THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 12 November 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Gospel meeting will be held in the Druids' Hall on Sunday nest.

The* German raider Moewe is employed in the baaajna trade between Jamaica and England.

Mr C. E. Stone, of Otaki Railway, advertises gooseberries for sale in any quantity at 3d per lb.

An attempt was recently' made to burglarise a storeroom of a local bote!, and in consequence- extra precaution.are now being taken to safeguard the demises.

A cable* from Washington states that a referendum to legalise the sale ot light wines and beer wa 3 carried throughout the State by a small majority. The Broken Hill strikers have decided to declare the strike off' and return to work, states a cable from Sydney. The strike commenced in May last year.

The level of Lake Eorowhenua is higher at the present time than has been the case for raany years past, and a large area of the surrounding foreshore is under water.

While oranges are being retailed at Wellington at tea for one shilling, the same eias-s of orange in Otaki i« selling at 4s per aozen, Oa the other hand pumice stone is iiee to all wfce gather it in Otaki, while in the city it is sold at sixpence oer piece.

Laud in the Honrohewia district stiO eo&tiaogs to shausre hands, ani amoag the latest to sell is Mr H 123. of Kawiti road. Levis, irfco has =olfl hi? fara. to~3£i W. G. Diysdale," of 3Tsirarajs. Mr 3;lsiliss, of Maaak&s, isas aiiii jwieiased property in Leri-. jTr-SC Jiiii the Tray 7r:Ti T.i-"<~i»"tV'n. Prites right; try jam. Cose triei, always tried.—Advt.

The annual picnic in connection with the Levin District High School will He" held at Plimuierton in February.

The "Dominion" newspaper has been served with a writ claiming £IOOO damages for alleged libel by James Furniss.

At rhe Dannevirke niotor-eyele sports on Wednesday, H. Maugham (Shannon) was third in the Novice Race. L. Maugham w;is first in The Ruahine Handicap of eight miles, and first in the Kaitokc Handicap of seven miles. Other races were abandoned on account of high winds.

As usual the main attraction in this county on New Year's Day will be the big sports gathering at Paraparaumu. This yea? the. function "ill lie held cm the Domain grounds, which are being considerably improved for the purpose. Besides a lengthy list of feet events, there will be an addition of several horse events.

"You cannot make a man dim his lights, and if he does not dim them you cannot punish him for it," said Mr Wood at the Taxi- Owners' Conference. It should be made compulsory for every man driving a car to dim the head lights within half a mile of another vessel approaching.

Parliament in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and despite vigorous official Labour protests, adopted a clause in the new Arbitration Bill giving the Judge of "the_ Arbitration Court discretionary powers~~lnregard to awarding cost of living bonuses to employees.

It is anticipated that the Gisbomo waterside trouble will be settled shortly. The men. it is understood, have been instructed by the headquarters of the New Zealand Water side Workers' Association to return to work, pending the discussion of the matters in dispute by the National Disputes Committee.

A Palnierston North Maori was asked how- he liked hi. flight in the aeroplane in Palnierston last week, and replied with great emphasis: "By gorry, he the best yet ever come along. When I go up I tink mine stummick he turn upside down; sometimes 1 think he around my neck; then, py gorry. 1 tink I have no stummick at all when he do the whizzle upside down."

Mr Archibald Walker, surveyor for "Lloyd's Register," and Mr D. Campbell, one of the owners of the auxiliary schooner Lily, which lies stranded on Kapiti Island, have returned to Wellington after inspecting the vessel: Mr Walker states that the vessel can be refloated, although her damages are severe. The vessel carried 26 tons of cargo, including a quantity of galvanised iron.

All interested in poultry should note Mr Leper's advertisement in which he states that he is now offering the last hatch of 1920 White Leghorn chicks a! reduced prices. Mr Lcger's chickare famous throughout New Zealand, and his strain of White Leghorns is

unexcelled anywhere. ■ We would advise any who wish to secure chicks To order early. Mr Lt'gcr will be glad to talk business in other lines of poultry i-ml eggsJ The Wellington Draper- and i Clothiers' Association tuft on Wednes j day to consider the ivages and Ik.hu-. A unanimous opinion was expre?-<ed that it the com of doing business ivere made -till heavier, the- award was : bound to react on those it was in I tended to benefit. No protest had 1 been made hitherto, but employer- i«-b j that the top of the curve had now been j reached. A sub-committee was formed j to provide data, showing the effect ! that the bonu.- would have upon the j cost of living, and to lay such evidence ! before the Arbitration Court. Replying to a Peilding corfespon- : diat. Mr E. H. Crabb, chairman of tb'-Hydro-Electric League, emphasis.es the fact that the league was formed for the purpose of watching the progress oi the Mangahao undertaking, and r.ot to advise local bodies as to boundaries. At the same time he points out that there are only two reasons in his opinion which should weigh in the setting up of power boards. The first is "economy of working," the secord "community of icerest." The district of Palme-riCor; and Kairanga is large enough to ensure the first as there is quite enough to do for a large staff, both technical and accountancy, in the reticulation and marzsgemerit of such a thickly settled and growing borough and district. At a meeting of the Tozioa Borough '."ouncii the Mayor, referring to the ruming down of the Levin-Greatford ; oposal, said the Council should send •wn an emphatic protest against the asteful expenditure at Palmemon : orth, which would result in enrießiag '. few land agents and speculators. The : allowing motion, moved by the Mayor. : ad seconded by Cr. Bryant, was car:.ed unanimously: "That an emphatic protest be forwarded to the Prime Minister against allowing the Railway Authorisation Bill to be put through in spite of his promise to the ■leputation that nothing would be done until he had inspected the proposed rcute of the Levin-Oreatfcrd deviation, acd also enters its emphatic protest against the extravagant waste of tublie money in sanctioning the alteration now proposed at Palxnerston North." The "Herald" says;—"The Palmers-ion goods yards extension may be jnstified, but to section the PalmefstQß neviaiion would be a scandalous wast* of ptiblit money," Below ire quote a few %'i the hues :Q footwear that are aumey-eaving:— Gen:-' glace dcibys, with patent cap*, n&i&cd. 2-5= £si 28$, 30$; Q f-rw pairs tan glace eosrts, 23* (*&« ladies' patent mutts, riisart shape, 85s; "white nfcoss jjj j. aaV sc fr<Ks 10s 3d'- lad, 265. 32s 6d, CaU early- Irvine 's. Shoe Store, GrakL — Adn.

Parliament closed its session last night at 11 o'clock. A team of eight Otaki tennis players (men) will play Levin, at Levin, to-morrow.

A tangi is now in progress at Otaki over the remains of a Native boy, who died yesterday.

An item of £IOO,OOO, covering the expenditure upon the visit of the Prince of Wales to New Zealand, was included in the Supplementary Estimates passed by the House last night.

Both services (morning and evening) at All Saints' Church, Otaki, on Sunday next will be conducted by the [Venerable Archdeacon of Wellington.

A grand concert and dance, in aid of the Anglican Church organ fund. will be held at To Horo on Wednesday. 24th mat. Details will be advertised later.

Owing to the Levin race meeting next Wednesday, the Xe Horo stock -ales will be held on Monday next, not Wednesday as at lirst intended. Entries for the sale are advertised elsewhere.

Up to the present twenty-four cows have been registered by the Otaki Town Board for grazing on the roadsides, while by next week it is expected this number will be doubled. At ten shillings pet head the Board will derive a fair little, income.

The Methodist .Synod at Sydney almost unanimously expressed diswvowal of dancing in connection with any institutions of the Methodic! Church, some of the views expressed being that dancing was an exceedingly mischievous form of amusement.

Coates, Ltd., the threadmaker. of England, made a net profit for the year of £4,164,894. A dividend bonut of sixpence per share in addition to the four quarters' dividend (each I'd per share) was declared. Nearly a million was carried forward.

On the score of economy, the Gov eminent has decided that no free rail way passes will be issued to member.of rifle clubs attending club rub n-atchos. It is understood that this restriction does not apply to member* who will be attending the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Assoeia lion at Trent ham early next year.

A total of sixteen carcases were washed ashore on the beach north of the Hokio after the recent flood. The flood debris contained, among other things, a number of line totara logs, which have been converted into posts and house blocks by energetic residents in the vicinity. .

A few days ago, Mr and Mrs ,1. W. Gibson and two lady visitors were all seized with sudden illness, which proved to be ptomaine poisoning. The doctor, who was called in, traced the trouble to some brawn, of which I lie patients bad partaken. Fortunately ali those afflicted made a speedy recovery, though very ill for a time. The Methodist Synod for the Hawke's Bay-Mannwatu district inow being held at Pnlmcrston North. Synod commences its session at Mn«< tenon uu Monday next. This, district's lay representative* will l>v Messrs Earwaker and Hosie (Paraparaumu). TOhe practice of placing bicyclesagainst windows is a source of annoyance to business people, and one large plate-glass window in Otaki narrowly escaped being broken yesterday through a thoughtless individual prac tically throwing his; machine again-: the window. A largely-attended and enthusiastic meeting of members of the Levin Tennis Club was held last night at Levin. when new- rule.- were adopted. Owing to the large membership, it was decided to adopt the slate system of order of play for members. The membership is steadily increasing, and there is every prospect of the club 1 aving a remarkably su»;cessful .-'.a-

At yesterday's meeting of the Pal North Hospital Board, the '■hairiaan stated, in reply to a question by a Horowbenua representative, that no date had been Axed for the conference between the Board'-, special committee and the. Inspector-General of Hospitals. The meeting will be held at Otaki, when an opportunity will be presented for the Town Board to make representations re the Otaki Hospital. At the present time there is a daily surplus of about 2700 gallons of milk at the Wellington municipal factory a-. Otaki. This is all being made into bttter at the rate of over 1000 pounds per day. The batter is reported to be grading very high, proving that the quality of the milk received is excellent This milk is available for city requirement.-: should the demand exist.

Thus a Lander! cablegram jost to hand:—One of the most anions war sequels is a mnch-troEm.-ied Buckinghamshire man who long ago applied for a pension, and after a delay was informed that he was dead- He replied denying the accasation, bat the corresptmxiecce wa.s abruptly dosed by the War Office giving him the number if bis grave and its location. He now objects to paying income tax.

Some of the settlors on the Makfirua and Moutoa fiats are being badly hit as a revolt of the rewat fSc>od. A large portion of their feed has been destroyed by rsilt and debri.*, and the dairv herds are sofieriag. -The milk retanrj are largely affected at a tiis* when the .Sash of the season was almost at iand. One soldier settler is being drives to bsc green w3hnr top* as »». emergency fodder to help out the little available pasture he has left.