THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, Volume XXIII, 10 December 1920, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Feilding Horticultural Show is ; being held to-day (Friday). In Wellington pig potatoes are advertised as being I'or sale at 3s 6d per Mirk. The- Otaki Brass Band has been engaged to play at the Paraparaumu .-ports on Xew Year's Day. Tender- close on the 14th inst. for the lease of lands belonging to the Otaki Maori Racing Club. The annual prize-giving ceremony in connection with All .Saint-' Sundayschool will be held on the 22nd inst. The Minister of Public- Health has approved of the transfer of Inspector O'Brien from Palmcrston North to Levin as health inspector. Messrs Wurdell and Co., Wellington, advertise full supplies of white sugar for December and January at 6Jd pej pound. See advertisement. The Levin Borough Council ha-- resolved to enquire into the matter of drainage for the town by means of septic tanks. "Two Little Imps" will Ik- the leading feature to be filmed on the 17th inst. for the benefit of the starving children of Europe. At Wellington on Wednesday seventeen lads, resident of Wellington South, were punished :n varying degrees on sisty charges of theft. The I accused operated in gangs systematirlly- ! Public notice is given by the no.-. Minister for Public Works of his intention to take certain land in the Kapiii survey district for the purposes of a road. ! Foxton is starting on a big campaign j to rai;e money for the starving chilI dren of Europe. Shop days, picture I entertainments, and retiring church ! collections will be the genera.} order. At a meeting of the directors of the ! Kuku Dairy Company on Monday evening it was decided to continae the manufacture of cheese, and not switch jjver to butter, as some of the other factories .'nave ia view of what . they consider the uniayosiaMfi prospveis of the cheese market. -Tie eo*aei} .of the- -Wellington iccHmans.atios Society met on Wednesday evening, ?lr 6, J, C. WirHn j presiding. It was aSffitfS? - M Tecoiamend to the Internal Affair? DepaTt- 1 ment that deer shooting licenses fo? 1 the 1&21 season should be made avail- j able for i3l£ number - area (including j Wainui. Palmcrston North, Parapara- j mm, 'Taihape. Tauaer-snikAti. etc.); j further, that it should be permissable j for sportsmen to shoot two stags and j two hinds per day.

Christmas time is present time, and a pair of shoes or boots will make a nice present. We tare just tie style, and. cur prices are always at bedrock. Ixvute's Sioe Btcre 2 ptski—Advt.

About £2O was cleared as the result of the band concert and dance held at Manakau last night. It is probable that a tennis tournament in connection with the local club will be held shortly.

Mr Hutchins, health officer of Palmerston North, paid an official visit to Otaki yesterday, and as a result several backyards will undergo a "spring" cleaning. In the Gisborne Supreme Court Oswald Randall was sentenced to imprisonment for three years for an aggravated assault, on a neighbour, whose jaw he fractured with kicks of a hobnailed boot. ,

Wo remind town and district, residents that a canvass for vegetables, etc., will be made on Monday and Tuesday for the purpose of alleviating distress among the starving children, of Europe, and that an auction sale .will be held the following day. \ A number of Otaki ladies very, kindly .journeyed to Manakau last night and provided the supper for the concert and dance in aid of the baud funds. The kindness of the ladies is much appreciated by the band om-\ cials and meniberai.

Fred Barratt still leads the way with boot and shoo repairs. Ho uses no interior leather and puts in only iirstclass workmanship. Prices right; try him. Once tried, always tried.—Advt.

According to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society's ranger", good fishing has been reported in the Waiohine and Mungaturiri streams, near Carterton. Last month there was too much water in the Rangitikei river, but good sport lias been offering in the Otaki and the Waitohu rivers.

Mr W. B. Macintosh, the well-known j coaekbuilder of Levin, is at present j engaged in building a body for a fire! engine, to the order of the Levin brigade. Mr Macintosh is noted for his high-class work, ami when completed the body, as well as the engine, should be a credit to the. town. / At the Invercargill Police Court James Lee was lined £3 and deprived, of his civil rights for five years, forj failing to attend drill. The Defence authorities stated that the defendant had been fined soveral times and was a . systematic shirker. The police evi-, dence showed that the defendant had stated that he considered he should Liable to do as he liked in a free counj try- ♦.'s J ; ,:

Attention is called to Mr L. St. George's replace advertisement in today's issue, in which he gives particulars of a number of seasonable ami useful lines just received on indent, order. In connection with his photographic department, Mr «. George has made arrangements for developing and printing, and can guarantee promptness und excellent finish at, Wellington priecs. Mr T. Martin, called at this office and staled, in connection with the hearing of the charges against him Monday, that what he wanted the Court to understand was that he wa - asking Mr T. Bevaa what chance He-, lover) had in the next. race, when seen by Detective Culloty in conversation, with Mr Bevan at the Horowhenun races. The published reports, he said. [ conveyed a wrong idea of what oc-; curred during the interview.—Palmerstun "Standard." The case arose out of aileged bribery in connection with the Easton case. Readers are reminded that the' garden fete, postponed from Wednesday last on account of bad weather, will be held at Mr and Mrs Frank _ Penn's garden to-morrow- afternoon. The"gate* will open at 1.30, and the official opening by Mr J. P. Brandon is limed lor I p.m. Given fine weather . a very large and pleasing function is| assured. Should it.be wet, the affair i will be held in Bright.-' Theatre. \ The tn-<-r>\ flood will be the means of severely hampering the Horowheana County Council, as thousands of • pounds of damage have been done. l! will take several weeks to fully re-

-tore the bridges, and in the meantime through traffic will be considerably interfered with. The Council, being short of timber, has requisitioned all possible, including a quantity that was to be used tor the crossing span at tic Otaki bridge.

A meeting of the Otaki cemetery oinmmee was held last night, when t was decided to have improvements ffected at the cemetery. Tie books rere found in anything but a satisfac-

tory condition, there being no entries of burials since 1917, while it ascertained that many sections re-J gained to be pegged, and that no sectional plan had been made. The clerk .I .Mr Davies) w as instructed to make J ■ ie books, etc., up to date. )' Dairy farmers especially should be :tvrested in an advertisement insert- • i elsewhere by Messrs Taylor Bros.,j ho have been appointed agents forthe Para Kubber Co. The firm have in stock at Otaki Railway inflations,, '.law and air robbers, and are prepared ( :o iecure fittings for any make of J milking machine. This should fill aj long-felt want, »ed one iiat should be 4 appreciated by farmers, ilesir. Taylor j Bros, have also in stock motor tyres I and tubes, made by the same firm. * j

Considerable damage wag done to tie xoj&da is T he Te Horo district fey the floods early in this week- The Mangsone stream overflowed, its hbakf in manv directions, the flood waters etrfc.-ing «-£ main road, near Te 3oro cheese fasiory. and inundating tbe Oaddock.-. AH slang the Bfcich load there *££- e ctany wajfco-au- fey tie flooding of Ts£ Mangaone. In OUS ManKone Valley Sr* OS? was blockea by Blips, and slit*, also &2»e dowa in other places. For some days after tie flood a eassuffi of water flowed right across the' Mangaoat rood rie*.r

the railway station. This is an oW trouble that constantly causes annoyance and inconvenience, and it is high time tie County Council remedied tie trouble.

Mr J. Fogden's horse bolted from opposite the "Mail" office yesterday, but after a short galiop was seized by the fleet-footed owner. No damage was done. ; -> i v