THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 21 March 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

it is probable that a kiudergarten school will by opened in Otaki. i -V child s i>icv./tr. ic- 11 uuisiiic the ! Xou-ji Hull vest.',,lay, »a ; ,-loicn. il is evident that the bicycle thief j> -till ■ with us, i n.-xi meeting O' the Uva 1;i j School Committee v. ,11 l.t held oa Apiil j 1" ii on account ui the usual meet ing ] night lulling on Master .Monday -dmij. ' i’cUy-thicving is rile in Uliiki and j district, and on several occasions ot j late various places have been visited. Apart from the .Native Church being j catered thieves also made their prej scnce Jolt at a J e Iloro Church, nhorc I articles were removed and replaced by inierior ones.

I Among tile hardest workers in com licet ion with the recent >111! Club cairn vai were -Mr A. K. Jliaton. who was oi great help at the beach, and .Mr Ben Kilmister who was oi great service at the dance. The Committee desire to express their thanks to these gentlemen, and others already mentioned, for their valuable assistance. The Wanganui Education Board ; wrote to the College i-treet h-chooi Committee (Palmerston .V; requesting ; that ail voucher receipts lor amounts i over £2 be accompauied by a two- | penny stamp. In consequence oi a ; remark by the secretary, the commit- j tee decided to accede to the request and to lorward a counter request that ■ all cheques from the Board be ac- j companied by exchange—a practice ! which has been omitted in the past. | Cr. .Monk (Chairman of the Ho row he- J nun County Council; and Cr. Ryder. , met members of the Works’ Committee j —Crs. Kilsby. Broadway, Carkeek and ! 1 own Clerk—on .Monday at Otaki. Cr. 1 .Monk stated that Cr. Ryder wanted J the County Council to effect certain i repairs to Riverbahk Road, but as thi- ! was a boundary road, it was first ik- j cessury to define who should have control of the road. After discussion the Works' Committee undertook to make a recommendation to the Council tkat the Borough take over the control of that road and authorise Cr. Ryder to spend sin on improvements, the County Council to pay half. A London cable received on Monday was as follows: The cneese market continues to advance, and trie upward movement appears likely to continue, lor the supplies are below requirements. The quantity to arrive till the end of April consists ot only 1 175, 000 crates of Xew Zealand and 12,.<00 Australian, arid there are no > stocks here. The consumption is won- ; ierlully good, this being largely owing to tile excellent quality ox the Sew Zealand cheese. The only ques- i iion is whether it will not he checked ; : y the rise in the retail price, which j s inevitable. The shops are now E rlrarging !6d per pound for cheese costing them liS. per ewt, leaving no c narg-is o: profit, sc an advance in tire ( etail prite? of at least 2d per pound is j /XpeCted. ‘ t

Considerable interest was shown recently in a pile of timber on the Kerepeelti wharf, addressed to a settier on the Awaiti, say a the llaurnki Plains Gazette. On inspection it provj ed to be an American style bungalow, and every piece ot limber \vu s cut and marked ready to be tKtileil in position. The job was a very. complete one, locks and binges being oil I the doors, and a clipboard, book-case, plate-ruck, a stove, and plumbing fixtures and pipes included. There are two sides to the experiment in transporting stock by motor instead of by road. It is said that several fat bullocks were recently shipped on a large motor lorry lo be brought into Muslertoii. Negotiating a corner at rather a quick pace, the lorry swung off its centre ol gravity and rolled down the hillside. I lie experience was such a convincing one for the bullocks Mint they absolutely refused to be loaded imo lorries again, and a triumphant drover was enlisted to conduct them on their journey by road as in the days of old. A seagull in the iron Pol jibe name by wmcli Napier's inner harbuui is usually known) on Tuesday morning was seen lo make several attempts to rise irom the water, but could not succeed in doing so. One ot the workmen engaged in reconstructing die launch landing rowed to it, states the Telegraph. When an oar was iltrust to it, me bird seized it aim bung on until it was deposited in the bum. A large mussel, which bad evidently become attached to the seagull while it was feeding on the pipi bun, , was luund on its leg . The bird was soon liberated and llew away with | case. A lady who was a ielluw passeiigci on die Aruwa with the late Sir Wtl- ! lium Heines about two years ago ! when lie look ln» hist trip to Engj land, say s that one day near the I Equator she discussed with Hie deceased statesman the question oi un- : attained ambition, she says site will ! never lorget tiie thoughtful and serious way lie gave Ins views on Hie | subject, and pointed out that it was j not always possible for anyone to gam ! tlie goal in life they bad set out to I attain, site said to him that surely’ lie bad bad all bis wishes gratilieu with regard to worldly attainments, lor iiad iie not position and weal Hi j and iiigii Miuistenal rank, lit- reply : was that lie bad a great deal to be j thankful for, but there wa- one position above all others which be thought would have satisfied him most, but to which he could never now’ attain, and that was to be Speaker of flic New Zealand Parliament.

•’Eighty-four years ol age, a lnugiiillceiit horseman, and a remarkably j line billiard player, lie was the most j j wonderiu! man 1 ever met," said a j ! witness at the inquest at .Maryk-boiic, j London, on Mr John W relufd lJUdd, a j ! solicitor, ot Paddington, who died | irom injuries received by a tail Hum bis horse while following the l’yicb- • ley hounds on November Is iast. Hr. j j A. \\ . .James said that Mr HudJ lode j . continually throughout the summer wilh Hie Deiun unit .-soniei .-.el slay- f bounds, and in winter lie went to j j 1 iugby to tollow the i’ytcliley. ili.- j vitality was tremendous, and alter the 1 hardest day’s hunting, lie would di- -j play bis iinest lorm in the billiard ! loom m night. Altei the accident tie I conlinued to conduct In- business I Irom bis bedroom lor -twine day.-., but | met eu-Tug weukni-.- obliged him io .*■ give d up. lieaHi iohowed a nacture j of the luigb. ■ ibc day belong be j a bow he was, and be smiled at me." j u A hunting triend ol Mr Budd’s de- j - scribed him as the truest pilot over j Exmoor who ever lived. • u

] AlUiougli me large majority ul S ..J. I tilers who »ei veil with Uiv New Zeaj land FxpediUonat y Foree jy- ; ceive.l The war liuMaie to which then i services during tire lal-e war entitled j them, theix* are many who have nej glected lo Intoi/ii the lJeience Lu.-pail- - when ihey changed iheir places }ot address, and for the-e, Uiecluis, I veillilcates, ete., are neihg held. UU | Air/ae Duv, which is not tar distant, I those wlio take part in memorial oi jollier sei vices should wear ail war j medals which they har e earned by i ic-uson of tiie ,-acinice- made lor the j Empire, and it, thereiore. behoves | every meinber oi tiie N.Z.F.F., wiio liras not received medals and who coir l sillers he or she is entitled to be is'sued witii them, to coininuuicate with-, out delay with tiie Othoer-hi-Charge, ; War Accounts and Records oilice, ! Wellington. 1 lie same piocedtire ! should be hollowed by those who are ! entitled to receive medals or memo- < i ials on account of soldier- who s-.-iv- . ed overseas and are deceased, and bn , those soldiers who died p.ioi to eniLiai kali on.

j English sample shoes to cieai. iiatI ing bought a traveller's sample rang.of ladies’ tine shoes we are r-i the them less o'* per .-eel. ..IT all 1. _ w . lines, si/.c.- -i and A in suede, p- >• ■■■'. and glace. Folish, tour tin- !-. 'bill a:. 1 them a; Irvine'.- .'•hoe >tt're. <r - -Advt. A reward is offered fOr the ifccov.-ry of stays of a disc. A bln note is advertised a.- 1"- , ; a reward is offered for its recovery. A -ale or cycles, tyres, tubes. will be held tit Utah! Town Hall on Friday at 3.W. Air G. F. Alurray, chimney sweep, a prepaid to clean chimney:-, etc-., anywhere and at any time at rea-oriabie prices. Owing to trees, etc-., being removed, ami other damage done, Air J. Fogder. gives notice thru in future tre-pn--c-r----on his property at Tasman Hoad will ■- prosecuted. The Railway Department draw attention in this issue to the additional express between Wellington and Auckland and between Palmerston North J and Auckland for the Easter Hobday--. , A ev—w-c-r. will-be held at Alanakau . on April -Ith irt aid or St. Andrew’s . Church, and athletes and other- should • • peruse the advertisement published in j this issue. j

I A seaside cottage at the Waitohu luus been broken into, but, as far as can be ascertained, nothing lias been stolen. Among those who assisted in the tearooms at the flower show yesterday were Misses 0. Evans, .1. Baker, 0. Smith. F. Batten and Mr Minton. All I did splendid work. A good story of a Maori’s firsl rule in a train was lukl at the W anganui liciurned Soldiers’ Association a night m two back. It happened at Hie Auckland end ol the line, and the M ion entered the train with much licpidaliun, especially as the carriage was near the engine, which was hi iwing off steam, lie was not at all happy as Hit* train accelerated speed, and as it dashed into a tunnel all sorts ui weird niutteriugs were beard pro-' reeding irom Hie coiner where lie' .-at. Just as suddenly the train dashed once mure into daylight, evidently'to the gloat astunislunent of the Maori, who looked round with an amazed expression on his lace, and | teiuarked: "l’y gurry —to-morrow!” Not only are exporters keenly buy- I big all the beef they can get tyays the Wanganui Chronicle), but ouL-tde operators are making forward delivciy contracts at if (i per lbtlll), the I i ice to cutniuencc now and last mrough the winter. Farmers should be uii their guard, as it is well known that the beef market lor the coming winter is very promising. Values down south have been constantly high compared with prices titling in the | North Island. It is equally well Known that grown bullocks are in very short supply throughout New /(-aland compared with requirements. I’his has come about through dairymen killing their steer calves and the slump having caused many cattle bleeders lo go out ol business.