THU OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 2 June 1922, Page 2

THU OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* Mrs Williams, who is holding a shop day in aid of the rest resort memorial site, has already met "ith much encouragement. Further donations, however. will be gratefully accepted. A meeting of lho.se interested in a fate well to Sister Lewis was held at the Council Chambers last night when it was agreed that, as the Xatives were arranging a function, to leave matters in their hands. Services in connection with the Ota* ki Methodist Church on Sunday should be well attended. The Rev. A. Ashcroft will officiate morning and evening. Collections will be- taken up in aid of Church funds. The Otaki Cabaret Club will hold its weeklv dance on Monday, when it is expected there will be a large crowd. Mr -Tauncey has arrangements very complete, the floor v. ill be perfect, the music first-class, and other detail given attention. Visitors, as weii as local and district residents, should make a point of attending.

The Mnnawatu Competitions Society intend holding their first festival in the Opera House on 24th to the 28th -1 lily. Till' syllabus comprises eioi-jHo;., Speeches. nnesie. .i-meing. and choir contests. The Society i- under the patronage of Hts K- e.-ib-m--.- im- governor General, while Mr S. Vfgrv.ek, Mr Kobc-rt Parker. and Miss Cecil Hall .Auckland) will get :■ - indues. Messrs Bird Bn-.’ sawmill machinerv. which ht-.s been bough" ■ y Mr Kusebs, of Rotorua, has been removed north. It necessitated a dcr.l of hand- ' ling. but. nevertheless, as mu h as 85 tons in a few day; were taken round the dangerous corners to the Manakau railway station. Several of the- loads were 9-horse ones, and how some of the corncgs were negotiated is best known to the drivers. The carting was clone by Levin contractors. Xow that the races will be on this week you will require a new p’air of boots or shoes. We are giving a reduction on some gents ’ lines to clear, and fitting rubbers free on ladies’ footwear. Open till 9 p.m. Friday, closed Saturday.—lrvine’s Shoe- Store. Otaki. For Children’s Hiking Cough; Woods' Great Peppermint Cure,— Adyt,

There will be a counter delivery be- j tween 7 p.ut. and S p.nt. at the Otaki { Post Oifiee this evening. j A sharp double shock oi' earthquake I was felt in Levin on Wednesday. A I “Chronicle'’ representative who happened to be speaking to the “Otaki Mail’’ by telephone at the time got intimation in advance that the seismic disturbance v.as coming, its oilcct be iag observed there a second or two before it reached Levin. A simple calculation shows that the mote milk a eow gives the cheaper becomes the cost of food per gallon, be cause a four-gallon cow does not require twice as much fodder as it twogallon eow —a double allowance of cakes and meals will usually suliice. The most economical herds are those that yield well oa a normal ration. This is a matter mainly of breeding aud selection and one of the main objects of a milk-recording society is to show the members which of their cows produce the most milk, so these cows may be used as foundation cows, put to a bull of good milking strain, and the heifer calves reared. —ft. H. Garrad in the Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. London, Mr T. \V. Garth, who has taken ovei the Kailway Hotel, intends to run this well-known hostelry on up-to-date lines, and besides the best of accommodation will stock only lpading brands oi wines, ales and spirits. Visitors cannot do better than make the place a port of call.* A thunks notice from Mrs Bell, tarn jlv, and relatives is inserted elsewhere. We remind our readers of the dance to be held at the theatre on .Saturday night. Prime onions, swedes, and apples are advertised for sale by Mr Hill, Kangturu Koad. For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt. <V«caa«<iinnirwr»i'i Wgggg ta. ga