LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 20 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

- I t Over 100 applications -vert lor ■ a cottage of four rooms La VMlingtoE, i advertised a? to let by the owner. I Fourteen cheeses per day are being ' mad'? st the Paragax&amil £-s.:*.ory at , present, as«i *.kc sapsiy jj injreiiitg dailr. J Oi die 1,358,5< 2 men lost by tee ■ French armies ■ dnrinj: the . no t fewer than 56L550 cave aerer been traced.

A Tokara'lii (Otngo) farmer received | a clieque for one penny in final settlement for wool. The cheque, printed in two colours on good paper, was signed by three persons, ami cost 2d to post. J The Kuku Dairy Company is rapidly reaching the best intake records of last season, and it is expected that this j year's business will easily exceed that i of the previous twelve months. A • good many additional settlers are supplying this season. —'•Chronicle." It is not often that a clerk to a local ■ body has to pay ten per cent penalty on overdue rates, but this occurred re- j ccntly in a township not a hundred j miles from Otaki. However, the same person was the first to pay this year's rates. . | At :i meeting of the sub-provincial j executive of the Manawatu Farmers': Union, held at Levin on Saturday, the j following resolution was curried unaa \ imously:—" That this executive hereby places on record its loyalty to constitutional government, and pledge-, itself to assist in every way to maintain law and order should the necessity arise.'' The Otaki Fire Brigade is an institution that is worthy of the best support, but. unfortunately, this is not forthcoming. The members give their services tree of all charges, and of late have added to their equipment by way of '. telescopic ladder. As this, as well as insurances, is not paid for, it is hoped the general public will consider the po.-ition and give according to ' their mean-.

i An old man named P. Muitland, aged 77 years, was found dead at the Auckland boardinghouse where he ] had resided for forty years. Anions ■ his belongings was an old box contain- . ins' a considerable sum of money, in eluding old Colonial Bank notes. The money included ."'>! sovereigns, Sj | half-sovereigns, eight £lO notes, five £5 notes, -ti'.) £1 notes, and eight tenj shilling nofs. The total amount hid i den in the 1,..* was £825. Here is a good story of what hap '. pened to one 'bus owner last weel; "' (.says tlie Auckland Star"). Tiedriver was his own conductor, an t nfter bringing a load from Ouehuugi jto town a.-ked for fare-. Being re ' fused by the passengers, explanationj followed, which was-io the effect ilia' ! a man with a conductor's bag had p.! ' on at Newmarket with the usual cry. 1 "Ail fares, plea-el" ;,nd after collect I ing same had disappeared! Naturally the passengers refuseil to pay twice. t A Wanganui paper says that black j barbed wire i- now coining to hand in I fairly substantial quantities. It i. I commonly known among dealers a ''fragments from France." A con I siderablc proportion of tin- wire has been tipped in tar. I' was originally I galvanised wire that had rusted : n I parts. The price show- a reduction, j and when compared with £45 against I £7o for the galvani.-ed article is a good proposition for fencing and is calcu lated to la.-t for a number of year.-. | J.>r. Valimine. Inspector-General o; J Hospitals, met the Southland and WillI lace Hospital Boards at Invercargill j .and urged the establishment of a eon j sumptive sanatorium for the South J--j land at Clyde, which i- considered to j have tiie cleare-d atmosphere in the I world. It was hoped that South I-lan.i I boards, including North Canterbury, and possibly Ashburton. would contri bute toward- the cost of the instituI rion. Ir was estimated that a sanatorium containing from 120 to 150 bedwould cost £50,n00. of which the Government would lied £25,000 and tinboard- the balance. The Government was practically certain to undertake the maintenance of the institution. The Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Company has decided to purchase th'Makino butter factory from Messrs Nathan and Co. This decision was ' come to at. a meeting of the shareI holders tit Cheltenham on Saturday. : v hen a rcrolution was passed approv- . ing of the proposition for the sale and purchase of the Makino butter factory i from Mc*=.r= Joseph Xathan and Co., ! and authority was given the Chclteni Lam directors to make the necessary ' arrangements for the completion of i the transaction. The Cheltenham i empany will over the running , of the Makino factor.- on November i Ist. All the cream collected in the j Cheltenham district will be brought to I 'he Makino factory for manufacture. It is expected that within a year or so •he output of the Makino factory will be 1090 'Si.- a year, and this; v.iJi make it the second largest factor;/ in th<Xorrh Island. Present supplier.- to the Kakino factory- will be asked to take , -"ares - n the Cheltenham Co-operative C tnpany, so that they may share the i \ benefit o£ the co-operation.— '■ .-Star." it wbs a well-known fact that re- • reed soldiers carrying or; sheepI riuing were going to have a very ! d time owing to the shortage of fencing wire, stated Mr J. A. Na-h ' Palmerstcn North) in the House or' Representatives. He urged that it wa* • i.<r iiz-y at the GovensmtT'S tp assist these men in every possible way, and suggested that the Minister for Lands should arrange- for the importation of a shipment of wire at a reasonable price for them. At present they were paying £6O to £7O per ton for f*neicg--.■.ire. The Hon. 1). H. Gxixhni, stated i •hot the Government- had te many i eases been able to supply the soldiers • not only with fencing-wire, but also j with corrugated, irori. at £2O to £3O per j ton Jess than the usual price to the ! But it fcsd been impo-sible so [ i'er to import wir* in large quantities. j -Vow, however, the Government x%z • aegotiads2j» for a large qucEtiry of -' wire in !>?'j™y. wnieh might be avail- j sole in the course of a few weeks. In ; 'he aggregate the Goveraseeßi ba 1 j quantity of jrire for the ose oi eol- ' diers. Coiouel Mitchell ("HTcjEagtoa ! South): What wiii the price be? 'Mr Guthrie: I ta aoi goiag- to sav fast I i ret.

Mr A. E. Minton advertises Governor bicycles at £l3—splendid value at ;v low cost. The Sister* of St. Joseph, Otaki, beg to return their sincere thanks to the Otaki Gymnasium Club for a generous donation to their school library. The monthly stock sales at Waikanae will be held on Wednesday next, 27th inst. Entries are advertised. -The "New York Herald" publishes statistics showing that every 35 minutes a life is lost in the United State* in a motor car accident. The cricketers' ball, to be held at To Horo on Friday night, should be well attended. The floor is to be in tip-top order, the music will be of the host, while other arrangements are in most callable hands. Now is the time to buy white shoes. We 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. The Anglican bazaar is being held at Otaki this afternoon, and will be continued this evening. A deal of interest is being shown, and all stall*. bear evidence of arduous labours of the promoters. It is hoped that all who can will attend, as an endeavour is being made to wipe off the deficit on the vicarage. A freak of nature was discovered | by Mr John Deegan on his Drummond farm in Otago last week. It , whs a twin lamb with two complete heads, joined at the crown, three cars and lour eye>. It was dead when found, but was fully developed. The other lamb is quite frisky. The funeral of the late Mr Uomatu te liana took place at Otaki this after noon, when a huge number of sorrov ing friends, both Native and Lur■' peaus, were in attendance, decease 1 j being held in high esteem throughout

the district. Oul of respect for tie ceased, who luis fin enthusiastic men ber of the Otaki Brass Band, the band mustered in full force", and headed tl:> funeral "procession, playing the "Deait March in Saul." The Co-op. Milk Powdei Factory -,, llautapu, Wuikato, will probably l>c lull swing in the New \ •■. Tub- fa tory has occupied a very long time : erection, owing '•> the shortage id building materials and labour. \Vh. •• completed, it will be one of the lian I-r-omest and be.-t appointed dairy fac lories in the Dominion, and will ulsn have an enormous turnover, il being estimated that it mil receive the supply of from 0000 to 7000 cows. Some farmers in the districT, however, are nor enamoured of the milk powder I business, and prophesy il will not be a j * ■ • ---• I At Grcymouth yesterday the "Oroy Hiver Argus" Company was lined £-.') . and costs for publishing an article t'luin its Blackball correspondent cal culuted to encourage and incite lawlessness. The article extolled Lenin and Trotsky, expressed the opinion that "we have either gut to he- revo Unionist.- or uncompromising mensheviks," and quoted approvingly a statetuent of Lenin: "There is only un ■ i way for the worker to get possessi-i.-i of the means of production, and tl;.< j is to take it." The magistrate said j if he bad known the name of the -.vriter lie would havo sent him to gaol. Things tire booming in Hamilton, ill • capital of the Waikato, a beautiful 'own of which VVaikato residents are justly proud. Despite the dearth 01 timber, cement, bricks and other needed building commodities, build ings are springing up in all directions. while business premise:- in tbp town j are being brought up to date. I'ro- j bably Hamilton has made more pr<'- | gress during the past ffw year- than any other town in the Dominion. It j is claimed that Hamilton can boast of i more motor ear* rhnn any other tow i I of anything like its size in Xew- Z'.-- ! land, and certainly them seems to ! ■•• | good ground for this claim. It would I appear tuzt about 90 per cent of the j Waikato farmers own their ow •. motor. j At the Palmerston B.M. Court on Monday Michael Moynihan, licensee of the Club Hotel, Shannon, and Wil liair. Moynihan. barman of the hotel, pleaded not guilty to supplying u youth apparently under the age of il year- with liquor. Mr Cooper appeared for the defendant*. Evidence having been given by the yotnh concerned. who, it transpired, i* 19 year* of age, by Constable McGregor, and by both defendant.", the magistrate said that

j the banrian appeared to have taker, i notice of the lad':- attitude, but not oi his face. The case wa- not a bad one. bnt inquiries should have been mad'. Although the licensee was not aware of the offence, he war- still liable. He would be fined £l. and "a costs, and the other defendant £2. with cost- and witness* expense* amounting to £1 4~. Kitvjtea county ratepayers canno! hope to have their rates reduced, said Cr. Bry«e on Saturday. The hospital lery, for instance, vrai a± inueh now .is the total rate of the Council reac-hed when he earn;: to the district. The:; labour now cost twice as ranch a» :*. did a few- years ago, Cr. Bryce also referred to the Hautapu riding. He was sati-.sled the Council wottid have to continue :... a»»ist tfaf* riding. It was rto-t heavily rated, and would is time reach the limit allowed by law Under tremendous expense for Bwintesa&ee, this riding ma*t continue to receive help from the OpbbcH. Darin /. the post moats, for iimauee. Hautann had rpent £IBO in clearing dips, while the rains hid tut tie Kiwite& riding only 17-.. The makers of the law sever intended thai the ridings fe a eonsty should be »o differently rated. "FeiMisg -Star M Fred Earratt stsil leads the way with bc»>t asd thoo repairs. He n*es no inferior leather end psta is only Br*tci&jss worfaaaaxhip. Pric** Tight; try biro. Oase tried, always tried.—Adrt.

At the present time 5<5 now buildings are in the course of erection in the borough of I'almerston North. The Waikato country is looking very beautiful just now. The climatic conditions have been good on the whole, and farmers report having a very good spring, with plenty of feed, and fine warm rains at nice intervals. The prospects \'i the dairying season are good. , The Horn Horn electric power and light scheme will soon be an accomplished fact, and by this means light and power will be provided for a very wide area of Waikato. The poles ai'3 already on the ground for a number of miles, and it. is estimated that powef will be available in Cambridge in about six to eight mouths' time. Dairy farmers throughout the Waikato are eagerly looking forward to the time when they will bo able to use Hon; Hora power to run their milking machines, etc.