LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 10 November 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is reported that margarine works are about to be started in Auckland. At the Magistrate’s Court at Taumarunui, Frederick I-. Cummings, a baker of Raurimu, was fined £SO and costs for sly grog-selling. It is expected that the of Samuel John Thorn, charged with the Pukekawa murder, will open at Auekland on Monday, November 15, and i that it will occupy several days. Small farms in the Mungere district, near Auckland, were disposed of by auction last, week at £l6O and £19(1 per acre, the latter being a record price for the district. Donations of cakes, sweets, etc., arc solicited on behalf of the ladies in charge of the refreshment rooms and sweet stall at the flower show, to be I held at Otaki on the 19th inst. Manakau and district people will be interested to learn that Messrs Howard Andrew. Lid., have just been appointed Kodak agents for Manakau and Ohau, and can supply cameras and accessories ar Wellington list prices, j See new advertisement, j On Monday last, Captain Russell, it; | Walsh Bros.’ aeroplane, flew from I Palmerston North lo New Plymouth, alighting at Wanganui and Stratford on route. The aeronaut met with a bead wind all the way. with rain and low-lying clouds. Captain Russell is expected .to return to Lower JHutt about the end of the present month. A special meeting ot the Wanganui Borough Council on Friday last decided to accept Mr V. ■!. Reardon’s tender to supply two Cambridge, produce! plants, each of 250h.p., to cost £347.5 elected, tor the tramway service. It es expected that the first producer will be delivered by Christmas, and erected in about three weeks following, and the other not later than seventeen weeks hence. Fifteen tons of table potatoes in a pit were sold on Friday at a clearing sale at Christchurch for 1 Os, and seven and a half tons in a pit on the same property were sold for 15s. The purchaser was the man who bought the farm. There were no other bidders, as it was stated that after bagging them and carting them there would be .nothing in them for the buyer. The . ale took place at Russley road, not five miles from Christchurch. The allegation has been made -that timber is being sent into Auckland from sawmills in the country, and sold at auction a* prices greatly in excess of those fixed by the Board of Tradesays the "New Zealand Herald"). Tu one ease it is said that hrst-clas.-. .' auri, the fined price of which is 4Sa ;-er 190 ft, was sold at auction for over '•s per 100 ft. Representations have .en made to the Board of Trade on he matter, and a reply received statg that it had been decided to take • :tion to preclude the possibility of t .treasonably high prices being ob- ■ -ined as the result of auction sale. It was announced in the Supreme Court on Monday that two prisoners on bail, awaiting trial, had absconded, information having been received from the s-s. Wiltshire, five days out from Wellington, that the pair had been discovered stowed away. The prisoners were Myrtle May Reid and Sydney Swensson. who had been indicted for bigamy. Swensson also being charged with false pretence.-. Each accused had been admitted to bail in the sum of £l5O. The police authorities have instructed'the captain of the Wiltshire by wireless telegraph to transfer the absconders zo a New Zealand bound vessel if the chance occurs- At the present time the Wiltshire, bound for London, t- spine hundred- of miles past island*, in the circarsj stances" | been postponed until,, the next qesuI itrly session of the Court— ‘'Hondaj ion." j Fred Barrage stiC leads toe way with I hoot and shoe repairs, ae ajes so i=- ’ ferior leather grad puns in nary Srsr- ! class workmanship. Prices right; try him. Once tried, always tried. —Afivt.

We remind our renders of the euchre tournament to be held iu the Druids’ Hall to-night iu aid of the Otaki State school recreation fund.

Mails for United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, and America, per Tofun, via Saii Francisco, close at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, 16th November. While the school attendance is very seriously affected by mumps and measles at Otaki, there is an absence of the epidemic at Waikauae and Paraparnumu. The county elections are being held to-day, and are proceeding quietly. The results will be displayed at the "Otaki Mail’’ office as soon as they come to hand to-night. Special church services will be held in various parts on Armistice Day, and at Paraparaumu the Rev. C. 11. Isaacson;- who was formerly a chaplain-with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force will officiate. An up-to-date electric lightiug plant is being installed at the Otaki Seaside Resort, and will be in working order in a few days. This great improvement should lie fully appreciated by the numerous visitors to our seaside lcsort. As yet the boundaries of the pio- [ used borough area for Otaki, as adjusted by the Commission which recently sat at Otaki, have not yet been notified to the down Hoard, though it ... understood that the Commissioners have cut out all the land on the eastward side of the railway line. An application by the chairman ol' the Otaki State school to have the school closed on account of the prevalence of measles and mumps has bee n declined by the Education Board, 'today (Wednesday) nearly lot) children were absent, practically half of tlietotal number on the roll. The attend uncos at the Native College and the Convent arc also affected. Cricket, although dead as the proverbial door-nail iu sonic parts ot t-- ■ county, has taken a fresh lease of iite in other places, and it is pleasing to know that among the school buys interest is increasing. At Oiuki an entertainment is to be held to-night H r the purpose of raising funds to buy material for the boys, while at Paraparaumu a request is being made Hu old material for the use ol the lads. Yesterday the Butt County Council decided to accept Mr A. Clark’s generous offer of fourteen acres at Paekaknriki for workmen’s homes, and to write heartily thanking him for tbe gift. The meeting also received tin offer of the sale of sections at, Puekakuriki fur workers’ dwellings, by Mr J. Pepperill. This was referred to the incoming Council. In connection with the forthcoming Spring Show, to be held at Otaki on 19th inst., we might mention that members’ tickets are now on sale by the secretary (Mr S. Norgrove) and members of the committee. These members’ tickets are issued at the trilling cost of 9s 6d, which, admits bearer to both Spring and Autumn Shows, afternoon and evening on each occasion. Every well-wisher of this most deserving organisation eh'-.f-i become a member. It, very often happens that a person is prevented from completing some particular undertaking, arriving at a definite conclusion, or pursuing a co.tain line of action just for luck of m formation, and many of us overlook the fact that very often just the mtormation we require may be obtained sometimes for just a tew pence in a book written on the subject. On page two of the- issue Mr Aitkeu, Levin - leading bookseller, gives a list ot some of the books flow his large and extensive stock, a perusal of which may prove of value to readers. Below we quote a few of the lines in footwear that are money-saving: - Gents’ giaee derbys, with patent cap-, 555; light derbys, strong soles, g'js, 30.-, 33s 6d; working boots, nailed ant plated, 25a 6d, 2ss,3os; a few pairs tan iace boots to clear at 32s Gd; iadie ' ■' glace courts, 23s 6d; ladies’ patent courts, smart shape, 355; white sho s m canvas from 10s 3d; kid, 265, 32s 6d. Call early. Irvine’s Shoe Store, Otaki. —Advt.