THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 5 February 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The first meeting of the Otaki River Board will be held on Wednesday night at 7.30. A large picnic party visited the seaside- resort lust evening and spent a pleasant time. The monthly meeting of the Otaki Borough Council and the annual meeting of the Otaki Brass Band will be held on Thursday. The annual meeting in connection with the Otaki public library will be held to-morrow, when it is hoped that residents will display interest by attending. Last week the meeting lapsed on account of the poor attendance. 1 Says the Koxtun Herald: The ever- | spreading goat's rue evidently will . grow anywhere. At Thursday night's Council meeting a Councillor remarked that goat’s rue had made its appearance in the main street! The mouth of .January in Shannon was a very wet one, rain having fallen on no less than 2o days, with a total of 7.72 inches, the heaviest fall being on the 16th with 1.-17 inches, and the -Ist with 1.60 inches. For a similar period last year rain fell on ten days for a total of 1.41 inches. Axemen and athletes should write to the Secretary of the Sports Club. Box 43, Taihape, for a programme of -sports for the 17th and 19th March. Some £6OO is being given in prize money, which alone is a guarantee that the meeting will be highly successful. A programme of events may be seen at "Mail” Office. An agent is advertised for. A disclaimer appears elsewhere. A windmill and a Bosch magneto are advertised for sale. Several important additions are made to the Otaki sheep fair. Mr Manz offers pig potatoes free of charge. Table tomatoes are advertised at 3s per case. An advertiser wishes to dispose of 100 acres of land at Levin. Messrs Twist and Co., cordial-mak-ers. supply nothing but the best and a trial order is solicited. Miss Olive Kiisby, teacher of pianoforte and theory, resumes teaching on February 12th (Monday next). The half-holiday question will soon be agitating the minds of the people of Otaki and our readers should peruse the advertisement on our front page. Messrs Bills and Moore notify that they will hold a quick-cut sale, commencing to-morrow. There will be extraordinary bargains, and town and country residents should not miss the opportunity to buy. See inset published in this issue. All lovers of fruit desire it fresh, and an opportunity to secure the best is now offered. Mr G. Ayres, a well- j known grower of plums, apples, and grapes, has large quantities on hand and is prepared to sell the be-t at low. est prices. Correspondence addre '■ Otaki Railway will receive prompt at-/ tention. but a call at his orchard is desired. If you require a pair of booffi or shoes call at Irvine’s. We have plenty of odd sizes in ladies gents and children's to clear ar sale prices. Try a pair of our sandals for the school opening.—lrvine’s Shoe Store. Otaki. — Advt,

"Why buy ‘Yankee’ stuff when you can get real British manuiacture?” This notice, which was said to have been prominently displayed in a window in Queen Street, was the subject of a protest made to the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce by a local exporter. It could not tend, he said, to produce that cordial feeling for which many of the ablest men in this country and the United States have worked and are working. It was decided that the secretary should introduce the writer ol the letter to the head of the firm, to give him an opportunity of expressing his views.