THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 19 July 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

t Readers of the ‘-Mail” are notified that subscriptions ir. advance for the current quarter are due. By paring in advance a saving of Is mar be made, and art vrno visit to secure this concession should do so at once. As a result oi the shop car in aid of j the funds of the Orafci Library the sum of £ll IPs Id eras cleared. It was hoped that a subsidy front the Borough Council would be available and the sum of £l7 .-pent in new books which ore badly needed. A court case was decided at Cambridge last week -when a mart named Clarence E. James was charged -with the theft of type from Mr Frank Been. It appeared James was employed by Mr j Poem and after, securing a quantity of i material, started. a& a job-printer. Ac-j cased was committed for sentence. j For Children's Hacking C-ougb. I Woods' Great Pepperaiat Core. |

Pig-pens are being erected at the Otaki mart and will be completed in time for Saturday’s sale. I Whitebait is becoming more plentiful at Foxtou and some good catches are reported by local fishermen. There are indications of a good season this year. Mr C. E. Buckingham, of Bower . Hutt, who has ollieiated as judge at the I Otaki bulb shows for some years past, has consented to judge at the Society's shore on September Oth next. Thieving is still rife in Otaki and recently one resident lost nearly kall'-a-eurd of wood, while another lost sumo sacks of potatoes. In the former instance a cart was backed to the woodheap, which is adjacent to the house. Prom a reply received throught the Palmerston -North -.lusiiues Association, it is stated by the Gudor-a-oerotary that those as chairman of local bodies, ceuse to ?>e Justices on the termination of such chairmanship. This is not suflicicutly well know u, nor is the reason for it very clear. The l-'oxton Horticultural Society , will hold its spring show on Friday, September loth. The following arc to be asked to judge the various sections: Mr A. Gibson, Martou; Mr Frank Mason, Feilding; Mrs Imrie, Palmerston North: Mr A, E. Whitehead, Palmerston North. Giving evidence betoiv Hie Assessment Couit, a Bienlieitu bunk manager (states the Express) expressed the opinion that when a return was made to the use of gold currency the values of almost everything would be reduced about 13 per cent. Mr EgglestorT; "1 take it, then, that the banks may be expected to reduce the overdraft rate by 15 per cent!" .Witness (hurriedly): “Oh, dear no!” “.W hen you get into a. iOh.p. cur on an American road, with an American driver, there is nothing that is a patch on it in the 'movies'," said the Itev. It. s. B. Hammnd in a lecture at Tinia.ru. “1 was taken by. an American to see something of their country roads, and ihe speedometer went up and up, until ii was jigging about tin? sixty mark. Then the driver turned to me and said '1 think she's knocking!’ 'No, said l, it’s my knees that are. knocking’." At the shop day sale at Otaki on Saturday last, on behalf of the Libraryfund, a gander and goose were included among the items; these were bought by Sirs' E. C. Dunn, of Hautere Cross, i who let them loos,- in a fowl run on her farm. Two or three minutes after being liberated the goose took flight, and after circling round to get her bearings made a bee line for Pukehou, and in record time reached her birthplace, Messrs Taylor Bros’, farm. By the rate '-lie goose travelled she would have given a homer pigeon a start and a bad beating. "Vuiuaiiuu is not an exact art," »aid Ali J. \V. Boynton, A.M., when giving judgment in a Magisiiute's Court ease at Auckland. “It is merely a manor 01 opinion. Anyone who had had experience of Assessment Courts and lending institutions knows how widely opinions of experienced valuers vary as to how much per acre or per loot ;i piece ul land is worth." In the case in question the plaintiff maintained ihut B'gs per foot was the value of (the 'land, but the Magistrate thought a reasonable jury would hud the value to lie about £ls

; A large number ol -Nul l \e -. and -e v - | erul Luiopea us congregated at the Tai- ] uui meeun.g-tiou.so on Monday evening t to bid farewell to -Mr and Airs W. Both- . eian, iio shortly leave to take up teii--1 donee in tiie north. The function, arj ranged by tiie Old Boy-’ Football Club, was one of Uie> muit successful lieitl ai iowiui lor some considerable time, and everything parsed oil' splendidly. The decorations ncrc very effective, tiie llooi. music, and supper "ere all that could be desiied, while Messrs Fred Wilson and Kchua as Ai ’s.C. were encrgetic. iJuring the evening Air Arekutera, on behalf of those present expressed regret that the Club was to lose such valuable supporters and that the district as a whole would lose good lricuds. Ai: Ciotheruu suitably replied. The speeches were interpreted by Aiessrs Tirirni Tuhiv. i und i J u-ku Bikihana. ’1 lie .cb milord eoirespoadeul ol lire Taranaki Herald writes: By a uiajomy ol one vote the Borough Council leiused to allow the Vanguard, published in the interests ol prohibition by the New Zealand Alliance, on the reading-room tabie. The idea ol the majority was that politics and propaganda should be tabooed. A little while ago the Maoriland Worker came under the censorship of the city lathers (i had almost written “grandmothers",; and I think tiie vote was then in. favour of admission. Whether it was or not, the Council will find trouble in plenty In connection with the role of censor.

Hemai kabie stories concerning the house shortage in London were told in the Bow Street County Court dur ing the hearing ol a number of posj session summonses. One man said he i nad packed his family La one room, j while he slept in a shed in the garj den throughout the winter. A woman j said it was now customary to read j the death notices and than inquire a: ! the house whether fhe - death mean; : accommodation »r a ledger. Another man tola the court he had been married two years, hot KSS ne’-'er lived wits his wife, because the landlady refused to have hsr in the house. A new employment by commercial travellers was revealed, namely, seeking houses and room; for clients on commission. Mr T. W. Garth, wbo Las taken over the Bailway Hotel, Otuki. runs this well-known hostelry on tfp-to-date lines, and besides the best of accommodation stocks onlv the leadirtg brands of •ciras, ales" and rpifits. Visitors cannot do better than make the place a port of ealL* *-• Tor Bronchial Coughs, take *5 Weeds' Great Pepperaiat Ctnr*, '

Mr W. H. Field (Otaki) gave notice in Parliament yesterday to ask thg j Minister for Agriculture whether he I will, in the interests of farmers and! consumers of farmers’ products alike, arrange for the publication hi the chief centres of the Dominion, at regular and frequent intervals, reliable information asMo the current local price of meat, seeds, manures, grain, hay. chaff, vegetables, poultry, and other farm produce. We have more lines which must be cleared at our boot sale, which is nowon. Children’s shoes, sizes 4 to 6,' from 2s 6d pair; ladies’ or maids’ strap or lace shoes from 15s to 20s a pair; girls’ goloshes, sizo 1 and 2, at cost price; gents’ light lace boots 20s, 22s 6d; odd sizes iu slippers at 3s Od a pair. Rubbers and polish Od. —At Irvino's Shoe Sale, Otaki. —Advt. A stack of hay is advertised for sale. A building section is advertised for.

Mr 11. Cockrell has a replace advertisement in this issue, and advises residents to deal with him and secure the advantage of low prices for cash. Messrs MeDougull Bros, and Co. are at present holding a sale of high-class goods, which have been considerably reduced in -price. Messrs Joplin and Co. will hold a sale of furniture, etc., at their mart, Otaki. on Friday next at 2 p.m., while on Saturday at 10 a.m. there will be a sale of prime meat. An unreserved clearing sal# on behalf of Mr J. H. Nicholson will lie held at Munakau on Monday as advertised. Messrs Bills and Moore’s sale is now on. and genuine bargains arc the order of the day. Messrs Joplin and Co. advertise 2‘jOO battens and a quantity’ of house blocks for immediate sale. Woods’ Great Popponniat Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails.—