THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 5 June 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

/ The next meeting of tin; Otaki lior--1 hough Council will take place on the i 11th iust. "i A sharp shock of earthquake was exj purienced at Otaki shortly after 3 p.m. | on Saturday. A dance was held at the Kaukawa on j "Saturday night aud proved very enjoyI able. The Otaki Brass Band assisted I by supplying music, At the social gathering held in honor j of Nurse Donovan, at Wuikauae, Air Teiie Eneka, of Otaki. supplied tlie f dance music, and tin:-- materially helped at the function. j We understand (sjfys the Inangakua Times) that the police will cite a case agailist- the head.- ol the local Rugby Union for promoting Rugby matches on Sunday. sister Lewis'' psemises in AH!! Head have been broken into on more' than one occasion recently, but very little appears tu have been taken. On Fri-

day night at about 11 o'clock they were again entered but the only article's missed were some race tickets. The Hon. Mr Guthrie and Mr Vv. H. Field. .M.l\. will visit Te Horo and other townships along the line to-mor-row to hear soldiers' views and complaints relative to the farming of their lands. The French airmen, Captain Augieras and Major Lauzamie. to whom the Academy of sports has just awarded the Grand Prix, huvc carried out a number of fine flights in the Sahara desert. Influenza is spr<-:nl:nu iapidiy in Sweden: there an- 1.4-Ml enses in the army, and 2m' in the Bett. while some deal!!- have OCtum-d amuiig p.'iM ■■■.■ flee, telephone, ard tramway .en:..../The euchre party end dance, held at Te Horo on Wednesday, pioved very sueeersful, being well attended. Mr A. Thomson vron the %■ •:■:>" prize ami Mr Leo Jensen the "booby," whiie Miss Hawkins -won the ladies' tiop'-y and Mrs J. Fairley the consolation. The music for the dan.-, was supplied by. Mr- Day. Mr.- Dodd». and Mi Cottle. \ while Mr Guy was M.C. Credit for the success of the affair is largely due to the ladies. Similar gatherings are to be held once fortnightly. Nov.- that th._- rae*s will be on this week vou will require a new pair 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 Childreri's Hsriing Cough, Woods' (Jteat Peppermint Cure.—Advt.

"They were out at the Ked Rooks shooting, and they couldn't hit any- • thing unless it happened to be the i South Island." remarked counsel at i ■ the Magistrate's Court in Wellington. ! "I did not know the slump had af--1 feeted racing; it is the first time I j have heard of it," said Mr JusticeReed in the Supreme Court at l\o\v ' Plymouth the other day. , A story of Fate's grim irony is told in a Sydney paper. George Tlambliug, a returned soldier of Elimbah, North j Coast line, inherited £30,000 and a few Idays later was fatally injured in a tram- cur accident. > In our report of the Court proceedings at Otaki it was stated by Inspector McKinuon that Air MuGill had been a splendid hotel-keeper and that there had been no previous complaints. Unfortunately, our lino operator left out tlie word '' no.'' "I cannot see one unpleasant face here to-day," said Mr W. X. Jennings. 2d.P. for Waitomo, at the opening of the railway line to Maitcre. "You haven't had a look at mine, Bill," said a member of the audience. "Your dial would break anyone up," promptly replied Mr Jennings. A mild sensation has been caused in certain towns of German Switzerland by the appearance of what looked like a miniature Noah's Ark on wheels. Having acquired a small property in Alsace, a farmer dismantled his chalet and reconstructed it on a huge motorlurry. When all his furniture and poultry had been installed, the farmer and his wife and four children moved into the front room. A stable at the back was occupied by a horse and cow, who gazed complacently out while the farmi stead rumbled along in easy stages toward the new home. Parrots are dangerous birds to keep. Professor Wftght. a Cambridge Doctor of Divinity, was on the Bible Revision Committee years ago working on the Minor Prophets. The Professor was giving a dinner party, at which two ntlief Divinity professors happened to be present, and during a pause in the conversation a parrot which was in the room suddenly cried out in a loud voice. "Damn the Minor Prophets." The guests, we are told, found it difficult to belie', e that the parrot had learned the exclamation from the gar'doner's boy.

The law in all its power and dignity assembled at Beverley recently for the East Riding Quarter Sessions. There were: —Sixty persons who had been summoned from various parts of the riding for grand and common juries; forty live magistrates; six barristers; a corps of newspaper reporters; a large force of policemen from different east riding centres; numerous Court officials iantl clerks. The only prisoners before the Court were two boys, who were sent to reformatories for stealing chocolates. I The feelings of a juryman from Filey, who had fo rise al 5 a.m. to attend the Court punctually, may be imagined. A pig has been promoted by its owner to tiie position usually occupied by it dog. In the streets of Ashford, Kent, a young man is often to be seen leading'his pet pig. of the white variety, along the pavements of the town. Tin..- unusual exercise appears to agree with the pig. for it strolls contentedly along by the side of its master, and shows no impatience when he gazes into shop window.-. Its chief concern is with dogs, from whose surprised and curious attention it suffers some inconvenience. But it lifts its snout high in the air to express its superiority, and when this fails a good gruff grunt usualiy sends the dog about his proper business. ••1 think the average New Zealand girl i- much more attractive physically • than her Australian sister," said Mr • T. E V. Tillworthy, a recently-arrived busii ess man from England, when in ■ conv-i rsation with a 'Munawatu Standard' reporter. "But she does not know how to dre.<-. The girls in Australia — { i refer to those in the cities—are really ' well dressed; not showily, but neatly ■- and pleasingly. Some of the New Zea- * land girls are very indifferently cos- >■ turned, although they don't think so. ' However.'' he continued, "the New t Zealand miss is exceedingly well-be- t ttaved. She could show the English i girls point- on manner- in the street." 2 Mr T. W. Garth, who has taken over j :he Railway Hotel, intends to run this *- veil-known hostelry on up-to-date lines, ti

I and besides the best of accommodation ' will stock onlr leading brands of i wines, ales and spirits. Visitors canj not do better than make the place a I port of call.* | A lady help requires a position in or j near Otaki. Particular; of the Te Horo stoek sale j are advertised. j We remind our readers of the Cabaret assembly to be held to-night. Mr H. B. Wise, Te Horo. advertise." , <i-v<-i-i\ leading lines at lowest prices. A special practice of the Otaki Choral Society will be held in the Druid.- ■ flail on Wednesday next as advertised. Tender- close on Monday next for the supply of metal to the Otaki Borough The Hautere Defence Eifle Ciub ; = ball will be held on Wednesday. An enjoyable rime is soured -hose who attend" For Bronchial Coughs, take ■Woods' Great Peppermint Care. —Arivt.