THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 17 January 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Beadera of the ".Mail" arc notified that subscriptions in advance for the current quarter are due. By paying in advance a saving of Is taay bo made, anil all who wish to secure this concession should do so at once.

Caller (after having Kaoifca* violently for ton minutes) "¥orl right, shir; it's the bloke next door 1 want, but he ain't got a knocker, so 1 thought you wouldn't mind uie usin' yours!"

lister Lewis, writing to friends in Otaki, states she i.~ now on a trip in the Atlantic but will be returning to England about February. She hud been unable to get to France but expected to make the trip in .March. She had visited the N.Z. graves at Walton and Codi'ord, and reports that they have been well cared for.' Beautiful wreatXs had been placed on many. .Sister Lewis has enjoyed ,-plendid health and sends kind remembrances to her many friends.

About thirty tons of salvage cargo from the Wiltshire pas discharged at Auckland a few days ago by the auxiliary ketch, Ohia, It consisted of gla.--s, wire, crockery, soft goods, and general merchandise. Work at 'he wreck was partly suspended during the holidays. but is now again in full swing. There is still a considerable amouHt of valuable cargo to be salvaged, but it is not known how long the work will take. Operations will continue as long a.- payable cargo can be recovered. It i.- not thought that a large quantity of the heavier cargo will be worth recovering.

Dr. Harvey Sutton, at the Science Congress now meeting in Wellington, gave an address on child hygiene. He said the health control of childhood was now Tapidly assuming a position second to none in the whole range of publichealth. New Zealand undoubtedly led the world in infant care and management. Dealing with malnutrition, he emphasised the importance of diet and giving children fresh milk, fresh fruit, and fresh vegetables, which he described g§ "our sheer anchors. " He deait at length with epidemics amongst children, and indicated the raessnres being taken by the health authorities to deal with them.

Earthquake? and earth tremors have been of frequent occurrence in Raagiora since the Christmas Day 'quake, and people are kept nervously apprehensive of another fall of chimney-tops. There was a very distinct shock, preceded by a rumbling sound, at seven minute.-'before eleven o'clock on Tuesdav night, and an earth tremor at about five o'clock on Wednesday morning. \ll the available bricklayers have been busilv engaged since Christmas Day repairing chimneys, bat it wOl be some Tdtki before their tvork is completed. The Junction Hotel suffered the most damage, aid it is estimated that the repairs will cos* OTfil £6uo.

The Rangiuru beach is now very popular and about one hundred people were present last evening. While many enjoyed fishing, others indulged in music. Several bonfires were also in evidence.

Cr. H. D. Atkinson, Chairman of the Hutt County Council, has returned from a holiday spent in Auckland. He reports that in the north there was an abundance of green feed, whereas in the Horowhenua and Hutt districts pastures had a burnt up appearance.

All The money that is invested in Turkey in the next 25 years is going to be lost. Mr Henry Morgaiitliau, former Ambassador to Turkey, declared in an address at the dinner of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents. "I am amused that concessions are wanted in Turkey," he said. "It is an unsafe country to put money into. You might as well throw it in the river. All the money that is put info Turkey in the next 25 or 30 years is going to be lost and we don't want an open door in Turkey.*' In a case heard at Hamilton last week, in which a man was charged with

breaking and entering and theft, if was stated that accused hat! been found in a chemist's shop al four o'clock in the morning helping himself to morphia. From it statement accused made to the police it. appeared that the man. who suffered severely from shell-shock upon his return from the front about five years ago; and who had been an inmate of military hospitals practically ever since, had been accustomed to having morphia injected into him at regular intervals, lie was discharged from hospital a short tiine ago. ami not being able to sleep he arose, and in his carch for his accustomed drug he broke into the chemist's shop. Accused was remanded.

A peculiar medical case, ami one which, it is staled, i> interesting quite a number Of doctors in New Zealand, : < that of Mr !■'. \V. Tosh-vin. an employ-

ee Of the Manauntu County Council, who losi the us,- of his right eye as a result of an accident sis years ago. When he v, lo the council this week, stating thai lie intended proceed-

ing against that body for compensation, it was poin'.ed ton by councillors that two examinations had been marie, the specialists in each instance declaring that every organ of the eye- was in good working condition, and there was no reason why the man could no! see. However, he cannot see with tineye in question, and the council referred his letter to an insurance company concerned in the matter. "The coal miners have learned their lesson," stated a visitor to 2sev\ Plymouth, "ho has just spent six. weeks on the' West Coast of the South Island where he hud opportunities of meeting many of the miners. For year.- they have been able to command their own wages and terms until it was quite a common thing for a man to "knock out'-' £l2 for a week of five days and -i-\ hours daily. But he wasn't satisfied. He was told to go slow, and by this means the miners could reduce stocks and force the owners to concede helter terms, The Government then took a hand in things, and before long eoa4 dumps began to arise at every overseas port. The slump came, and it was found that there was more coal available than could be bought or consumed, and so orders at the mines began to slacken, and, iu some cases, disappear entirely. The miners were thrown out of work; they Lad no »p----portuuity of continuing their " go-slow-ism": they had dissipated their previous big earnings, and so to-day they are glad of any work that i- offering and would be pleased to have thechance of putting in even eight hours a day in the mines. They have evidently learned iheir lesson, which is not to slay the goose that lays the golden eggs.—Taranuki Daily "Sews.

Last week's advance in the price of beef at the Westneld (Auckland) fat stock sale was maintained on Wednes-

day. .Extra choice ox .-old up to £1 7s per 1001 b.; choice aud prime, from £1 4s to £1 Gs; and ordinary up to £J 3s 6d. Prime young cow and heifer beef brought from £1 to £1 ss, ordinary cow beef, 15s to i*s. Extra heavy prime steers realised up to £FJ. Competition for mutton was keen, with a further rise in value.-. Heavy prime wethers sold up to £1 16s, an increase of 4s 6d. Oth.ir classes brought from £1 os to £1 13s fld. Heavy prime ewes realised from £1 6s 6d to £1 lis, others from £1

Is to £3 Ss. Fat pigs were yarded in large numbers. They met with a good demand and last week's rate- were sustained. Extra heavy baconers brought from iZ 12s to £3 16s. and heavy baconers from S.?, \< to £.3 J 0.,. Choppers and heavy porkers .-old up to £2 10s. A woman is advertised for.

A steady you.ig man desires employment. Mrs Dann has hens, ducks, etc.. for sale. A part of a trout-fishing rod is advertised as found. A fair, quiet and staunch, is advertised for sale. - Particulars of the Waikanae ,-tock s-alr arc- advertised Tram arrangctiesti for -Antuverj&ry Day are advertised. Mr W. Lange has for sale rhubarb, eucarnber. beans, also cabbage and cauliflower plants.

Mr -J. O 'Connor will run a motor-bus to the Foxtou races, leaving Otaki at & a.m. on Saturday and Monday msings. Eeturn fare 7s 6d.

Mr J. Sievers, cabinetmaker, has for sale a lovely three-division 3-pieea suite. It is made for comfort. loolc = well, and wears splendidly, besides being cheap.

New Year rejohr>«ons are the order of the day. There is or.e that will =av« ycu pounds for 1923 if yon decide to buy all your foorrrear ia Ottki at Irvine's Shoe, Stora.—-A&vt,