THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 11 September 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr A. M. Dunkley's telephone num--1 her is 147. Messrs Reynolds und Small will be : among the exhibitors at the Hutt -no". on Wednesday. A number of residents went white- ; baiting yesterday but the elusive little : fish were only to be found in very i small quantities. The schoolboys hockey match be- ; tveon State and Convent on -Saturday i resulted in a win i'oi the State by three ' goals—all. scored by Marie Xoble— to j ore. scored by P. Cook. 1 II is understood that another large ! gang of (vorkruen is to be put on the j Paekalcariki Hill improvement work, and that :» large number, who are .-aid : jo have proved unsatisfactory, are to j be put off. j Among tii-- successful exhibitors u? i tte recent Wellington show was II r H. j Witeholl, f.i Oif.ki. who staged some I excellent blooms. H>- secured two 1 firsts, a second, and a third. At the j .WoodvilSe show Mr H. Small practical- ! Iy ?'scooped tiiH pool'-' with his fine I blooms. A curious little- experiment by means S of -which ice can be formed even in u hot loom is carried out on the following linc ; . Maks ?. tube of blotting paper, abr-u: a foot long, of such a sizethat it can be placed over the oad of a pair of bellows. Cut the end farthest away from the- bellows into a frinse. Soak the fringe in benzine, petrol, or any volatile spirit. Then blow down the bellows, hwi in a short while ice crystal; will appear all over the fringe. In tin.;- the- strips which form the fringe become stiff with frost. This is due to the intense cold brought about by the rapid evaporation of the spirit under the blast of air freezing the moisture always present in the atI wear we aro showing for spring wear. ] The prices ire very moderate., while ! there is a good to select from. Irvine's &hoe Store,— Adrt,

Tie Otaki beach is growing in popular favour,, and fine residences are being built in all directions. At present there is a great demand for building sections. The Butt County Council meets tomorrow. The next Otaki Borough Council meeting takes place on Wednesday. The funeral of the late Mr Robert Rnnsfield will take place en Thursday. Mr \V. H. Reynolds will act as judge of all classes, except domestic, at the Faraparauniu show on Wednesday. Mr C. I. Harkness will open his election campaign at Ohau on AVednesday, while Mr McClure will probably speak at Otaki next week. On Saturday night next Mr Jauneey will film "With the Priiiee of Wales in Indi.i." together with "Woman's Place" (Constance Talmudge) and it fine eomody. Messrs Nalok, Turner and Brown, so ! lieitors. have decided to close theii Otaki office, but any business will b< accepted at their head office. Welling

| ton. i Natives from various parts of the • North Island are assembling at Mana- : kau to take part in the tn-ugi over 'he j remains of the late Mr Kuusfiekl. A ! large number of Kolorua Maori.- are ex--1 pected to-morrow, i The final survey, 01 peggiiip out, • <ji the route e>i ilit; transmission line I between Munguliao and Masterlun jnow being made by Hie Public Works Department's officers. Tin- work is completed on the route to Wellington and a start lias been made with the election ol the telephone line. In lhe Girls' song at the competitions on Wednesday Last, aged lti-21 years. Miss .Maud Elderton was very liigliiy commended, while in the vocal solo on Thursday she was, with Mi.-s Morrison, highly commended. In the vocal solo (combined effort) Misses Bervill and Morrison, and Mr C. Tan- i nor were placed third. | j A controversy is proceeding on the Wesi- Coast respecting The name of il>e Otira Tunnel. The Canterbury Progress League contends that it should lie '•Arthur's l-'ass," instead oi Otira, ninl ni this the league is supported by the Hokitikn Progress League Many residents oi Ureyn.oinh are against the suggestion, contending thai as the tunnel has long been known all over the world as otira, the change would occasion endless contusion, i Uelevaul to recent comments on the telephone service, ilie following extructs from Pun el i should make even the most disgruntled subscribers smile: ' Thanks "to the PostmasterGeneral, the high cost ol getting through to the wrong number is to be slightly reduced." Again: '1 saw •a man leaving a public telephone callj box who was quite eighty year- ol age." say.- a London gossip writer. I Nothing is said about how old the ! man was when he entered the box. Getting up a monthly publication if uo picnic. If we print jokes, folks say we are silly—if wc don't, they -ay we are 100 serious. If wc publish original matter, they say we lack variety—if wc publish thing- from other paper-, they ,-n.y we arc too lazy to write. If wc don't go to church we are heathens —it we go we are hypocrites. If wc stay in the office, we ought to be out rustling news—ii wc rustle for news, we are not attending to business in the office. If we wear old clothes, wc aie are not paid for. What in thunder is a poor editor to do anyhow .'Like as not. someone will say we swiped this from an exchange. We did.—" The Case Eagle." Someone to-day is bewailing the loss of a -"oib bag o: cheap Hour, which he had lei; in a horse-box in the railway good.- vaid until i r was convenient to remove it undei cover ol darkness -ays Saturday's Hawer* !?tai . A well known hoi.s-e-trainer wen; to the passenger station this morning to entrain a horse for Havvera, and on opening tlie van found a bag of Hour in the groom's compartment. - As it wasn't In-, and in any case was do go 0( j for hur.-e teed, lie drew the ' ftationmaster'.- attention to tile find, which was removed to the office where ij' awaits its rightiul owner. What j happened, it may be assumed, is that i some unauthorised person on Friday j removed the bag ol flour from a raili way wagon in the goods yard to 'be ! horse-box standing close up. intendi frig to come back for it at night In I the meantime, however, the horse-bo.\ I was removed to the passenger blati form in readings for the horse this Mr B. K. Just advertises hedge l piauf- for sale. Miclielin ear lyres are stocked V.y Mr ■ A. E. MUnton. who offer- a libera; disi count for cash. < Another tucker party and dance will : be held at the Te lioro public bail on ' Wednesday next. ! "Entri*; for the Otaki Horticultural and Daffodil Society's show close on ■ Monday nest at noon. Please note that my business premises will be close! Wednesday (all day).— E. Irvine, boor .-tore. Oraki. —-Advt. Readers arc- reminded of the meeting -.jhft held it. the Druids' HsJi to-night, and as the business is b*th important and urgent, a good muster should be present. The Puraparaumu Horticultural and Industrial Society will hold its spring show on Wednesday, when there should be a great display of blooms. The Society has grown considerably of recent At the request of several reside:::* Mr Jatfficey has decided to hold a "hard-tip - '-' darce i- the theatre to- ' morrow night, itartirg at 8 o : cloch esd provided. The affair sflonla prore mo<t enjoyable and a anesdasce if expc-cifd,

An interesting statemeni in regard to the housing problem was made to a Southland Times reporter by a land agent, who said that of twenty-six couples married in Invercargill last inontli nineteen liad elected to live in lodgings. At R o'clock every morning thirtysis trans-continental trains of the Canadian Pacific railway are passing across the continent, while at the same ; time thirty-six dining cars are serv- ! itig breakfast. These trains include the famous "Trans-Canada." which makes the journey from Montreal tc Vancouver, a distance of 2585 miles J in the record time of L>2 hturs. j For Children's Hacking Cough, ; Woods' Great Fopperniint; Cure.