THE OTAGI MAIL Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 21 April 1922, Page 2

THE OTAGI MAIL Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

— Readers of tlie “Mail” are notified ! that subscriptions in advance for the current quarter 'ire due. By paying in Tiie Otaki Borough Council has the sum of £944 outstanding in rates. All ladies willing to assist in selling poppies on Monday next are asked to secure particulars from Captain Bax. The total amount spent on street improvement in Otaki during the past year amounted to £1499. The coast line of Heligoland, which | measured 2u miles in A D. 1309, .had | been reduced to three miles in 1900 i by coast erosion. ! The Chinaman, Young Bun. who i caused a sensation in Otaki ori TuesI day night, was on Wednesday taken to I the Porirua Mental Home. ' The question of riding cycles in Otaki without lights after dark is still ! agitating the minds of Borough Councili lors. and action is to be taken to stop I this dangerous practice. At Wednesday night’s meeting of the Otaki Borough Council it was decided to endeavour to secure a portion of the £.">000 promised bv the GovernI meat for the proposed water-works. ‘•Wear a poppy on Auzae Day” is the heading of an advertisement appearing elsewhere, and we trust all will do so and thus help to relieve distress among the. many unemployed soldiers. The railway time-table for A mat Day is advertised. Mr H. B. Wise, Te Hord. advertises several lines of goods at low rates. A perusal -of the announcement should well rep>ay our readers. The committee of the Xative Church elsewhere thank all Europeans and Natives who attended last night’s concert, and also bestow thanks on the able secretaries —Mrs Te Haua and Mrs Hawea. Captain Bax, the ‘‘old sport,” has a splendid assortment of goods, all oi jbigh quality yet low’in price. He also yr.fifrei a specialty of suits which may be obtahfl&d yt £4 15s to £7 ss. An advertisement appears elsewhere. Football boots at 16s fid. a good line, 'all leather. Our stocktaking is hnist- _ ed, but we *till have a few lines to j clear at 20s a pair, aho plenty of sizes in boots to clear at job prices. Gum boots just in; guaranteed new stock. 3ay your Easter footwear at Irvine’s Shoe Store / Otaki. —;Adyt.

| The Otaki public library will be clos- | ed on Tuesday (Anzac Day). I The Otaki Chora 1 Society will hold a I gvuml concert on -May 4ih. [ T'ore will be services at the Te Horo Church on Sunday next at 2,‘iO t>.m. The annual bazaar .in connection with the Te Horo Anglican Church will be held on May l(Jth. advance a saving of Is ndiy be made, :u d all wiio wish to secure this conces- * si on should do so at once. Among the visitors to the Otaki Native concert last night was a large contingent from Plimmerton. Levin, Ohau. and Manakau were also well represented. At Otaki* to-day Edward Webby was chai'gcd with incest, lie pleaued guilty and was committed to tne Supreme Court for sentence. Messrs Freeman and Brandon were the- presiding J ’s.i'. As a result of last night's concert at Otaki the sum of £-0 Us was taken at the door, while with the collection of tickets the Total c amounted to £Gt> 7s. There are still several small sums to COlUe iU> .fi ,;;.t aft Mr D. (5. Mackenzie, dentist, lias made arrangements to secure a resident dentist for Otaki, whose chief duty it wiil be to attend to school children’s ‘ teeth. Further particulars will appear later. Anzac Day in .Manakau will be fittingly celebrated, and the soldiers’ memorial will be unveiled by id r Field, '.Mb'., at 10.43. Short addresses will iI be delivered and hymns, appropriate I for the oceasioti, rendered. Mr Byron Brown has ottered to con- ' tribute £3O towards the cost of laying tar macadam from the kiosk to the i bench. Another gentleman has offered |to contribute £)o towards the same ■ work. i ’ Messrs \Y. and G. Noble. who ha\e sum-essl ully carried on a butchery business in Otaki for many years, have sold to Mr A. Knight, for some time a wellknown resident of Manakau. An opening announcement appeal's elsewhere. Mr 0. 1.. Yarnliam was a visitor to Ott ki yesterday to complete arrangementsl with Mr Jauneev for the screening here shortly of two big film features, ‘* The Woman in the base,’’ and * • .loan of Arc of Loos.” These films v. ere produced in Australia by the taimlns Willougby Dramatic Co., wellknown to New Zealand. Arrangements have also been made by Air .Jauneev to screen on Saturday. April 23th. New Zealand’s famous comedy ‘‘The Bloke from Freeman’s Bay,” which was Rudolph Hayward Films. Ltd. The members of the Otaki Brass Hand, who played at the l’limmerton snorts on Monday, speak in the highest i.-nus of the treatment accorded them

bv tiio officials of the Club. the band was mot on arrival, royally entertained at luncheon, am moon ten. etc., ami. generally, given a good rime. During the day members of the Silver Mission band gave them assistance, and the music was highly commented upon, .-bo pleased were the Natives present that, they donated some £- to the Hand’s funds. The Otaki Band hope, at some future date, to pay another visit to Plimmerton. \Ve have received from Messrs Cordon and Corel,', the well-known newsagents. two fine magazines—“ The C rand. ’ ’ and “The Yellow.” Both are full of interesting stories, ‘‘The Understudy” by (Filbert Franklin being particularly line. Both also contain splendid pictures, and the magazines should be read by all. With them we also received Harms worth ’» pattern book for March which contains patterns for live free designs, and all the latest fashions for maids. and_ matrons. Children’s dresses are by no menus forgotten and the plates shown are splendid ones. Mr Fred SvV't, of tkt Otaki .bookstall, is tire agent for all the above. A strong boy is advertised for. Mr \V. Lange, Kirk Street, has for .-ale cabbage and cauliflower plant? in any quantity. An unreserved sale of timber will be held on Thur.-day, as advertised. The Cabaret Club ho“ an important announcement in this issue. It s worth reading. Messrs Bill* and Moore advertise 27in. corded velveteens, eight leading shades, at 3s lid. For Influenza., take, Moods’ Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt.