LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 19 November 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Otiiki Hairy Company -i»i> «•>: lu-day *>*• J.J. being ail advance 0! ‘As «<l per lb butter-fat. The big bridge ov*-- the Manawutu river on the .''kanpon-Foxton road will be cio.-od lor all traffic on .Monday, rt’nd November. A uo-pei niee’ing will be held in tne Druid- : Hail on Sunday. when Mr Hubert Kol-ion. a returned -oldier. will i •• the speaker. A severe fro-t at Ha-ting* early in tin week destroyed tomatoes and beans and cut down the jictatoe-.- in tome area-. Emanuel M verson, of -ydricy. real estate agent and property owner, has issued a writ for £IO,OOO in respect of alleged libel, against Smith 'a Weekly Publishing C 0.., Ltd, Constable Greggac, os Otaki, v.-as among the .successful exhibitors at the Wanganui Show, when his sine pointer took four firsts and a special as the te-tuit of four entries. 'ihe Wain rap a was visited on '.Saturday night and Sunday with one of the coldest snap- that have been ». perienced in the month of No vetol r for many years pact, says the • '.Va irara pa Age.” there- was redid excitement at the j -via races or? Wednesday. Detective ueb and Constable Bagrie were put- - gan undesirable on the course when ••bolted.” His liberty, however, v short-lived, for a crowd of one h ..idred people or more ran him to earth, and he was then lodged under Ictk'and key at Levin. The re-hearing after the first jury disagreed of the ease in which Thomas Henry Davidson was charged wit:: manslaughter in connection with the motor accident at Terrace End (Palmerston North), in which Robert Dudley Worsfol-I was killed, was concluded* before his Honor Mr Justice Chapman yesterday. The morning occupied with hearing the witsesces for the defence, and the jury retrrea at 12.30 p.m. After being away three hours arid fifty isiscte? they rettimed a verdict pi no: guilty. Compare our prices acd buy these clearance lines early. <kat*’ glace derby.-, with patent eof*s; 355; light derbys, strong soles, 295, 30s. 33s 63; working boots, nailed and plated. 25-. 6a. 255, 30s: a few pair.- tan lace boots to clear at 52s 6d: ladie- ’ glace courts, 23s Sd; ladies' patent courts. smart shape, 335; white shoes ta canvas from 10s 3d; kid. 265, 32s dciCai! early. Irvine'? Shoe Store, Otaki —A dvr

It was forty years on Sunday since Ned Kelly the notorious Australian bushranger, was executed at Pentridge gaol, Victoria. n The tram arrangements in oonneej tion with the Ashhurst-Poliangina s races, to be held on Wednesday next. ( 24th inst., aTC advertised. 1 a Pickpockets made their presence ( felt at the Levin races on Wednesday, and one man at least is poorer by having his hip-pocket relieved of a considerable sunt. ■ The “Digger” fisherman, Mr < Nicholson, late of Woodville, has , ‘opened in Mill Road, Otaki, and will sell fresh fish daily, while fish and chip suppers will be a specialty. A garden party will be held in M.r and Mrs Frank Penn's garden. Otaki. on the afternoon of Wednesday, December Bth. Full, details will lead vert ised later, but readers interested are asked to keep this date free. A meeting of local body delegates and Parliamentarians is being held at S;smien to-day to further discuss tiie Levin Marion deviation in view of the approaching visit of the Premier’and Minister for Public Works. Tiie annual general meeting of the Otaki Ratepayers’ Association will lie held in the Druids’ Hall on Monday night next at 8 o’clock, when it is j hoped till ratepayers will make a point I* of attending. Important business is to be transacted. The To Horn Co-op. Dairy Co. will pay out on the 20th inst. no less than , CSoIS 12s ud. being an advance of 2s Ifor October and iid bonus on last sea son’s supply. The factory is at proi 1 sent turning out about forty SOlb cheeses daily, all high grade. 1 lie ; turnover with the company’s stoic. last, month was £IOO.B 13s Od, while lor ; October last year the turnover wax only £OO2 8s lid. The figures above i quoted speak for themselves. A grand concert and dunce will be held at the Te lloro Hall on Wednesday evening next, as advertised, in not of the Te lloro Anglican Church organ fund. Miss Muir, who has the arrange •' J rnents in hand, promises it first-cla-:-i musical programme, while the usual * dance will follow. These Te Horn 1 functions are always enjoyable, and n ’ good time is promised all who attend on Wednesday night. 1 A man named Sutherland, who caused a commotion at the Levin race course on Wednesday by “bolting” from the police, was charged with vagrancy at the Levin S.M. Court ye--11 terday. Accused was dismissed for 1 lack of sufficient evidence to sustain the charge, but accused pleaded guilty j 1 j to having been unlawfully on the 1 j course. For this a line of £lo, with ” j the option of two months’ imprison- I " ' rnent, was imposed. Sutherland chose 1 the former. f “We are reliably informed that odd j business people in Palmerston North j " are opposed to the Palmerston railway i ( . deviation. Further, that a vigilance ' r association has been formed in Pal- j merston North to oppose the proposal i and to assist in preference the j national scheme of linking uj> the ( Main Trunk line between Marion and Levin. For some reason our Palmerston contemporaries have not m: e , mention of these facts.” —“ Foxtou “Herald.” "Little Hupped Blossom” i* the title of the latest of that charming eerie* of hooks, by the.celebrated Australian artist- and authoress. May Oibbs. It is one* of llioso old*fashioned i: fairy -dories that children love. while c ihe illustrations reflect the greater credit, on J)s** artist, and are most u original and quaint. The book kali been * * got up” in excellent style by v. Angus’ and Robertson. Ltd.. Sydney; 1 und can be secured from ail book » seller.'. ft makes an ideal gift for 10 [r children. t; I Fred Barratt .still lead- the* v/av with boot and shoe repairs. He uses no in- , ferior leather and puts in only firstHass workmanship. Prices right; try him. Once tried, always tried. —Adv*.