THE OTAKI MAIL. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 31 March 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j . , ; The "Otaki Mail" will not be pub . lished on Easter Monday. t. Bipe strawberries are still being pick j ed in Mastertoii. A frost of -1£ degrees ivas cxperieae | ed in Mast.erton on Thursday. ! The Mayterton Kacing Club paid ovei . to the Government £lu77 Oa -Id in taxes OH the recent one-day meeting. J Ail offertories at All Saints' Church ! .on Easter Bay (to-nioiTOw) will be <J ' handed to the \'icar. U ] The Horowhenua County Council EnV gineer gives notice elsewhere that the fj Kara bridge, near .Shannon, will be M , closed for repairs from 8 a.m. to o p.m. |j on Wednesday, April 4th. i| , The matter ef special holidays for j Otaki will, in iuture, be dealt with by •J a committee appointed from the busi- \ uess men of the Chamber of Commerce. " Every consideration will be given to \ residents of the town and district, when holidays are being arranged. , Although offered £IOO by the Wellington Automobile Club towards the . cost of fencing the Paekakariki side of the Paekakariki Hill, the Hutt County Council is passing round the ( hat for further donations. It estimates that the work will cost £4ou, and has asked the Horowhenua county for a i _ donation on the ground that Horo- ! | whenua ratepayers sometimes go over ! the till. In its letter to Horowhenua, ?. the Hutt county says it will make a I contribution itself if northern centres . donate, but otherwise the Automobile , Club's offer will probably have to lapse. Horowhenua suggests that ali the counties up to New Plymouth might donate £2u each. The question as to which breed holds the premier position among the dairy herds of the Dominion is one that has keenly debated by the admiring partisans of individual breeds, but on '.which impartial authorities will not 'commit themselves too definitely. In • conversation with a "Chronicle" repre- \ senative, the Manager oi the Central (Development Farm, Mi \v. j. McCullough, said that this question was fre- . quently put to him. He would reply now as he always did—that there was I no "best" breed. So much depended j on the conditions under which cows j were run—both a» to climate and qua- [ lity of land—that the cow that was , : suitable for one locality might not j' give such good results in another. ( ' Where cows were done hard and had ' i to forage for their feed, no other breed I } could approach the Ayrshire. On veryheavy rich land, probably j gave the best results, whilst the Jersey c came between the two. t Buy your Easter footwear in Otaki. The price of boots is falling, and in 0 all lines tve are showing there is a big c reduction. Call early. Closed Easier Saturday all day.—lrvine's Shoe Store, a Otaki.—Advr.

.Palnierston North has raised the suni of £773 odd to date for the Sir Arthur. Pearson Fund for the blind of New : Zealand. A proposal to appoint one or more ex-constables as traffic inspectors is to be discussed at a conference of representatives of Horowkenua county, and Otaki, Levin, Shannon, and Foxton borough's. The idea is to have an officer with a roving commission over the whole territory to catch motorists travelling at excessive speed and cyclists using the footpaths. Levin and Shannon boroughs are stated not to favour the project. "Tutenkknniua" lies, with bright mystic designs, sucks of ''Sahara' hues, silk stockings splashed with rods and yellows, and handkerchiefs, pyjamas, dressing gowns, and nightdresses shot with me colours of an Lgypuan tunset, promise to be fashionable, according to London clothing outfitters. (says a Press .Association cablegram;. Brown will be a popular colour. Women's "sunset" stockings will be 01 the most daring design ever conceived, blazing with s£ilashes of colour. \ Burglars entered the grocer's shop oi ■ Mr Ernest Brown, late of Wuikauae, ■ I Island Bay, during Thursday night. . The safe was blown almost to pieces by some powerful explosive, and some ' , H'iO in cash and also nine sovereigns, which were being retained by Air ' Blown, were stolen. The safe is totally , destroyed, and the ledgers and otkei j books which it contained are also badly damaged. These premises were bur- [ glariously entered about six weeks ago, I when money and goods were stolen. I Lord Balfour of Burleigh distinguished himself as a maker of bulls some years ago—" The noble lord Shakes his head, ami 1 am very glad to hear it." lint many members ,ol | the Commons can go one belter ilian " I "the noble lord." it was Captain Craig who said: "The naked sword is drawn lor the fight, and never again will tin black smoke oi the Nationalists' iii barrels drill on the Home Rule wind to darken the hearts ol Englishmen." "The law relating to labour combinations," said another member, "must ;_ be water-light, made- 60 thai no judge . can drive his coach and lour through it." "Whenever the Prime Ministei mentions Home Rule lie puis his tool into it up to the knee, - ' was the startI ling statement credited to a Unionist -' member: against which we may place Mr Swift Mac Neill's, "I will now pin to the Attorney-General another question, which distinctly arises, Mr Speaker, out ol the answer the right i hon. gentleman has not given." 1 As far back as October, 1021, a cable message foreshadowed the crossing' of the Sahara by "caterpillar" motor-cars, and the revival oi the ancient city ol Timbuctoo. Now*the first of these result.-: has been achieved. A caravan of live French ours left Algeria about ten weeks ago and crossed tile 2000 miles of desert to Timbuctoo in a tritle less than 21 day.-. These were the first, self-propelled vehicles lo cross the desert since the beginning of time —though aeroplanes had traversed the air above it—and ns the most rapid camel caravans take 90 days, the re-appearance oi Timbuctoo on the map may mean the disappearance oi the "ship oi the desert.'' The ancient -lave city, too, though it may never regain the grim splendour is enjoyed when it fattened on endless processions ol slave.*, should *oon become something more than a sleepy -alt-market. In the fifteenth century ij had 70,000 people; to-day probably ii has not lt)W. tint when the "caterpillars" come en< h ! month, when the merchant* ol Morocco join hand- with the traders of strange Nigeria, who know- what wonders may follows A glance through this week's issue ol the "N./J. Sporting and Dramatic Review" will prove what au excellent medium this Journal is for obtaining an illustrated souvenir of the most interesting current events locally and abroad. The eight-oar race on the • Wanganui River for the Sommerville Cup is the subject of a splendid set of photograph.-. while the Wellington Bowling Club's centre tournament, showing groups of local and visiting players, makes an exceptionally interesting page. The Hawera Motor Cycle Club's Sports at Egmont Racecourse is depicted in a striking series of snap- | shots showing the competitor- starting]

u, ecu.. uie venire pag( are devoted to an artistic arrnngemei of pictures dealing with notable wei ding.- in London, including the ma riage of Lord Islington's dauglite 'Late-t styles from fashionable Pai make up an elaborate and striking pag and photograph? of the J.C.L. ;'••■ ball prize de.-igns and exhibit- at :i Carnival Fete add to the strength o fhe feminine section, 'i he stage an movie .-cctij.n have :t particularlv at

tractive showing that g;vti extra interest to a meritorious isfcue. Kar-ing patron.- will welcome the announcement of another £IOO Bacing Free Skill Competition iy connection with the Thompson Handicap, to" h" ran at the forth-

coming meeting at Wellington on ikl 12th April next. The paper is on =ale and procurable at all newsagents ind bookstall.-. A Diabolo separator is advertised for ale. Applications clo.-e on Tuesday for rame inspectors for the Borough of )raki. *-. ■.■■:.., .'■-.

The Hantere Defence Bifie Clnb's anee, to be held oa Easter Monday, hould attract visiters from e!1 parts of ae district. Arrange-nc-nts are in the and* of » capable committed. •Special services will be held at the rjglican Chnrehes on Easter Day. At taki Miss Elde.rton -will render a solo. Lead. Kindly Light." The Manakati gymkhana, to be held i April ixh, promises to be highly suc•ssfol. Stalls of all descriptions Trill : on the grotmdj vrhile sx-orts for old .d voung frill be provided. In the

No other breed of stock responds so readily to good living conditions nor so seldom receives them as the pig. At the Central Development Farm the old pig-sties which had pens opening on both sides off a central being done, away with and a new single row sty built. The pens will lace the north so as to ensure, the maximum of sunshine, and will be half roofed, being otherwise completely open. in stormy weather wooden screens will be let down. Wooden gratings, which can be raised for cleaning purposes will keep the pigs from the concrete flour and its accompaniment of rheu- : maiics and kindred ills. The point that is emphasised is the necessity for sanitary surroundings and plenty of sun- ! light in the pens.

"The Government tloes not stand any humbug about trees," was o remark made at Wednesday'- meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board. "11 tlioy want u> take their transmission line across a man's lawn or through 1-ii-s orchard, they do so." The ques- ' tion was raised by, Mr Barber, who said lie had heard of very drastic destruction of plantations in the Wiaikato to make room for transmission lines. The Engineer said the »ame conditions did not obtain here as in the Waikato. where there were large plantations and very high trees. The Power Hoards, however, usually gave more consideration to the position of plantations than the Public Works Department. The Clerk said that he had already received a number of letters complaining about the main transmission line, the writers thinking the Board was responsible, but he had referred them to the Public Works De-

partment. In one ease it was stated thai the lines passed directly over a settler's house. Mr Kilsby confirmed the latter statement, the house being in the Otaki district. The opinion was expressed thai compensation could be claimed for the destruction of plantations or similar damage if any pro-perty-owner cared to take the matter up.