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

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

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

* To-night the last business meeting of the Ot&ki Literary and DAating Clnb’s 1&20 session will ho held at the Druids ’ Ha!!, when an interesting debate will be he’d. The leader- will both be ladies, which should add to the- interest of the meeting. The annual ball ami presentation of trophic* in connection with the sertrs’ Football Club - held os; Thursday night last. The Mayor of Levin handed over the frnhas Cop to the Club, and congratulated the players. on their excellent: record for *h> season-

l-;uticuiiiis of the Otaki slock safe for Wednesday next are advertised. The'monthly meeting of the Hutt County Council takes place at Wellington to-morro^. It is probable that the Otaki Brass Band will be engaged to play at the Horowhenua races next month. AVe remind Manakau and district readers of the garden entertainment, to be held on Wednesday in Mrs Bevan’s lovely grounds. The Horowhenua County Council has decided to pay the same price for birds’ eggs as last season, viz.: Sparrow fid. blackbird lid, thrush 4d per dozen. Messrs Trueligkt and Co. have to hand daily fresh supplies of vegetables and fruit, also young cab bag e. caul: flower, and tomato plants, particulars ; of which are advertised. ! Those who wish to send Christmas i greeting cards to their Jriends at Home should send in their orders : right away to the ‘'Otaki Mail” ■ office, where a lovely lot of samples i may be seen. I Fred Barratt still leads the way with | boot and shoo repairs. Ho uses no inferior leather and puts iu only flrst- | class workmanship. Prices right; try j him. Once tried, always tried. —Advt. ! The price of bread is again causing widespread agitation in England owing to the suggested increase to Is 3d, while the public, through the newspapers, demand a reduction to Is Id owing to the falling price of wheat. The Otaki Brass Band rendered a line selection of musical items at tin' Otaki Sanatorium yesterday afternoon. The music, which include! several new marches, etc., was fully appreciated. The bandsmen are all cm llmsiastic, and it is pleasing to knuu that they are taking such a keen interest. The Sydney Transport Workers' Federation lias decided that from th • beginning of next mouth no members of afliliated unions will be allowed to work on overseas Japanese vessels e i gaged in carrying cargo from one Male to another. The alleged groan I for the decision is that their cheaper freights will secure more trade for He' Japanese and decrease the work available for Australian seamen. Fourteen more Chinese arrived in Auckland from Sydney by the Hive: ina. Of these 13 applied for admision into the Dominion, and all wi • allowed lo land. The remainin'.: Chinese were not in possession, of the [toll-lax, £Jim.i, and did not apply *•< lie [tut through the education lest. The number of Chinese who have landed at Auckland since the begin ning of the year now totals t'Jii. The showery, warm weather of the past week or two has caused slugs and snails to multiply, to the disgust of gardeners. An enthusiastic gardener at To Horo the other evening set to work gathering shell-backed snails in his garden, and counted them as In did so. His haul for the evening wa - ne less than 1230. He is now thinking of'starting a snail canning factory at Te Horo. An interesting statement of the operations and benefits of the Nov. Zealand Government National Provi dent Fund was brought under our notice by the departmental represents tive, who i- now in Otaki. Thi showed that payments amounting to £23,000 were being paid to the widow's and children of contributors who had paid in some £OOO as contributions. | thus illustrating the value of the fund 'to the family man. At the presoji time there are 17,000 coartibutors, the annual income is £80,005, and tie accumulated funds amount to £340,000. A fatal accident occurred in Canada street, Morrin.-vilie, when a married man, Mr Thomas George Munn, aged 43 years, a baker's assistant, was, knocked down by a motor car driven by Mr \V. 11. Taylor. Mr Munn died several hours after admission to the hospital. It appears that Mr .Munn. who was delivering bread, was crossing the road and when endeavouring to avoid a butcher’s cart, rart i*to the motor car, which was being driven at an easy pace in the opposite direction. The collision was purely accidental Air Mann left a family of seven young children. In the House of Representatives on Friday, Air T. M. Milford stated that he had just purchased £3 cases of ga»o- ----‘ line direct from fsan Francisco. The 1 cost landed at Wellington, all expenses 1 paid, was 23s per case, yet Wellington - arms were asking 35- to 37s 5d for the ame stuff. Air Wjjford wanted to, mow what the Board of Trade was Jug. and how long- it was going to and this, sort o robing. The Minister o charge of the Board of Trad'- said •ere was nothing to prevent other ople doing the same as Hr Wi’ford -importing direct from America. He oaid enquire into the matter. The bookmaker will die hard. It almost unbelievable that he can be -cotched. much less killed- Writing out of the fulness of the experience «f .the local races the “ Otaki Mail ” say *: The local postmaster stated that the past few days have been the quietest he has yet .experienced in Otaki for a race 1 meeting, so far as telegraphed business was concerned. This was. no doubt fadd.-i the "Alaii”,: a direct result of the action taken by Parliament recently to restrict the actions of the bookmakers. Indeed, some go so far as to say that the Government has effectively killed t he bookie, but •hat remains to' be -;en. The increased volume of business done by the totals a tor would certainty »eem to indicate that much gambling hitherto trailsacted by the bookmaker ca- beca diverted to the totalizator, cor. eludes the "Mail.’* If the bookie tan bo ; effectively -that out *£ ’he use of »fc*.telegraph siwire. then Si is*" occupation! will be gone, but there is reason to I bolter* that he can still saececsfcJiyi ana profitably puli the wires: to his , purpose.—' * Feliding Star. ’*

A proposal for rating on flip, unimproved value was rejected bv the ratepavers of Taurauga bv 2S>5 votes to M 7. ‘ • | Every lady appreciates beauty in blouses. The uew season’s range shown by Alessrs Stiles and Alatliesoa, Ltd., of Levin, contains some notable examples of the latest styles, ami prices are very low. Replying to a question by Air McCombs regarding the re-introduc-tion of week-end excursion railway fares, the Prime Aliuister stated in the House of Representatives that the matter would be taken into consideration a little later on in the session. The annual general meeting of members of the Paraparaumu and District Horticultural and Industrial Society is advertised to be held at the Sunday schoolroom, Paraparaumu. on Thursday next at S'-p.m. A full attendance of members is hoped for.

Now is the time to buy white shoes. Wc are showing a range of bowling, tennis, beach and walking, and some lines are at last year’s prices. Call early. Irvine’s Shoe Store, Otaki.— Advt. First grade butter of new season's make is now on sale at 2s lod retail. The Butter Committee of the House will probably bring down its report on Tuesday next, and the Government «ill then fix the price to be charged. ’ Jn the meantime it appears that butter users will have to pay 2s lUd for new ' season’s make. Women have curious ideas of mea--1 surements. A witness in the .Masterion Court gave her idea of a certain distance as about a couple of chains. Counsel wondered if she knew how far a couple of chains were, and asked her the length of the, Conn room. “Oh, about two chains,’’ was the reply. The room na> measured n.el found to be only about three-quartets of it chain in length. are now engaged in lay ing out part of Alessrs A!. and ['.. ' Alack'tut’s laud, adjoining the Pain paraumu beach, into sections suitable for seaside residences. As the acta ' is good, and the Paraparaumu beach i. 1 famed far ami wide, it is hoped that before long a township may be Guilt at the locality, which is a mo-: favoured one. Wc v,; ! the project ■ every success. It is reported that a few deals have been made iu lambs iu the Wanganui district for forward delivery in Feb ruury next, the price being up to J sfor white face and 21s for black face lambs. Apparently farmers in this district do riot speculate so much iu forward delivery sales for their lambs as is the case in Canterbury. li is reported that a farmer at Winslow, tfouth Canterbury, has sold his lambs for delivery in February at 27s ltd, and about 150*1 lambs are involved in the deal.—“ Herald.” At a lecture at Christchurch recently. Air R. Nairn was asked why l! was that the ittu-k. as grown iu New Zealand, had largely lost the fragrance it possessed in the Old Country. Ait Nairn explained that the musk in New Zealand had not the same light lor exi.-tegce as it had in England—-the conditions were more favourable. There was, therefore, not the mbi" necessity to produce the intense frag ranee required to attract the scentloving insects, and the necessity being removed, the'faculty also disappear'' ’, —‘' Press. ’ ’ A KopuUtrou farmer stated recent! v that there appeared to be a deal of adverse coinmeat on the butter position ju-t now, but the farmers were quite entitled to a rise ju price, seeing that everything necessary to the production of butter had risen from 50 to -90 per eent. In any case if they had to keept the price down it would riot be so bad, but they certainly should not do so for the rich. He considered the Government's efforts to keep down the cost of living were ludicrous, as instanced in the soap and alarm clock prosecutions; What was that unfortunate clock costing the country? he asked. Free medical treatment of children suffering from remediable defects is a matter that more closely affects ho - - pitai board-, who are responsible for the treatment of the public in the general hospitals of the Dominion Estates the Minister of Public Health). “I appreciate the excellent spirit of many hospital boards who are treating school children free of cost. In addition to these boards affording free treatment, other hospital boards have afforded treatment to school childrenat very low- rates —in fact, not making any charges to the parents of those children who are not in a position to pay the ordinary fees. In the circumstances it in not considered necessary to make provision in the Health Bill now before Parliament for the free hospital treatment of school children, the matter being one that may well brief t lo the- 'Department and Hospitti Boards. ’' The largest individual cheque for surplus wool profits is not known, but it may be safely assumed that the -ir-allest is the one just received by Mr -I. A. Leslie, of Blenheim. The amount 7d. The payment, which h j a the form of a Government imprest account cheque,- was' forwarded with the Intimation that it covered “year propernon of the Imperial Government C profits on wool handled through out •tore during the seasons 1517-24-and * J5lB-15,” and with other information of a formal nature, including t be advice that this addition to the recipient - wealth is free from income tax. -Mr LeslieE woo! output consisted of the fleece ~f z which a friend with a talent for shearing sug. ****** be turned u, aecoun- i K the interests of -he Dominion's staph- , industry. The clip realised 13s Id. fv ;s Mr Leslie', intention to devote . me whole of hi* eurplu* pro-flu to th- • seamen's fund.—” Post. ’» For I&Sseaza, take W&offiP G*eat Peppermint Cure, It 2d, :

As a result of the social held recently at Otaki iu aid of the local band funds, the sum of £2O 12s Od has [ been handed liver to the band treasurer after all expenses wore paid. The Levin statistics for the September quarter show that 2S births, H marriages and 5 deaths were registered during that time. For the three quarters ending September, SO births have been registered, as against 47 for the same period last year. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., advertises an unreserved clearing sale, ojt account of Mr T. Prattley, Te Horo, on Friday next, when they will offer a small herd of exceptionally tine dairy ’ cows, dairy utensils, etc. Full particulars are advert isod. At the. Horowhenua County Council meeting on Saturday a notice was read from the Department of Internal Affairs re tlte appointment of a Commission of Enquiry into the proposed borough of Otaki. The letter was re ecived, the Council having no objection to part of the county being taken into the proposed borough area. It is announced that Americans are investing approximately 2iH> million dollars annually in Cattadiau industry 1 and in provincial and municipal bonds. Americans hold So per cent of 273 million dollars invested in the Canadian paper-pulp industry. It is also announced that British linen iutcrests have arranged .plans to grow flax in Quebec. The local linesmen tire busily engaged in making connections to the i local telephone system. The latest additions are: No, 52, Air J. B. Tustin: ■ No. 53. Air Gerald Anderson, private i residence. Other connections will be made shortly. Some have been wait--1 ing for a very long time for conneeI lions to be made, the delay being s caused by the shortage of materials throughout the Dominion. Ancient and modern blended on the waterfront the other day (says the, “Wanganui Chronicle’’). There was an old Native canoe, but equipped with a very up-to-date oil engine, the freight was a number of Maoris in * attire which ranged from Native to 1 Etirogean, and the cargo was an 1 elaborately-jitted coffin, on route to an * up-river tangi. The arrival of a lost passenger was being awaited, and soon a handsome motor-ear eatno on the j scene and deposited a rotund wahine adorned in a silk skirt and n cardinaltinted blouse, her brow ringed with it wreatli of leaves, and as a head covering a lady’s boudoir cap. i At. the Otaki Methodist Church last night, the Rev. W. G. Shade, M.A., read a letter he had received from the . President of the Methodist Confer- ■ cnee, asking that some protest bo made against Air Hunter’s Bill, providing for the increase in the number of totalisator permits for New Zealand by 38. After the evening service, Mr Slade referred to the matter, saying lu: thought that, seeing the alarming increase in the gambling evil, every member and adherent should oppose the proposed large increase in the opportunities for gambling. A motion protesting against the proposal of the Bill was carried by the congregation without dissent. The second reading of Air Hunter's Bill will be discuss"! by Parliament to-night.