THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 19 April 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Benders of the “Mail” are notified dint 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.

Mr C. W. Duucu'm has sold his Mftnakau property to Messrs Evans and Sawyer.

The Waikanae Gun Club has held its annual meeting and a successful season is assured. Mr Geo. TVilmshurst lias been appointed secretary. Two motor-cyclists, rounding Messrs Bills and Moore's corner at Otaki Bailway, yesterday collided, but very little damage was done.

The Otaki Borough Council invites the public to observo Anzac Day, and elsewhere gives particulars regarding the service, etc.

Mr Hoskin, while walking on the sandhills to the north of the Otaki beach on Monday found a skull and several bones—probably the remains of a. Native youth who been dead for many years.

All accommodation in Otaki was severely taxed during the Easter holidays. Luckily, the weather was fine, and pleasant times were spent. The seaside, naturally, proved a popular resort.

A Balclutha lady visiting Milton recently was sliown a root of potatoes, white variety, which when counted numbered 64, and more than filled a kerosene tin (says “The Leader’,'). The smallest was fit for cooking, and the largest was nearly a foot long.

The “Taranaki News" says there L» a movement on the part of drapers throughout the Dominion to eliminate the giving of discount to special sections of the community, and to establish a tulo of allowing 5 per cent, for cash over the counter and 2J per cent, on credit accounts paid by a fixed date.

Indecent acts are frequently committed in Otaki, and at the Police Court yesterday morning William McLeod was lined £3, in default 14 days’ imprisonment for being an offender, while for being drunk while prohibited he was lined £2 or seven days’ in gaol. Messrs Oarkeek and Nicolson were the presiding justices.

The euchre tournament held on Monday night in aid of the rest resort was well attended considering there were quite a number of counter-attractions. Mrs Cook won the first prize after a play-off with Miss Maude Bills, while Mrs E. Bills, playing for the sterner sox, won the gent's prize. Mr Beynolds and Mrs Bramloy won the "booby" prizes.

The pictures on Saturday night were splendidly attended, and all fully appreciated the “excellent programme submitted by Mr -Juuncey. Mr Rae Crichton proved an artist of great ability, and his dancing and singing drew forth hearty approbation, from all parts of the theatre. His impersonation eras very go.od, a fact the audience was not slow.in recognising.

The Native concert, to he held at Otaki to-morrow night, should draw a packed house, especially as the programme is ono of the best ever placed before an Otaki audience. Besides heading vocalists, dancers, etc., there will be Mr Ken Aitken, who is always popular. He will be heard to advantage in his latest monologues, beats maw be reserved at Mr Lowry’s.

TTilliam Ansler and lola Maloney mere married by Justice of the Peace Eugene Oharpe, at Detroit while the ink was drying on their respective divorce desreee. Both decrees were granted by Judge Hunt within a few minutes of eaoh other. The bridegroom wa<s granted a decree divorcing him from Wb farmer wife. Nellie, on the ground that she insisted on attending festive parties and Anally left him. Mrs Maloney was freed from her husband, Guy C. Maloney, when ehe testified that he frequently beat her, and on one occasion struck her with a lamp. - A case has come under a Marlbor ;> ough Express representative’s notice, which, as an illustration of sheer willpower and fine stamina, is hard to surpass. On Friday, the last day in March, - an old gold-miner named Longhurat (known to many as the “Silver King”), who lived in ,a lonely shack far back in the ranges in the direction of Waikakaho, had' the index finger and thumb of his left hand bfown - clean off by the explosion of a deton*- , tor cap which he was cleaning, The i injury was Eerere to one of his advene* | ed age (over 75 years), but he mads i shift with bandages and string and set off to trudge back to civilisation. He had a solid three-hours’ walk along a rough, unfrequented bush-track, and it must have taken much courage to go through with the trip. He finally reached the Picton Bead, was picked up by a passing motor-car, and whisked'away to the Picton hospital, wiser* he is now progressing quite favorably. A; showing the ragged constitution, of the man, it is stated that two year* ego he rowed in an open boat alone down* the Opavra BiveT, out to see, and round into Queen, Charlotte Sound, ? where he was prospecting for coal. Football boot* *t 18s 6d, a good line, *ll leather. Oar stocktaking i* finished. but <r« still have * few lines to dear at 20s a* pair, also plenty of lizM in boots to dear. at .job prices. Gum boot* juet in; guaranteed new stock. Buy . your Easter footwear ,at Irvine’* , Shoe Store, Otaii. —Advt. j For 3rPEcfci?.l'Cougki, iaia iWcodsf Great Peppenatat Cure. —Advi.

A. man named Prain fell from the evening dovrn train on Monday at Tokomaru and broke his neck.

The date of the next general election will probably be at the end of November or early in December.

It is likely that the Otaki Athletic Club will suffer a loss of several pounds over its meeting on Saturday.

A meeting of the Otaki-Tararua Mountaineering Club, to have been held last night, lapsed on account of the paucity of attendance.

As a result of the collection taken up at the Otaki Anglican Church in aid of the Russian famine fund a sum of nearly £l6 \vq,s given.

The Manakau Soldiers' Memorial Trill be unveiled by Mr W. H. Field, M.P., on Aniae Day, when services will be conducted by the Kovs. Petrie and Keall. Particulars are advertised.

The Hautere Riflo Club's dance at Te Horo od Monday night, was a great success. Mr J. Guy was an able M.C., Mrs Day provided the best of music while other arrangements were complete.

Mr W. H. Field.. M.P., ha. promised to take part in the Anzac celebration# to bo held at Otaki and Manakau. At both places the Otaki Brass Band w4ll be in cvidonce and special hymns, etc., •will be rendered.

Mr N. C. Davidson,- of Te Horo, has shown us freaks in the shape of apples with leaves protruding from various parts. While some of the fruit is ■wellmatured others present this curious spectacle. The fruit will be forwarded to Mr Kirk, of the Horticultural Department,

A Chinaman, evidently suffering from a fit of mental aberration, and in a semi-node condition, caused aom© excitement in Otaki last evening by entering several houses and frightening the female inmates. Constable Sntherley was acquainted with the fact and shortly before 8 o'clock the unfortunate mau was in custody.

Tho Easter service? at the Anglican Church were very largely attended, and the addresses, given by the Vicar (Rev. Petrie) were listened to attentively. The Church was nicely decorated, while solos by Mrs K. Fielding and Miss Elderton were particularly well rendered. There were many communicant* present at all services.

At the Otaki sports on Saturday, the Wairarapa athletes regained the McVilly Shield, which they lost at Palmerston North by half a point last year. The men put up a remarkable record of wins and places, the points scored for the shield totalling 84}. Manatvatu was second with 27, Hawera third with 14}, Wanganui fourth with 11, and Para par&umu and Waikanae scored 13 between them. A good eorr is advertised for eale. A key is advertised as having been lost. The monthly meeting of the Otaki Borough Council takes place to-night. Five hundred men applied for a job as caretaker at an Auckland golf links. A silk scarf is advertised as lost, and a reward is offered for its recovery. Mr H. Cockrell is making a specialty of flannelettes, and residents should inspect the stock. Mr F. W. Vere gives notice that he intends to apply for a slaughter-house license. Messrs Joplin and Co. -will sell 250 lots of household furniture on Friday next at 2 p.m. A clearing eal* will be held at the Waikanae yards on the 26th on behalf of Mr G. L. Bannatyae, as advertised. Misses Knox (3) made the journey to Table Top on Sunday and obtained an excellent view of the surrounding country. For Children ’* Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt.

The marriage of Mr J. Logan Stout, S.M., son of tho Chief Justice and Lady t>tout, to Miss Dorothy Ward took place at St. Peter's Church, Takapuna, Auckland, yesterday.

The funeral of the late Mr A. G. Witliams, secretary of the Waikanae Cooperative Stores, who died on Saturday morning from double-pneumonia, after a brief illness, took place at Waikanae on Monday, when the cortege was a lengthy and representative ona The deceased, who was a leading Mason, was accorded Masonic rites, and Bros. St. George, Freeman, TV. M. Bimcox, and Petrie conducted the ceremony. The late Mr Williams, who was very- popular, leaves a widow and two young children to mourn their loss, also three sisters—Mrs Shearer (Lower Hutt), Mrs King (Island Bay), and Miss Williams (Wellington), and two brothers—Messrs John and William Williams.

"Within, a short period a double bereavement has overtaken Mrs H. (Dr.) Paterson, of Pakistan (and late of Ota, ki). This week she received a cable from Scotland, stating that her only brother, Mr George Frederick Bobinson, aged 33 veare, died last Sunday. Following so closely on the death from influenza of her father, in January the sad news came as a great blow. Mrs Paterson's sisters, the Misses Robinson, who have bean on a visit to her, are booked to return home by the s.s. lonic, sailing in June, with the possibility of being transferred to th* Talnni, whieh leaves on May 9th, should a vacancy occur.