THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 16 August 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

s 3 I a meeting of members of the Ocaki pjjj | Fire Brigade was held on .Monday night, m | Captain J. K. Bill.-; presiding. There 'M j wai- ;. good attendance. Mr F, O. U-1 j Davites i engineer to the Borough Couna~ j cil) wa» present, and discussed matters <M i relative to high-pressure water and ue- [¥ j cessary appliances when installed. A jlw committee was appointed to go into Qp j derails, and to approach the Council for TO j a grant, it was agreed to sell the }y' j chemical engine as soon as water was X. laid on. 0\ : A repre.-entative of a Wellington mojjy i ;,>t firm, while proceeding to Wanganui Or; j yesterday to deliver a ear. met a if mishap while passing through Otaki rt ! which caused him to return to the City yj j for new part.-. While swerving to \\ avoid a can a cow ran across hi» path. ■h and in avoiding thu animal he had to X] ! go en to the wet grass which caused the H ear to -kid. with the result that he col- •/ lided with an iron telegraph pest. The ij axle was bent, the radiator damaged, ■J and the mudguard buckled. Repairs wore effected at Messrs Ayr.- Bio.-.' moI tor enrage. •"- 1 A Levin resident has received a -1 photograph from Home shoving :he ) latent novel use to which '.he aero- ' plane ha> been put. By mean- •: some spe.da! apparatus smoke screens cart | be put up, bm ihe ingenious airman I can so centre: the exhaust vhat he | can form huge snveke letter- in wie I air. and by this means 'write" short , advertisements. The smoke disappears, I or course, in a short time, but while | u lasts the advertisements are quite } effective as the photographs showed, j The novelty at;:acts the attention ol j thousands in the big cities, but tine eii feet 'o? gazing upward is likely :o cause a new complaint.-••aerialitis." i or "advertising neck." ■ If vou are working in the wet or mud j ivhv not bur a rjair of our gum boots ' !_ •„,-' W- tr™.!r -V,-. Pc.J Ball , first grade gum. 31s, the best r_ade. i Just arrived: The Bill M&ssey military j boot, made to our order. Call at IiI vine's Shoe Stote, Oteti. —Advt.

No less than 650 names have been . purged from the main roll at Otaki this I year on account of deaths and removals, j The Horowhenua A. and P. Associa- I tion has decided to hold its next show on Wednesday and Thursday, January 31st and February Ist, 1023. j Messrs Hema V/hata-and P. Winiata have secured a big flax-cutting contract, | and have commenced operation? at Te lloro. where a huge party of Natives will be employed. ; A very pleasant evening: was spent at the kiosk last night, given in honour of the return to Olaki of Mr and Mrs ;Mosley. Much credit is due to Mr, I Mrs. and the Misses Cotteicll fur .the I work put in on the floor and the beaui tiful decorations. Dancing, inteimixed with songs, was the main feature. Mr Archie Smith has decided to run his big bus to the 1.A.0.L'. dance, to

be held al To Hon, to-iuorrow night. The affair promises to be a great success, atid a big crowd is expected, therefore pleasure-seekers should book their seals aarly. The floor will be in line order, supper arrangements will be in the hands of Mrs Bills, while the jazz band will supply the music. The Horowhenua County council may fairly claim to bo una oi tli.e most business-like bodies in the province, n not ia the Dominion, uud its meetings are a model ol order and expedition. At Sauu'day's meeting aa extensive order paper was disposed ol in a little over an hour and a-half, a tribute alike to the chairman's uianinaiiship. Hie councillors' interest in ihe business*, and the manner in which the business is submitted to the Council by the Clerk. Our representative was plodding his way homewards lu»l night through the pouring rain when he heard lungmagc unlit for publication. His curiosity being aroused he investigated and found that a stubborn motor-car was the cause of all the trouble. It appears that a local resident, while returning from a party, encountered engine trouble, and despite all efforts the catwould only go a few yards at a timeHe evidently became frantic, hence rjae cause of swear-words.

A buggy is advertised for sale. Two keys are advertised for. The last week of Messrs C. M. Ross, Ltd.. sale is now on. Messrs Harvey and Co. have a replace advertisement in this issue. Tenders for inland mail services are invited, to close a; noon on September I lili. Mr H. Cockrell advertises further reductions during M;e last few days of his winter sale. Mr Sandford, representative of the Bristol Piano Co., is now in Otaki, and orders may be left tit the Telegraph Hotel, 'phone 73. The well-known Clydesdale stallion, Buchlvire's Heir, is advertised to =tand this season. This horse is claimed to be much better than Lord Otaihanga, which leir fine stock all along the coast, iii fact is said by experienced judges Zealand. For Influenza, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cur*. -Advf i—'iiu'i 11 1 iiii ■ i !■ n