THE OTAKI MAIL Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 15 April 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reader.- vi *he "Mail" are notified that subscriptions iii for the ' current quarter are- due. By paying in I advance 3s on the quarter ! ; subacrip- ! t-ion may be saved, and all who wish to take advantage °* this concessit j should do so before the of this 1 month. i I

A very heavy fall of .-now occurred on the Tararuas yesterday. Increases in the price of butter Tthich have taken place within the iaij few weeks will mean an additional Zl or o pounds to the dairy fariuers of the country. Something approaching a .sensation' is siaUd to have ta&en place at the Oraki beach * i)ny P* «S> ago. and it is probable that the Matter will he rgstilated at the nest sitting of the &,!&■ Court. - -t »;.

Two steamers arrived at Auckland oi! Wednesday with 70,000 cases of oil.

On Easter Monday the Otaki telephone exchange will be - open from 9 to 10 ii.t -.-. and from 7 to S p.m.

While Axing a window at Hautere Mr CJ. Aspinall had the misfortune to fall against it with the result that his wi Lsi was scverly gashed.

At the Otaki Court yesterday, before Mr J. K. Bills, J.P., Edward Webby was charged with incest. He was remanded till Friday next.

The Te Horo railway station (No. 128) is now connected with the Otaki telephone exchange. A large number of residences at Te Horo will also shortly be connected.

A Chinaman at Auckland was lined 20s and costs for not protecting fruit on sale from dust and ilies. It was the first case under the by-law and leave to appeal was granted.

A meeting of the Otaki-Tararua Mountaineering Club will be held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening next, when it is hoped there will be a full attendance of members.

There were large congregations at the Anglican Church yesterday where special services were held. In the evening Mrs B. Fielding sang nicely "There is a Green Hill Far Away," while "The Story of the Cross" was alsu rendered,

Writing from Scotland, a correI spoudent says that the winter had been I so very mild thai there were no hard frosts, and consequently uo frozen pipes, and that in February, the date ! of the letter, snowdrops and crocuses ' were already showing above ground. 'Hie Patea County Council received a letter on "Tuesday from one settler : who was unable K> pay his rates, stating that his 25 years' savings had all gone in his farm, and lie was waiting for it to fall back into the hand.- of the mortgagees.

Two Detroit lover? quarrelled fifty years ago, a in.l decided never to meet again. The man. now aged seventy--1 eight and the woman, aged seventy- '■ four, mot by chance recently, fell in love with each other again, and have I married. We have received from the New Plymouth Tourist and Expansion League ' a booklet dealing with Xew Plymouth ! in particular and Taranaki in general. 1 Jt is most attractive, contains some ox--1 cellent photographs .and interesting 1 tending. It deals with the settlement : ot' New Plymouth and Taranaki, shows views ot various parts, and is a credit ! to those concerned in it? production, British 'aeroplanes are being delivered to a Swiss company which is conducting aerial joy rides above the Alps, and an aerodrome has been erected nt St. Mortiz. The two pilots who are taking the machines from London to Switzerland are experienced in flying among mountains, having taken Bri- : fish aeroplanes from London across the Pyrenees for the Spanish Government.

'* Tickets for the Native concert, to be held 03! the :20th. arc selling freely, and those who have not booked their sea's „ . should do so. I'oi dances by Maori wa-

hines should create great interest. , while the singing of such performers ! as are mentioned in the advertisement should arouse enthusiasm. The man- ! agement is working assidiously and j the conceit of 1922 should prove a re- , cord one. i The controversy as to the proper time for holding Easter was decided by the Council of Nice in 325, which settled that it was to be reckoned as at present, namely, that Easter is ■the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next af'.er March 21, and if the full moon hap-

pens on a Sunday, Easterday is the Sunday alter, but properly speaking. for the "full moon" in the above me i-'Mih day of the "moon" should be substituted. I The artist to appear at the Otaki

theatre this (Easter) Saturday night I is Mr Eae Crichton in some of hip girl : impersonations, his items being "Busy i liee. "Waltz Me." and his original inj terpretntion of the well-known duet, "Wild Thyme." The art of female j impersonation came rapidly to the fore I (luring the War and Mr Crichton'- first

venture in the art was as principal danseuse with the "Merely .Smith Jones" Revue Company, an/ 'All Digger" N.Z.M.C. show which toured New

j Zealand in 1918

The top of a lead pencil, nine small pebbles, and several other articles about the size of a chestnut were found in'the stomach of an unknown man whose body was taken from the River

Lea near Edmonton. It was stated at the inquest at Edmonton that a piece of paper in man's possession bore an

address in Forest Boad. Wnltbamstow. but the police had not been able to nmi who he was. a doctor expressed .the opinion that the man had been in the wftt«r for about seven days. An open verdict wes returned.

An example of the strangely addressed envelopes with which the postal officials have to deal w*s -sho-vrr. to a 'Standard' reporter" in Palmerston North on Tuesday. It bears the fob

lowing address: "The Superintendent, Manawatu County Council Omnibus Co.. Ltd., Manawatu Gorge. Auckland, New Zealand." The letter was from a man in East Ham, x-ngland. -vho. having seen a photograph in & weekly paper of the Pabn«rstoii North municipal bases proceeding through the Manawsufl Gorge from Napier, wrote .taking for a ppsitipn &s «t driver on one of the buses.

Football boots at 16s fid. a good line, 1 all leather. Our stocktaking is finishi ed. but we still have a few lines to I clear at 20s a pair, .also plenty of size* hi boots to clear at job prices. Gum 1 boots just in; guaranteed new stock. ' Be- your Easter footwear at Irvine's Shoe Store. Otaki.—Adv-f. j Woods' Great Peppermint Cuje, For eoujci' and Colds, never fails.— Advt,

Jewellery, unlike most other goods, is going up in value at the present time according at a bankruptcy meeting in New Plymouth on Thursday.

Some people, say there is no such thing as "luck." A small farmer in the neighborhood of Pulmcrston is prepared to argue to the contrary. On Thursday morning he met a man in town, who paid him £3, which he had liot expected to receive. He was not a racing man, and, indeed, had not bee racing- man, and, indeed, had not been thinking that his luck might be in, he decided to follow the crowd to Awapuni. He did not know one horec from another, but he succeeded in gathering iu all the big dividends that were going. And he returned to his homo in the evening with a wad of notes sufficiently large to buy Lis wifo a fur coat and himself a motor car. —Times.

An unusual case was called at the Gore Magistrate's Court (states the Mataura Ensign), when a. farmer w-ith 1000* acres of freehold land was sued for £2l on a judgment summons. The debtor said the Government valuation of his land came to £3OOO, and he had a mortgage of £4OOO on his farm and stock. The proceeds from the .sale of his fat stock went to the mortgagees. He had 30 acres of wheat and about 50 acres of oats, all of which were still in the paddock. He simply had no money just now with which to payany thing but would be pleased to do so as soon as he was able. The Magistrate said that under the circumstances he would make no order.

In discussing the probable customers for electric power outside the centres, it was emphasised at the lust meeting of the Wairurapn Electric Power Board (states the Age) that unless the power could be supplied to daiiy farmers at a cheaper rate than the. existing power there would be some difficulty in inducing them to change over. One speaker slated that he had been informed by u Greytowu dairy farmer who obtained his power from the gasworks that it did not cost him more than Is per milking for HO cow-. Mr J. C. Bidwill said that it cost more than double that amount for benzine power.

A small shopkeeper in Westport (states the local Times) relates the following as ;tn example of what he ha* to put up with from customers; In response to a sharp note to the effect that if Mrs G did not pay up before the end of the week the account would be placed in the hands of u debt collect** the lady herself came and promised to pay £1 on account on Saturday. On the Thursday night Mrs G——'s daughter entered the shop rvith the cool request: "Please, mother says will you let her have two pounds of bacon out of the £1 she promised to pay yer?"

Mr A. E. Minion, of the "Byko." advertises bicycles, tubes, end lamps at

lowest price

claims against the estate of the Into Tamo Ravriri, of Ohau, must be made on or before June loth with the Public Trustee, Levin. Mr Ken. Aitk.-n. of Levin, offers various sorts of musical instrument? at reasonable prices. Particulars ore advertised. Tenders close on the 28th for the construction of a reinforced concrete tank in connection with the Council's water-works. We remind our readers of the Hsutere Defence Rifle Club's dance to be held on Monday. The function promises to be well attended. A kodak is just the thing for weekends. Mr L. St. George advises customers to view hie stock, where kodaks may be had for <=7a 6d. The euchre tournament, in aid of the rest resort gates, to be held on Monday night in the Druids' Hall, should provide plenty of amusement. Good prizes are being offered. For Influenza, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.—Aovt.