THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 1 June 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ Owing* to Monday being King's I B.rth-iay, there ''.'ill be no publication oi the 1 ‘Mail” on 13m 1 buy. I j The Masterlou Dairy to. ha.-. leeui- i | od. to store all surplus butter no.vj on Land for the local winter supply. .. line large cake was among .the nrtieles stoiea from a queen's shop v.' low in Otaki on Wednesday night, t -Speaking at the Waikato Winter ■ Si :>w. the Prime Minister (the Hon. W. F. Massey) said that a new Minister of Railways would be appointed s» oil, owing to the illness of the Hon. • £>. H. Guthrie. Mr. Massey also forecasted an. improvement in the pa seen--1 ger services.

Most housewives will discriminate between a good joint of meat and an inferior one. and are willing to pay a little more for the better article. Bus when it comes to purchasing butter, they will often buy the inferior article, because it is a penny a pound cheaper! An exceptionally fine line of *230 fat bullocks, probably the finest that i has left the Wairarapa this season 1 .'says the Age) went north by road J last week end. They were sold by the Farmer?' Co-op. Distributing on account of Barling Bros, to a Pai- : merston buyer. . When fire-engines were being mobilised to deal with a fire outside the : gates o; Paris recently an example of , red tape was afforded. Everything entering the city is taxed—from a i abbit skin to a gallon of petrol—and . the Customs officers charged with coli meting the toll dues are always active. There was a call for the engines to a fire near Montrouge, hut on arrival at the city gate, and when in sight of the fire. Customs officers held the firemen up to measure the petrol in the tanks, and also to tell them they could not enter Montrouge without a special permit from the Mayor. In vain the firemen protested. and the factory on fire burnt Itself out. A Wanganui resident interested in >

the meat trade, when discussing tough beef with a “Herald” reporter, said -bar frecfiiently the public blame the butchers and allege that they uavc-bec-n purchasing* old cows. The resident attaches part of the blame to drovers. He explains that there is too much dog in droving, and prime tattle going to slaughter ere, in the haste of drovers to erst to their ties- j tination, worried by canines all the • way. The beasts get over-hetted. : and if killed soon after arrival ‘he i meat of a three-year-old beast ‘astes ! as tough as a seven-year-old. The j reporter wanted to know what hap- j pened in the case of an old cow j; 1 she became overheated and was kill-; =d (mediately on arrival. "The eon- j sumers consult s their dentists immedt-* iitely for broken teeth and their doc-! :ors for indigestion.” Teplied the itsi-j tent.

The vital statistics for • Otaki for May were: Births 10, marriage 1, deaths The Otaki Brass Band will play selections at the Kiosk on Sunday afternoon. flanks on tlio Kaugiuru bridge are broken, and repairs arc urgently needed. On account of the races on Monday, the usual monthly meeting of the Otaki School Committee will not be held till tiio 11th. It is probable that an up-to-date cabinetmaker’s shop, with a display of fancy ware, etc., will shortly be opened in Main street. Some - OVCI A; cut ‘ v earthenware pipes which ’ -o i-’i't on the roadside at Rangiuru for drainage purposes.

Mr. Bailey, of Otaki, a few days ago picked up a Maori axe on the Otaki beach. He was digging for pipis when he located it. At si special meeting of the Otaki Borough Council yesterday application was made by Mr. Morse for a waterconnection for fire-lighting purposes at the theatre. it was agreed to grant a Bin. tee.

The Mayor of P.aliiatua, retelling to the remit concerning fidelity insurance t,o be forwarded to the Municipal t. il ere i ice, stated that Miasterlon and other local bodies had iouiid out where defalcations had not been discovered in id months, the fidelity bond had no value.

The average life of a note of the Bank of England (says an exchange,' is a little less than seventy days. The notes oi the Bank of .England are never re-issued —hi which fact tlieie a vasl dilTeienre between the Bank of England and the New Zealand banks whose notes are issued .and reissued until they have accumulated cartloads of filth. The average note smells like a lost, section of a- Gorgonzola cheese and is in perpetual danger of dropping to pieces from old age.

Wi n driving in a stake in Wynen si reef in Blenheim the other day for the purpose of hanging a storm lanirrn to mark a breach in the road, caused by the floods, one of the borough workmen inadvertently drove a hole in the water-main (relates the “Marlborough Express.”) When the presstfiT was turned on there was a errand fountain display at, the spot for n. while, but the water mysteriously slopped spouting. Investigations discovered that a large eel m lire main had stopped up the hole, its head emerging through the punctured pipe, while its body remained within. It was decapitated, and its body served as a plug all day and continued to do so until the borough workmen were ready to repair the main.

The races will soon be on again, and wo arc showing a new range of boots and shoes for winter wear at reduced prices. Fresh stock of gum boots and goloshes now in. Polish, 4 tins Is. Open till 0 p.m. Fridays. Shop in Otaki at Irvine’s Shoe Store. Advt. A boot is advertised for. Mangolds are advertised for sale. Mrs. Olsen and Miss Tarplcy. milliners. etc., have just landed a lovely ass.ortment of goods, especially suitable fur the races.