THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 17 November 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Applications for the position oi ranger to the Otaki Town Board close on Thursday nest.

Tenders close on Saturday at noon for levelling and grading the rest resort memorial site at Otaki.

An exchange says:—Green vegetables are somewhat scarce just now. and a welcome change can be found in the leaves of the ordinary beetroot. They can be cooked like cabbage, and somewhat resemhje spinach, having more flavour than silver beet,

| “A doctor most ase his own judgment.' After all. the only sin is being cuuubt.'* 1 So stated Mr G. Dat. &.M., in tbe Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch after being asked for a ruling regarding doctors an a speed by-laws. I The Dairy . Union at Otakj -rill continues to make good headway, it now* having some 21 milk suppliers and ter. cream -suppliers. The average milk test is 3.9. Affairs, under the able management of Mr Balpii Thomson, are working very satisfactorily, and a splendid season is expect-ed.

Several cyclists, for breaking the by-laws by riding at night without lights, will appear before the next sitting of the Fox-ton S.M. Court. Amundsen, who is making a dash for the North Pole, lias left for East Cape, Behring Strait, with three men,- the others of the crew having struck for £3OO per month.

The cadet parade held at Otaki on Monday night was well attended. Lieutenant Wills was present and put the lads through various manoeuvres. Next Monday night both the local territorials and cadets will parade. Mr Dixon’s horse bolted along Mill road, Otaki, yesterday morning, but was stopped before any damage was done. The rattling of milk cans was the cause of the record pace of the horse.

Ered Barratt still leads the way with boot and shoo repairs. He uses no inferior leather and puts onl . v h rst " class workmanship. Prices right; try him. Once tried, always tried.—Advt.

Booking for rooms at the Otaki seaside resort is heavy, the demands for the Christmas season being tar beyond the accommodation available. At Foxtou all the seaside cottages have been booked for the summer seusou.

Mix children wore trampled to death, and twenty children were seriously injured in a kinerna theatre at New York, when a defective stove issued smoke, causing a panic among the youngsters, who largely tilled the upper galleries.

An extraordinary thing about the rainfall last month was the fact that the fall along this coast decreased the further south one went, lbe fall at Levin for the month was 7.86iu, at Otaki it was only o.Sliiu, exactly an inch less, while at Wellington it was aboul an inch less still.

At a meeting of fruitgrowers and officers of the Agricultural Department held at Auckland yesterday in connection with the spread of tireblight in the orchards in the province, strong committees were set. up to cooperate with the Department in fighting the pest.

The “Rangitikei Advocate” of Saturday’s issue stated: “We are informed by Mr E. Newman. M.P., that the Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works will visit the proposed Levin-Greatford railway deviation before the end of six months. The Premier is not yet able to fix a date, but will pay a visit as soon as arrange* ments can be made.

The Levin flower show will be held on Tuesday next, as advertised. Intending exhibitors arc reminded that entries close on Saturday next at 8 p.m. with the secretary (Mr 11. G. Kerslake, Levin), from whom schedules may be obtained free on application. It is to be hoped that. Otaki and district will be well represented at the show.

That it is unsafe to leave unwatched any moveable property, even clothing, is forcibly illustrated by an unpleasant experience which befell a young lady who went for an early morning bathe on one of the New Plymouth beaches last week. While she was in the water all her clothing was removed from the place where she had left it. Latest addition to Otaki telephone exchange list:—No. 104, Mr J. M. Pye. Otaki Railway. A goodly min, her of connections have been made of late, but there are --till a number waiting to be linked up. The Otaki ex change now number- lie connection-, but this number will soon be consider ably increased, in the near future it is highly probable that a number ol le Horo party lines will be added to the Otaki exchange.

Speaking at the reception to the new town elc-rk at Otaki yesterday, the Chairman of the Town Board raid the Commission had rat and determined the boundaries tor the proposed borough, and although the boundaries fixed were not satisfactory, ail would have to make the best of same. -Jr Brandon said he firmly believed that once the borough was formed those who had objected would soon want to iein in and partake of the benefits. He also felt that when the poll was taken there would not be twenty who would vote against the borough propot ah The Otaki Railway refreshment rooms are proving a pleasing adjunct to the locality, especially as appetising morning and afternoon teas arcserved at ai! hours. Mr Pye. the genial proprietor, also stocks fresh fruit, cordials, confectionery, vegetables, etc., so that anyone needing these articles may procure them at r.vest prices. A fish service lias also ,en installed, and anyone wanting • resh fish would do well to ring ’phone '4. place their orders, and have them xeected on Thursday mornings. An dverfiseaient appears elsewhere. “It ja easily the worst conducted public body in the Manawatu district.’ ’ This cutting reference to the Palmerston North Hospital Board appears in a leading article in last Mondav’s issue of the "Manawatu Daily Times." The "Times" goes on to say that, "It is generally ender--tood that the internal management of the hospital is highly efficient- The oversight of the Board \s executive may be excellent also. That is the point which the business men on ifie Board alone can determine. An outsider can judge only by appearance-. Seen from this angle, as the newspaper representatives see it month by month, the indications are cot favourable." Below we quote a few of the lines na footwear that are money-saving: Gents ’ glace derbys, with patent caps, 355: light derby., strong soles, 225/30\. S3s fid; working boots, nailed and plated, 25s 63.28*, 3Cte: a few pairs tan 'lace boots to/clear at 32s 6d; ladies’ glace courts, 23s fid; ladies’ patent courts, smart, shape, 555; white shoes in canvas from 10s Sd; kid, 265, 32s Gc. Call early. f Shoe Store, Otaki —Advt.

Two probationers for the Otaki J Sanatorium are advertised for. 4

A sign of the times: No fewer than thirty commercial travellers called upon a Feilding business man in one week this month, all eager to unload.

At the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court a farmer named John Scott, of Ncwstead. was fiued £IOO for failing to take adequate steps to destroy rabbits. Evidence was given that valuable. land adjoining had suffered through the depredation of rabbits from defendant ? .s property.

The census will be taken in Xew Zealand on the night of Sunday. April 17th. 1921. The organisation of the post office will be used for the work of distributing and collecting the household schedules, and outside collectors will ouly be employed for the outlying country districts, where there are no postal authorities available.

At a special meeting of the Otaki Town Board yesterday it was decided to appoint Mr Ayre returning officer for the poll for the borough, thus allowing Mr Davies time to goin local knowledge. It was also decided to close the office, on race-day. The meeting resolved to remove the concrete step on the footpath opposite Mr lslierwuud’s shop.

A presentation was made bv the Wellington District Typographical Union on Friday to Miss Myrtle Young, of the “Wanganui Chronicle” staff, ill appreciation <>t the tact that she was the first lady linotype operator in New Zealand, and to mark tile members’ goodwill on the occasion of lor approaching marriage.

The following have been enrolled a: life members of the Uorowhenua \ and P. Association: —Messrs C. W

Duucum, H. Rowlands;' T. Rowlands j. Nicholson, W. S. Park, M. J. Sul.an p, E. Palmes, F. W. Pink, S. A. Broad belt, B. Ling. .T. A. MacDonald. F. K Parker and G. Sicvers. The following annual members were also elected Messrs K. L. Stratton, Eric McLeavoy Rev W. Tye, G. Colpman, F. M. Dew and A. Ransom.

T\ Malaquin, husband of the woman who received a revolver shot wound iu the temple at New Brighton on Sunday week, was arrested at Christchurch yesterday on a charge of attempted murder. The case was at first reported to be accidental. Mrs Malaquin, who is aged 22, and lias one child, was removed to the Christchurch Hospital with a 22-calibre revolver bullet in the bead near the temple. The bullet has been extracted, and Mrs Malaquin is said to be progressing sa tisfactorily.

A Press Association message from Hamilton states that at an inquest on Mr F. W- Gruar, borough councillor

and a prominent business man. evidence was given that deceased uas driving a motor car, and, bearing a car behind, pulled to (he side of the’ road. His ear struck a log concealed in the grass and overturned, and pinned him, beneath. He was operated upon, and rallied, but later collapsed, and died. A verdict was returned that death was due to injuries received through the car lying on him.

A deputation front* the business in •« of Levin waited on the committee **f the Uorowhenua Ji. and P. Association regarding the erection of suitable stalls for the purpose of exhibiting ,heir respective goods on -how day-. The matter as put forward by tindeputation met with favourable consideration, and resulted in a sub-coni' mittee from both the Association and Uorowhenua Racing Club meeting them on the grounds, with a view of selecting the most convex, tit site t‘ >r erecting the suggested ouilding.— “Chronicle.” Mr F, J. Nathan, writing from .Sydney. says that commercially things arc very bad in Australia. Money itighter and banks more conservative than they have been for many year-. The .-oft goods and grocery business is very much over-stocked. The minimum wage is £! os per week, v.-i'b every probability of it being raised in the near future to £5 •>-■ Prospects for the wheat harvest and for dairy - ing arc excellent. An improvement b. trade conditions may be expected about the middle of January, but before that time a lot of people will have had a bad headache. —Palmerston “Times.”