THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 11 January 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j Readers of the “Mail” are notified that subscriptions in advance for the current quarter are due. By paying in advance Is on the quarter’s subscription may be saved, and all who wish to take advantage of this concession should do so before the end of this month.

1 The Te Horo stock sale will be held on Monday next owing to Wednesday being the Horowhenua Show date.

Several articles of jewellery, recently stolen from Mr Tom Morgan's residence, were yesterday secured by Constable SatbeTley. they having been dropped into the post office box at the Otaki Railway.

The members of the Otaki Brast Band played several fine selections at the kiosk .last night, when there was a ■ large number present, all of whom fully appreciated the items. A dance ‘ was held on the tennis court, the ’ Band supplying the music, while a collection taken up was the means of swelling the Band's funds by over £3. Mr and Mrs Cottcrel! afterwards enj tertained the Band members at supper. ' Mr .T. Sievers, cabinetmaker, upholsterer, and general* furnisher, of Otaki has on hand several useful line.- which he is prepared to sell at lowest prices. : His furniture is of high quality, the * workmanship being of the best, while all lines are selling below City prices. Mr Sievers also keeps fine stocks of *■ crockery, etc., a price-list or which, is advertised.

Si ill to the fore with the be?* leather, the best workmanship, and the lowest prises. Thy m £ee f or yourself .—-Bred Barrett, Dnnstan Otaki Railway- —Advt. _

Owing to the holidays tho Hutt County Council meeting, to have been held yesterday, lapsed.

Mr H. 13. Wise, Te Horo, elsewhere publishes a price-list which is worthy of perusal.

A clearing sale, on behalf of Mr A. Strawbridge, will be held on Monday next as advertised. An auction sale of meat, vegetables, furniture, etc., will be held at the'Otaki maTt on Saturday as advertised. It is probable that the Springboks will be represented at the Waikanao sports meeting by one or two of their team ‘ 1 . a^’sStiiik, Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., who is to retire at the end of this month, went to work when he was 10 years of age. On New Year's Day a shark, just on seven feet in length, was caught in the river midway along the North wlole, Wanganui, Mr “Andy” Lees has kindly offered a trophy towards a sports’ meeting which it is proposed to hold at Otaki at Easter. Mr Rae Crichton, dancing master, has resumed teaching of the latest ballroom, London jazz, toe, elassicai and fancy dancing. I’ull particulars are advertised. A grand Native" concert will be held at Brights’ theatre on Thursday, 10th ■inst., when choruses, poi dances, Maori ditties, duets, and solos will bo the order of the evening. A dance wiil fob low, and all who attend may depend on passing a pleasant evening. The programme will appear later. The members of the Hutt County Council, and more especially the Chair--1 man (Mr John Barclay) and Air A. L Mackuy, are greatly concerned over the l’araparaumu-l’aekukuriki road, which shows signs of subsiding, due to the heavy traffic that frequently passes over it. Several bridges are also unsafe, and warnings have been given that heavy loads are prohibited. Despite this lorries, with seven or eight tons aboard, make trips over them, and drivers will only realise their danger when an accident occurs. The road problem is a very big one, and will probably be well discussed at the next meeting of the Council. A little money goes a long way. Here is your chauee. We are selling our stock of ladies’ aud children’s white shoes at reduced prices this week. Shop in Otaki,'at Irvine’s Shoe Store. —Advt. Hoof deep in grass, in some places almost up to Uieir knees, the cows ol' Taranaki have literally been pouring milk into the factories. More cows, too, are being milked this year than last year, because the farmers need all the money they can get. Milk is plentiful and cheap in Taranaki. The advent of the milking machine has revolutionised the industry, greatly lessening the work, and ensuring a much greater degree of cleanliness. A big herd which once required the manual labour of a whole family for several hours night and morning can now be disposed of by a couple of workers with comparative ease in a couple of hours. What a change, too, has come over the sheds and yards! Concrete, washed down after every milking, now predominates. One does not now see Bose or Darkie waiting leg deep in evil-smelling mud for her turn to enter the bail. The conditions under which milking is carried on in Taranaki now leave little for fastidious people to cavil at. —Wanganui Chronicle.

“Within the last week or so,” states the “Public Service Journal.” “several married temporary officers have had their employment terminated ax the end of a few days’ notice. Some of them have been continually in the department’s employ for five years or longer, some of them have five ones dependent on their earnings, and some more. All arc to make way for other men transferred from another section of the service and whose service is shorter than their own, whose domestic responsibilities are la*s, and whose suitability for the new class of work is problematical. What a Christ mas box to receive after five or six years’ service! Three or four days in which to find other employment in an overstocked labour market. Surely

live or six years’ continuous service entitles an employee to something better than this? Surely a married man with several of a family has claims on departmental consideration superior to this ? ’ ’