LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 8 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Otaki Brass Baud will render a choice selection of musical items at the Otaki Sanatorium on Sunday afternoon.

The Wellington Competitions conclude to-morrow night. lu the recital with accompaniment, Miss Ivy Middlemiss, of Levin, secured second place.

Fred Barratt still leads the way with boot and shoe repairs. He uses no inferior leather and puts in only firstclass workmanship. Brices right; try him. Once tried, always tried. —Advt.

Aii entertainment by Mr Xatt Hanley will be given in Otaki on the --’mi inst. We have been asked to state that Mr Hanley was in no way connected with last Saturday's Charlie Chaplin “stunt.” Whitebait has been, so far this season. very scarce in Otaki. A party or Te Horoitos journeyed to Foxton for a day’s fishing. They were rewarded—by catching seven!

We have been asked to remind readers that Saturday next. 9th October, is the last day of grace allowed for paying telephone subscription fees. All not -paid by that date may be cut oil.

At lust nigbt meeting of the Ottiki Town Board, a letter was read from the. Minister of Labour, stating that, the alteration of the half-holiday from Wednesday to Saturday, as a result of the recent poll, would come into force ou June Ist next.

A garden entertainment will be given at ill's Robert Bevan’s picturesque grounds, Manakau, ou Wednesday afternoon next, in aid of the funds of the Anglican Church. Provided line weather prevails there should be a large attendance from till parts of this district.

Alost men itrc getting into summer

“rig out” now, and if readers have not attended to tlieir outfit yet. it s time to do so. Messrs Howard Andrew Ltd.. Manakau and Ohau, have ,ju>i opened a very line range of smart ready-to-wear suits, also tennis shirts, trousers and shoes. As usual t'm-ir values are the keenest in the district.

iir .1. C. Weightmau, of Marion, has most generously offend to donate to the Otaki Bulb Society a silver trophy, valued at four guineas, for competition among the Otaki district bulb growers, the trophy to be allotted

as the Society thinks best. M Weightmau [a kind offer has been a* cejited with thanks,

In these days of expensive tailoring, readers will be pleased to know tint! our local storekeepers, Messrs Bills and Moore, have a splendid line of ready-for-service suits, smartly cut, well tailored, and excellently finished', which they are selling at most reason able prices. It will pay our men readers to call and inspect these suit s. Xo less than twenty-five application,, ivcic received for the position of clerk to the Otaki Town Board, to since cd Mr M. 11. Ay re. who has resigned. The applications were considered by last night’s Board meeting, when i 1 was decided to write to one of *tlrapplicants. Mr Fogarty, of Invercargill, and ask him to grant the Boatl ac interview. As Tile result or a collision ol a motor car with a motor cycle and side car at Wanganui, four occupants ot the latter—Adjutant Hanford (of th-.-salvation Army). Mrs Hanford. Daphne Hanford (aged three years;, and Airs Young, mother of Alr-s Hanford —are now in hospital. The adults of the party were rather badly hur’, hat no bones were broken.

Alueb inconvc-niencg has been caused in the past owing to the fact tbit

no reliable map of the Otaki Town District U in existence. The Town Board some years ago gave instructions for one to be prepared, but the work has never been completed. Last night the Board decided to instruct Messrs Beere ami Seddon to prepare such a plan, they having offered to do the work for £lO.

Air Field has asked the Alini.-icr o Agriculture whether he is aware that the hemp manufacturing industry ; which is now seriously embarrassed hr the enormously increased railway freights, is from that my other cause--teadilv giving way to dairying an-] -rock fattening, and magnificent fax is bc-fng destroyed in the process, and whether he will not as Afinister in charge of this valuable labourabsorbing ini isfrr, intervene and see :haf the question or railway freight IS bsxyp Is re-considered; whether he vin assist in any way he fairly ca-i i encourage the manufacture into paper of such portion of the waste roducts or tue Sox leaf as is suitable ■it that purpose ; why liter he wbl aki? such other steps as he may deem recoss&r y in cave this, our .own exclusive industry, (ram extinction? The Xew Zealand Government National Provident Fund was established to provide benefits for the people of this country unobtainable from aay other institution. Since the inauguration of this” Strite-subsidised and guaranteed fund, many person- hate received the shiur-M* benefits for maternity and incapacity. numerous widows and children left bv ! contributors are drawing the allowances, Tim fund lias also -enabled its member- to -m- -matt .-urn, of money weekly that perhaps would not otherwise have been banked. All contributions paid are refunded, less benefits received- The Department’s representative 5- now m jCMahi, -"i-Biur the various ba-ine-s place- and lactone-, explaining the fund’s benefits, and mar bo communicated with at the Otakj Iv.-t DfSc-. Now is the time to bay white V- y are showing; a. range of bowling, tenuis, beach and walking, and some line- are at last year’s prices. Call early. Irvine’s Shoe Store, Otaki. — Advt.