THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 3 November 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

* Mr Chas. Gooding gives notice in land agents that he has sold his to.tage. situate on the corner of Waerenga and Domain Hoads, Otaki. Having decided t« clear the whole of his stock of sheet music. Mr Isherwood is offering this at ridiculously low prices, to effect a speedy clearance. .See replace advertisement. At the S.M. Court. Dunedin. Kiack an<l McLennan were fined £IOO and costs for -selling a kitchen table at an unreasonable high price. The tabbjj -i common one. 4ft din by lift. Sin, wasold for £2 7s 6d. The engineer of the Kb i range County Council, Mr A. Jl. M. Wright reports that the Gorge road will not be open before to-morrow or Friday. The Ashhursb-end is clear, but there r still a blockage at the Woodville end. Mr Gerald Anderson, our local ay - tioaeer, reports having held a mo : successful clearing sale, on behalf of Mr Dabscheek, at Paraparaumu y» - | terday. Good prices were realised all 1 round. A dining-room suite realised £65. oak bedstead £3 rinru ward . robe £ls. and ether figures were corre - pending! y good. The flood water in the Manawa* _ river has played havoc with the sandy ' banks at Manawatu Heads. Tbs' erosion on the south side is econnou-. also on the north side. The p-otnr. ne - r the signal stiff has vanished, and what was a sloping bank is at present a steep bank eight feet -high, well past high-water mark. As flood water is still coming down the actual damage cannot yet be‘estimated. In an .editorial the Martawatu “Daily Times" enpresse- great regret that the Levia-Greatford deviation i that the Levin-Great!ord deviation has | -ide-stepfled the proposed Palmerston ' eludes his" article thus: “But one cannot help ic_■ annoyed with the I I.evin-Grestford rog-rollers. A rotten | lot of sports, they have slotted Palme r- ■ .-ton. and have injured the whole • . , t.dtt in the process.'' ! 'fieJoit " c ? few of the lines la j footwear tLsi are inuiisy-saving:— ) Gents’ glace derbys. with patent eat-.-, light derbys, strong soles. £19.?, Sbs, j ( 33? dj; TC&Tkiag boots- nailed an: • threl, 25s Sd, kis, a pairs tan i i«e '-bSS bear at S£* da; iadiet’ j glace courts,' 2*s~ ,P altEt i courts, sgtg shape, las; white t in canvas hog id 2a; kid., 255, 32s 54. Cali early. Irvine’s shoe Store, Oraki. —A dvr.

In all probability the Otaki Brass Band will play at the annual sports at Paraparaumu on Mew Year’s Day. “Eemeinber the sth November,” and buy your fireworks from Messrs Trueliglit and Co. Last week’s flood in the Shannon district is said by the oldest residents to have been the worst for the past twenty years. Attention is drawn to Messrs Wardell Bros, and Co.’s new advertisement in to-day’s “Mail.” Readers aro invited to send for detailed price list. At the inquest held at Levin on Monday on the body found in the Hokio beach on Saturday, Mrs Elizabeth Ensom. of Paten, identified the clothing on llie body as that belonging to Ebor Watkins, who had been missing from Patea since October 20tli.

The opening of the season in connection with the Ilautere Rifle Club will take place on Saturday next, when a match of seven shots at — l "t yards will be fired, it is hoped that there will be a large number of riflemen as well as others present.

Messrs S. A. Broadbclt and W. Murdaeh being the only nominees for tie election of two representatives of the Horowhenua County on the Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, these gentlemen have been declared duly elected.

The monthly sitting of the Otaki ,s.M. Court takes place tomorrow, while the County Council will meet on Saturday next —a week earlier than usual on account of the elections. The Otaki Town Board meet to-morrow night.

The Otaki flower show, to have been held on Wednesday, 17tli inst., has been postponed till Friday, 19th, on account of the Horowhenua races falling on the former date. Entries will now close on Thursday, 18th, at noon. Intending exhibitors should bear this alteration in mind. On Saturday next, at the Otaki Auction Mutt, Mr Gerald Anderson will sell, under instructions front various owners, a large,and varied lot of dairy utensils, tools, household furniture, and miscellaneous articles. A motor cycle is also to lie offered. Tinlist under offer is a very large one. and there should be a good attendance at this sale, to commence at 2 p.m.

Mr is. Hall, the well-known dcuti of Levin, has engaged a first-cla

assistant, which will allow Mr Hal! to personally visit Otaki once weekly. This arrangement, however, will not take effect til! after the New Year, but in the meantime Mr Hall will lie pleased to see Otaki and district residents at Levin.

The Levin Rover Football Club held a social function on Friday night, when the presentation of medals was made as follows:—Best back. J. Bishop; most improved back, C. Ivclleher; best forward, R. Tantrum (Mr C. Wildsmith’s medal), most improve! forward, L. Williamson. Messrs Ford and Fail were also the recipients of presentations for help given. -Some two or three local gentlemen have just been enrolled as honorary members of the Otaki Brass Band at. a subscription of 10s fid per annum, treeing that the band is such a worthy and valuable institution, it is hoped that a large number of others will fob low suit and hand in their names to the secretary (Mr J. Fielding) honorary members. Larrikini-m still prevails in Otakb while thefts are continually made from Chinese residents. Messrs True-light and Co., our local fruiterers, now report the loss oi a large window -cover, which is of but little use to the thief but valuable to the owner. The matter is now in tie hands of the police, but to save trouble it is hoped the cover will be returned at once. The Addington railway workshops hand- decided by ballot on Monday that trie works be closed for the w helot next week (Cup carnival week). The toting was: Jn favour of closing Xml. against J6O. The manager of th--work,shops thereupon put up a notice that the works would be closed from November 6th to 15th. The loss of wages to the workers as a whole will be £3OOO. Work, however, will be pro vided for -ome of the hands. It. habeen the custom in the piast for a large number of the men to take their annual leave during carnival week. Mr J. D. Howell, licensee of the Central Hotel, Otaki, is leaving no stone unturned to make this hostelry one of the most popular and up to date on the coast. He has just had installed ■•■ a e! e ctrie light system, up-to-date in very particular, which will light very room in the hotel. The plant is orking beautifully, and is a great nprovement. This is the first electric siting plant installed in Otaki busies* places, and Mr Howell is to be ommended on his enterprise. Messrs, lord and Skand did the necessarv fit- : ug. Elsewhere Mr Howell advertises Jhri2tma = hampers.