THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 14 March 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I » I Members of the Utaki Borough Coun- , cil and Power Board were to visit HanI gahao to-day. but owing to unforeseen ; circumstances the visit has been postj poned. I At a meeting of the Otakj Fire Brigade on Monday night Messrs McDou- ! I gall, Mathie, and Xilsson were appoint- | I cd\i committee to wait on Mr Da vies i (Town Clerk) relative to the proposed j now plant. It was decided to keep the j present engine ti.'l the reel was avail- | able. | Mr \V. H. Field, M.P., wrote to the I Hutt County Council yesterday pointing out that another fatality had occurred on the Paekukariki Hill and j urged that further steps be taken to ! j iuiprovj the road. The Minister, in , i reply, stated he v.-ju-d give the matter j careful consideration. it was decided j to write to Mr Field and thank him for j , hi.s action. While driving with friends along the ■ narrow portion of the Silverstream Gorge road on Wednesday last Mr H. Foley, a member of the Hutt County | Council, met with a nasty accident. I The car he was in was pulled off to '■ ' allow- another car to pass with the re- i I suit that the mudguard caught in a ' wire fence. Four were broken and the car capsized oxer an embankment. Mr Foley, who was stunned. had his head injured and several stitches j had to be inserted. He also fell in | about IS inches of water and had it ' ■ not been for his may have ; been drowned. | Mr C. H. Bould has been busy culling ! the deer herds in various districts, and in each case has been most successful. Some 300 were shot in Lower Waira- I j rapa, th'irty at Paraparauinu. and a ! number at Eketahuna and elsewhere. . He considered the heads at Eketahuna ; , the best he had seen, and recommends ', that anyone wishing good sport should : visit there during the shooting season.■ | Eleven deer were captured, and five of these have been forwarded to Ponga- ' J roa to be liberated, three were sent to ' Hawkc- 's Bay district, and three to Westport. Mr Bould has also had lib- | orated in the Wellington district 200 pheasants from Dargaville, while sixty, reared at the Paraparauinu game farm. will be liberated between Palmerston North and Paraparauinu. Mr Bould predicts a good season. In reporting to the Horowtienus : County Council on Saturday that the Engineer had had to go away for a month on medical advice, the Chairman (Cr. Monk) said Mr Anderson had been here two and a-faalf years. He had no easy job at ordinary- times, but lately it had been particularly arduous owing to the trouble over the ! bridges. He had asked the Engineer ! to take a holiday at Christmas, as he i was not well, hut he had replied that < he could not go on account of the ; bridges. The result was that his j health had now broken down. The , Chairman*nientioned that it was six and a-half years since the Engineer j had had a spell, and no one could keep going that long without bad effects. The Chairman's action in arranging for the Engineer's leave was confirmed.

A number of Masons from Wellington are in Otaki to-day. This evening they will be entertained by local members of the Masonic Lodge.

A very successful sale of gifts from the Methodist harvest festival was held in the Druids' Hull on Monday night. Mr Joplin wielded the hammer and all goods sold brought satisfactory prices, in someecases far beyond market value, the sale realising the satisfactory total of £l9. The success of the festival is largely due to the organising efforts of Mr Walter Taylor, aided by a largeband of willing \vorkcrs. At the commencement of Saturday's meeting of the Horowheima County Council, Cr. Harkness said a familiar figure was missing from their deliberations as a result of the death oi the late Mr Thomas, whom they were so accustomed to see at the press lable. He felt that he had losi a personal Ciiend. Tactful and courteous in his manner, he was at the same time accurate 'and careful in carrying out his duties, and the speaker felt that men in public lite in this distrlcl owed a great deal to the conscientious reports Mr Thomas gave of their meetings. The Chairman (Cr. Monk) said he had intended to refer .to their

..-.i.u iic mm nin-uucu iu reiei .10 tneir j Joss later in the meeting. He had j been many years in public life, and ; with all respect to other gentlemen j of the Press, he did not know of anyone who gave fairer reports of public meetings than the late Mr a result, he always enjoyed their confidence, because they knew they would get accurate reports. On Cr. Harkness's motion, seconded by the Chairman, a vote ol sympathy with Mrs Thomas and family was curried in silence. A windmill is advertised for sale. A second-hand piano is advertised for sale, cheap. A girl for light house work is advertised for. Entries close for the Otaki flower show on Saturday at S p.m. A meeting of footballers will he held at Otaki Rnihvay-to-nighl at 8 o'clock. Applications are invited for the po.si-' lion of ranger and sexton to the Otaki Borough Council. Mr M. Bassin will be in Otaki on Saturday, when he will be prepared to take orders for suits, fur coats, etc A meeting of the committee of the Otaki Athletic Club will be held on Friday night at S o'clock. A meeting 01 members of the Druids' Lodge will be held on Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. to form a football club.