LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* Lambing is now becoming general in the district. Mr .1. Milne, ol I'almutanui, has purchased Mr C. Aplin's small farm at Wcraroa. A'Vancouver cablegram reports that Warsaw has been captured by tho Soviet forces; It is probable that the Levin Bowling property will be handed over to the I town, a mow already being afloat in I' this direction. On Saturday next, at the local aitc- . lion marl, Mr Gerald Anderson will I offer a varied lot of vegetables, fruit. j produce, tools, etc.. as advertised. j A special meeting of the Otaki Tov i ' Board will be held on Monday night, I when the resignation of Mr Ayre will be considered and ..rrangemenis made for lilliug Ihe vacancy. A line frost-fish was found on tin' Otaki beach this morning, while la.-l week on the Levin beach one was pick : ed tip. At Waikanac several have b'c( found of recent date. A reminder is given of ihe social i be held ai Bright*' Theatre to-nighl j 10 bid farewell to Mr and >.h - H. O. . •Tones and family, who are about io j leave for Wellington. A very large* gathering is expected. I Id conned ion with the Manawatu I j Steeplechase Meeting, to be held on > j September Bth, owners and trainers are j reminded that nominations for all • vents close on Saturday, LMst inst.. ai 10 p.m. The full programme appeared ' in tl Referee" of Augasl llh. See advertisement. Tu,, important sales lake place to | now. one at Rangiuru, v»hen Mr 11. . 11. Bills' fine Jersey herd will be submitted, and the oilier at Otaki, when j furniture, etc.. will be sob! on behalf { of Mr T. Sou man. Both sales start at ;i.::o a.m., and should attract buyers from all part- of the district. Messrs Ayre Bros., of the local parage, have been instrumental of ; :'• I in selling some high-grade cars in various parts of the district, and we rec ■•• -.- ' mend tin* firm to others who arc n search of the loading makes of motoi . Repair work is also carried out at -'•:.,riest notice, while all motor ::••.- iries are stocked. Central Oarage.-~T wish to notify car owncts of Otaki and surrounding districts that I. have started a motor repair garage no." to Mr T. B. Ba ■ '- ■tobacconist'-. Mill Road, Otaki. AM work carried out with promptne-s u:A dispatch; nothing too small or too big. Charges reasonable, and satisfaction - guaranteed.—T. S. Be van, Otaki.--Advt. The Central Progress League, in cot;j junction with the Whirarapa i'vozn ■ I League, has arraDged for a monster deputation to wait upon the Prime Minister and ihe Minister for Public Work- to-morrow with respect to • - '; Rimutaka deviation. If i- expect, d that the deputation will comprise fu : ly 250 per.-ons, representative of '•<• whole of the Wairarapa district. The Otaki Croquet Club's plain and fancy dress dam-e. to be held at Brights' Theatre on Wednesday. September Ist. should be largely attended, as the affair promises to be most enjoyable. The arrangement* are in most capable hands, while Mrs J. H. Bills is secretary—a guarantee thai they will be complete. The best of music is to be secured, the floor will be j in good order, and the supper arrangej ments up to date. A most successful -it;d enjoyable ; concert was given at the Otaki Sa.ua- ' torinm yesterday afternoon, organised ; by a local resident. Mr- H. O. Jones j contributed a number of pianoforte I solo«, Miss Ethel Jones gave a recita- ! tion, Mr Pirimi a musical mono- " logue, while songs were eontribnted by | Mesdames Stable and K. M. D'Ath and Mi-s Evelyne .Tones. The jtenus w;re ' f-.li erceellent. and every performer wis encored. Mesdarnes H. O. .Tone".; and S'ahle supplied the accompaniments: There ire a !*rge. number of patients at the "San." just r.&v.-, jui<3 tbe*e and .»he wag «ere sielijrbted with the eoncert. At The close ~j tine programaje Dr. O'Callaghajs returned hearty thanks r; r\i. performer- for their kindne** in supplying , uen a treat. We bays in stock a good range «f gents' working boot*, plain, and' ai.*o w»r* :._.i\. and plate*. Th'-Jfe line*have , also -, -.-* c,l cbUdren'j foot-j wear now Owmiajg. Irvine V Jrio? 1

-.aid a'iiuoooi oi{.w 'Suuo,\ VI *f IJJ chased Mr W. Storey's busiuesS at Levin, is now well known throughout the district for his high-class work, and we recommend all who need ."joinery, furniture, etc.. to call or write for particulars. At a meeting of the Horticultural Society's committee on Monday night. i( was decided to hold a "horticultural evening" at an early dale, when a paper by Mr Wesley Knight dealing with potato growing, etc., will be read. Messrs Witchell and Small were deputed to fix the dale for the gathering. The WailiUto Hospital Board considers that ihe closing of the Waikato Sanatorium in Cambridge is not justified, and has decided to ask the Oo\erument to sot up a commission to iaquirc into lue administration of the sanatorium. Dunedia farmers, says lire "Star," are evidently expecting high juices for ihcir .sheep. A well-known Jinn of butchers last week received an offer of several lines o£ tat wethers, totalling over »OOU, at prices ranging from 5Us lo Cos, most o.i tlivm being at ihe latter price. 'The prospects ol cheaper uu'ttoTis not promising. v I Trials at YVanganm with a hue typ r of motor lorry showed thai three yards of metal could be loaded al the quarry in seven minutes, transported nl high speed to the roads, and tipped and spread evenly along io yards of roadway, the latter pioccssaakiiie, hall' a minute. The lirst annual meeting of the Foxlon Retailers' Association disclosed a very satisfactory state of affairs. The appointment of a night-watchman was left in abeyance to allow the cominitrVe to ascertain what support would be forthcoming from the general public. Several matters of a routine character were discussed. Intending competitors in the Horowhenua A. and I'. Association's butler fat competition for 1921 are notified' by advertisement thai they will he re quired to prodi to the secretary u certificate signed by two members of Ihe Association, or nthei reliable peri sons, certifying lo the date of calving |of cows entered. Milking points will ! date from Ist duly. 1920. li is understood thai a sawmill is to j be erected up ib<- Otaki Gorge just bej yoml the Forks, and thai the mill will I be in hand very shortly. There is a * good lot of milling timber available in the vicinity, and it is considered thai j tho m-w mill will have a good scope for some years io come. It is also re- , ported that another sawmill will be erected, at im early date, „, the vicinity ol Ihe Mangaone Valley. I A man named John Kdward Blom ituist, with several aliases and about twenty previous convictions, was charged at the Otaki Police Tour! yesI tcrday, before Messrs frank Bennett j and 11. Nieolsoii, .1 '-.IV. with usinp obscene language in a public place, to j wit, the bar ol the Railway Hotel. The accused elect,,! summary trial and pleaded guilty. Constable Satbcriey statcil the ac-u-'-d used violent language and made disloyal utterance,'. ,' and was partly undei Ihe influence of ibtpioi, .\ sentence of one month, with out the option oi n line, wan inflicted. At Monday night's meeting of the lI.If. a.-id I. Society, the president (Mr 11. Witchell) said be Ihoughl it fitting that the Society should leader it* con graiulatioio' to one of it- member-- 'Mr 11. Small; for the splendid plan ol the proposed test resort thai that gentle man had prepared. The plan w.a- is credit to Mr Small, and the Society should be proud that one of its mem hers had ■ displayed such taste and ability. -Mr Bean seconded Mt Witchell's remarks, and Mr Small was at- ■ .;-ied a hearty round of applause. In hi-: firs! annual report of the .vorking of the Wellington Municipal . Mill: Department, the acting-manager 'Mr li. A. Ward) make* the following reference to the Kahui fa«tory -Otaki):--"The acquiring of the Kahui co-operative chee*e factory at Otaki has proved to be oi great benefit. Very extensive alteration- and additions to the building and the installing of a refrigeration and churning plant have been effected, and the manufacture of cheese, butter, separator for sweet crea.-.-.. pasteuris!en£«r name, and the chilling of milk, cai all be undertake!,, and ilii- factory i- now one of the best, if not the best, equipped ''■'''■ tory in the Dominion. The total .Timber Of gallons received was 406,0?A—----.'M0.55S of which -.-. ere used as town milk, 3046 gallons of cream aned as sweet crea.;.,,. 82,4041 b of cheese, an d 32,0601 b of batter were made, the average butter-fat test being i.'UZ." A dispute ha.s been filed between the Wellington Retail Grocers' Awhst&nt*' Cnion and the employer-, in tjffi country district-, and the matter will be heard by a Council of Conciliation shortly. Th? *v«-rjs att'veteA in t?A s dispute arc A3n>?bton, Clrtertow, Dannevirite, Eketahuna. Featherston, j Feilding. Foxton, Greyiovm, Huntings, ' Haveloek North. Httnterville, Levin, Ifarton, Hartinbonmgb, Masierton, Napier. Ohakone. Otaki. Pahiatua, PalmersfOE Xorth, Shannon, Tak.-tpau, Waipawa, Waipukttran, Wangacui and WoodriUe. The wH'.znU. a*le that the houn &:" work shall be iix«yj at 44 r-er «-e«*fc, ii-* that oreriisoe shall l>e. pjiid for at the rate of time and a hair for *.fc-; Sr»t two hOsrK, and double that thereafter. The tvehedcle of weekly '.vstges claimed i IJ a* follows: First year, £.l !'«-; (second year, £2: third, year, £l' 12a M; fourth year, £3 7* 64j [ i'. H, ; ~- stUI !->;- the -:,;, with