THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 13 October 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Y.M.C.A. choir went to Shannon last night, and tinder Mr 8. J. Gilbert . last night, and under Mr S. .1. Gilbert V guidance gave a iine programme. There was a good house, and the items, were fully appreciated. A “blow-out” occurred at the Manakau factory this morning, tho pipes of the engine bursting. Operations were delayed for some time, and in consequence suppliers had to have their milk treated at Kuku. Messrs Seamer and Butson. who have' been in the Gorge district tor the past two years, have sold their property, while G. Blanchard has disposed of his holding in the same locality to Mr O'Brien, of tho Main Trunk. Mr and Mis Blanchard will probably go south. * The youth, Robert George Neill, was yesterday charged before Messrs Free man and Bennett, J’s. P.. for 0:1* _l'triouslv entering the business premises ; of Messrs Bills and Moore. Otakj Bailj way. He pleaded guilty and was coin i mitted to the Supreme Court for seuj tence. j A case, in which Drs. Mackenzie and j Cl a ridge were charged with grave irr. propriety in a professional Tespec-t in i that they were concerned with the ! abduction of a young girl from her *• parents at Wellington, has occupied s the Full Court for several days, and 1 was concluded yesterday, when judg I meat was reserved. The ease has caused ’exceptional interest. At a meeting of the Oiaki Peace Memorial Committee on Monday night it " was decided to call for ten. ders for tho erection of a iron. * fence in ferro-concrete with railing. , and to proceed with the erection of thi back fence. On' the suggestion of the baud committee the band rotunda is to be put on the opposite side to That shs*«!i in the plan- Levelling of tha section is to be d,vn£ at once. There are eight sew* sawmill* being constructed in tiio Hokitika district, and one hardly know* where they or-o going to get all the men needed to work them • writes the Hokitika correspondent .»•*’ f h p “Grey Biver Argus’"']. Some of ica Turesent raiilr are uerking si -■**;.-. d*.-i -v- nut it >s not everybody that care- about mi}} work. At the present rime there is far too much boy labour is it* mills ftorsic of the boys would do far bettor if they stuck to school s liuit longer, as they will be br-Aten 'i&vr. before they are forty years of age. Of rota-, cr.e kuow-_ jVc- •ts high test cf living is pressing hard upon families. snet somebody must see •« h read-wirtnisg * hut it i; i, pity the burden fells upon f ihcglderi' 10 yourc.

The Palmerston North Hospital anil Charitable Aid Hoard meets to-morrow morning at Palmerston North. | The annual meeting of members of the Paraparaumu Horticultural Society takes place to-morrow (Thursday) as advertised. At the Sydney wool sales bidding "as spirited for super combings, but crossbreds were unsaleable, greusies realising Slid. A local poultry man (says the Levin palter) has hatched and disposed of nearly 3000 day-old chicks since the present season commenced. It is understood that the New South Wales State Orchestra will make another tour of Now Zealand during February and March next. Splendid hauls of herrings, of fine sire, have been’ made on 'the Otaki beach during the last week or so. One fisherman caught some ICO odd bundles of herrings on Monday night last. The next meeting of the Horowhonua County Council will be held on November 6th. The date is being advanced on account of the approaching election. A cablegram from New York states that the population of the United states is now 1U0,653,105, representing an increase of nearly 13 per cent over the figures for 1910. At vesterkday’s meeting of the Hutt County Council Cr. Welch considered that the Council’s road - making machinery was costing thousands of pounds per year, and should Ire scrapped. Now is the time to buy white shoes. We are showing a range of bowling, tenuis, beach and walking, and some lines are at last year’s prices. Call early. Irvine’s Shoe .Store, Otaki.— Advt. The trams resumed in Auckland on Monday, and the.gas service may be restored on Thursday if the supplier expected come to hand. Otherwise • there is no change in the coal situation. Mr W. N. Anderson, the new Countv Knginecr, paid a visit to the Otaki Gorge yesterday, making himself cos versa lit with necessary works, etc., in that district. He was most observant, and as a result of lb.- visit the settler-, may look forward to further improve moot. It has been decided to hold the “wind-up” social of the Otaki Liter - ary and Debating Club’s session on Monday next. A committee has in hand the whole of the arrangements ; for the /unction. On a station in the Media kri (Hawke.’- Bay) district, lately, sono Maori serubeutters struck because they could not bo supplied with white : sugar. Brown sugar was refused bv i them, notwithstanding that the owner explained that lie had to use brown ; sugar himself. The result was that 1 the Maoris were paid off. At a recent sale of Jersey cattle at j -Yew Plymouth, Mr I*. 11. E. Surrey’s i .-even-year-old cow. Te A re: ’s Win 1 some, was sold to Mr W. Hopcrof. (Palmerston North) for l-Sfigns. M. ; Hopcroft also purchased,a two-year > heifer by MiTO Meadow’s Boss for 1 Signs. . t It is reported that, following up the i latest feminine craze of pipe-smoking, t the London papers publish portraits o f j pretty actresses “enjoying a quiet ! pipe between the acts.” Women have ij begun smoking briars in London j restaurants, and shops are displaying j special bejewelled pipes. The postponed opening of the Otaki Tennis Club’s season will ta he place or. Saturday next, wet or tine. It is to be hoped that the club will be more fortunate as regards the weather than last Saturday, when heavy rain fell. t Ai 1 tennis players are invited to attend on Saturday, and lady members , are reminded that this will he a general tea day. At yesterday’s meeting of the Hutt County Council. Cr. Whiteman drew attention to the fact that a workman was playing on the good nature of the Council. Instead of being at work ■ daily, he •vas occasionally absent on j private business. “If he worked for j ;.ufe I know what I would do,” said the speaker, and concluded by stating th<-onginc-er should sack him at a day’s noticeFarmers and others interested are reminded of the clearing sale, on account of Mr Thos. Prattler, to be held at ’he farm. Te Horo, on Fridav next, loth ia-t.. when the N.Z. Loan end Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., will .Ter a small though choice herd if •'•airy cow-, etc., al-o a few lines on • count of other vendors. Full par- • uiars are advertised. In the debate held by the Otaki ’ terary and Debating Club on Mony night, the leader on one side made strong pom: that the women of u gland had to fight for their rights: they had to withstand the rigorous climate and to fight for their very existence. In replying, Miss Edmed -aid one would suppose the New Zealand women had the easiest of times. Why, she said, the country Twontc-a in New Zealand had to tight fpr their ; water for their breakfast, to fight for ' their daily bread and batter, and fight ■e£ore they could get their husbands ’ to chop the wood. Loud laughter.) ! There was a- g 13-night sitting of Parliament on Monday, wfefjo a „ee'.ion of the Hons*.* t-tonewsile-J Mr Hunter S jßtlf, providing for an in- . crease of JS wall-ater purwitf. T v •: reading of the Bill was aas.-.A by votes to IS- In coinjaittee the '-Wflttrti! confirmed. the opposition belrg led er Mr s. a.m. a the HoQ.se adjourned iot breakfast. ! I end aoojt sficf r.-umic.g at ? a.js. yes- -J ttrrdsv. oil the mstiou el rise Ffeather. } yoyKs-ct the Bill "ss reported, with j the rhie-'T of cabling Cabinet to tp. - Torrr ?. eotareisisofi. -o- into the iritis * otaatioh, ar.d report or -he districts which wasted more permits sr.4 tcoie 2, wHeh had too. msbt.

“The Hospital” (London) publishes a letter from an Australian medical mail making a suggestion for incomeraising. which, he says,-has been carried out iu several hospitals in the Antipodes. Briefly, it concerns a license for visitors to be allowed to see their friends at other than regular hours, or, rather, on certain ‘ ‘ extra visiting hours” suited to the convenience of the hospital. To obtain the privilege a sixpenny ticket has to be bought, and the sale of these tickets brings in from £3OO to £SOU a year for everv 100 beds.

An interesting discovery (states the “Southland News”) connected with Southland’s early history was made m the course of demolition of a cottage, in the form of a ticket for a return trip on Invercargill’s first railway, the wooden line to Makarova. It reads as follows:—‘• September 2Stlr, 1563. Invercargill to Makarewa: fi p.m. train. Return by 3 p.m. train. Available for the above trains only; covered car riage. ” the lettering had been done by hand, though the penmanship.is so good that it would pass for ordinary print. Fred Barratt still leads the way with boot and shoe repairs. Ho uses no inferior leather and puts in only firstclass workmanship. I’rices right; try him. Once tried, always tried.—Advt.