebiug Chinamen Scripture lessons, reading, writing, etc., has been started in Otaki by Bev. W. G. Slade, M.A., assisted by Miss Lee aud other workers. Quito a number of local Chinese attend aud take great inters st iu their lessons. Mr "W. B. Macintosh, Levin, is prepared to renovate old vehicles tied j make them as new, and as now is the time to economise farmers and others should send their traps, carts, gigs, etc-.. I along. Mr Macintosh's work is always j of a high standard, while his prices are right. "Words of wisdom'' is the text, of Mr W. M. Clark's nee- ndvorlisenient on our first page of th'.; issue. This Levin drapery and clothing firm is offering a special discount of 2s in the £ until the end of the month on ell showroom stock. We commend the advertisement to our readrs' attention. i Another Southern newspaper i* about, to suspend operations, th" unsatisfactory state of business being chiefly due to the high cost of news print. At the annual meeting of the Bluff Publishing Company the balance sheet, for the year ended April 30th, 1920, showed a loss of £154 2s '.hi. Mr Gerald Anderson will conduct an important furniture sale at .Mr Sowman's residence. Hautcrc Road, <<<• Thursday next, when he will offer, a magnificent lot of superior household furniture, etc., full details of which nrtt advertised. The furniture is in excellent condition, practically new. j A clearing sale, on account of Mr H. { H. BilN. will be held ou next at the farm, old racccot r •-. Otaki, when Messrs Ahratiam and Williams, Ltd., will submit to auction a line Jersey-cross herd of SO cows and heifers, together with other stock. The cows ate a choice lot. highly recommended. Full derails of the wile are 1 advertised. Public notice is given by the Minister of Internal Affairs that, a petition has been prevented proposing to form Otaki into a borough. Any persons affected who object to the proposal are called upon to lodge written objection* within one month from this date. Such objections should be addressed to the J Minister of Internal Affairs, Welling- i ton. The N.Z. Farmers' Distributing I Co., Ltd., have established an office in Levin, and Mr C. H. McMillan, for some years attached to the merchandise sales at head office, Wellington, has been appointed travelling representative in this district, and succeeds Mr A. M. Atkins, wh'j has left the company's service to take up fanning. Mr ! West has been appointed to take ; charge of the land and iri'trrancc see- ! tion. While walking to his home in Otaki. within a few hundreds of yard.* of the main street, a local resident received a shock. It was an intensely black night, but. knowing the road well, he was walking very quickly. when he collided violently with a j horse, which was quietly grazing on j the road. Fortunately the pedestrian ' was uninjured, but he received quite a ' shock. The gentleman in question I wishes to know, in the event of a s*ri- j oas accident, perhaps a fatality, having i happened, who would have been liable j —the owner of rtte stray hone, or the I i own Board! We re;>r this enquiry to : the members of the Town Board for their consideration. The plan of the proposed rest resort at Otaki, to be constructed as a peace memorial, i,s now on view at Mr C. H. '; Williams' furniture shop, Otaki, feud we commend it to the carefcl impec- . tion of Otaki and district resident*. Mr Small, who has prepared the plan, ' has done exceedingly well, evidently having gone to a great amount of trouble over the matter while the plan ,io, T , rig™ oi mwch a - oi]i , ; : M a draaghfjtma*, s,nd excellent taste as a landscape gardener. If carried out ae* i corf 'J»g to the plan, the otaki peopto • tij nave k\t;rv reason to be proud of their peae« memorial. It £« o worthy UmAt peace laemorial It U a wotrJsy scats' working boot*, plain, &zii afeo with nails and plates, xhese Uz- : ? haws been weii Wugkt, and yea can save iWMsey as tibey are below to TC prices; also s sew range ©£ children'* footwear sow- sfeffsrißg. Irvine's Shoe Store, Otaii—Aart,

As M. Venizelos, was leaving Paris for Nice he was shot and slightly wounded at the Gate de Lyon. His two assailants were arrested. A man named lSlotuquist ran amok at Otaki Railway this afternoon, and is alleged to have caused a commotion by his violent language aud behaviour. Ho will be charged with the offence tomorrow morning. A boy who had escaped from the Weraroa Trailing Farm appeared before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., at the Juvenile Court Palmerston North, on Saturday morning, charged with stealing goods valued at £7 10s from a store at Waikanae. and a bicycle valued at £7. Accused was found guilty and recommitted to the training farm, most of tho goods having been recovered. Boots aud shoes tire now a very expensive item. It is seldom that sales in these lines are held, but Messrs Pearcc and Co., the well-known city boot firm, are now holding their halfyearly sale and offering a great many lines at specially reduced prices. A glancerat some of the- bargains, enumerated in a new advertisement in this issue, should induce readers to send an order right away. &t / Car-painting and hood-making H things for an expert,-and the di -S is fortunate in having in their midst a workman of Mr W. 11. Harding's ability. He. is an e. pert nr his work, and anyone requiring work of this description should call at his business premises. Oxford street. Levin, or leave particulars with Messrs ' Ayro Bros., Otaki Railway. Mr Harding also : docs enamelling, re-touching, varnishling. etc., .ami any work entrusted to him will bo faithfully carried out. mmgmmgmm ■■