THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 13 July 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

——i j In the year 1922- New XeaJauJ e.v : ported Aik,725,040 worth of butter tuiU : cheese and £11,652,353 woith os wool. 1 I There was 'another llood at Manga- : . hao on Monday night, tv. u inches oi i rain tailing during the night (state* 1 an exchange). The rivet *\vas very high, but no damage is 'reported yet. As an indication oi cotidiUoae, n i- j interesting to note that -it Mangayie power-house site there iia» been, vbbjn the last months. 70 inches •>: rain; at Arapeti, over the liist range vi hilis, 9Q inches, and at Maiiagahao iOd inches. An important extension the n*cs of electricity in this district will pro- . bably arise’iroin its particular applicability (to poufltry-fanning. In one small town in California, five iiitilioti \ chickens are reared annually by thi~ means. They are electrically irn übatcd, electrically brooded, ai:d it is safe to say. electrically cooked at. :htend of their career. The .big advantage of electricity for the incubator is ; j the fact that the. temperature i~ rt-b- ---! able—once it it put on it requires [ i further regulating, and farther, the 1 .-.yst, based on American figures is 7-t ! than other fuel. The Feilding ‘-star" says : Each day brings its surprise in disclosure, of. breaches of trust committed by Givi! : servants and employees in private concern®. Never in the history of New . I Zealand has there besn such'a devai- i fating wave of crimes of all sorts, from p c tfy pilfering: and heavy defalcations to capital "offences. The morale o f the nation is at its slackest, i or it should be remembered that for every crime that is 'exposed and disclosed. ’here are a dozen that do not reach publicity—that are quietly *ef- i tied or" hushed up. But there i? one ; direction in which the State should ; 'move for the protection of a long- j suffering public‘that indulges in spec- 1 ulations in shares of public compan- i ie? . Numberless companies have been > formed and floated in all parts of the | Dominion, the members of the public j put their £1 or £lO or £25 or £IOO ! into if—and then something goes wrong with the works. The wash-up yields nothing to the pound. We are not referring to unfortunate companies ’hat have a run of hard-luck. but to those which arc- apparently deliberately organised to exploit an unsuaI pfeTous investing public. Somebody on the inside gains a rich return at i tire expense of the mirterous inve-s----1 tor? We think the Government should • provide in the Companies Act that there shall be a public inquest on all ' =urh. eases that are the least bit suspicious. Seed potatoes are advertised for -‘ale. . Mr. B. L. Ellis has a line assortment of potatoes for sale. Bee advertisement. : An unreserved clearing sale on be- j ' half of Messrs Robinson Bros, -rill be- ! held at Manakuu on the loth. inst. 1 SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.— j t Our half yearly sale is on and nil the ! c odd lilies must be cleared in ladies ’, j t ’ gents’, and children - ” boots and shoe.*, j - —lrvine - t Shoe Sterp, Ot-sk:. —Advt. } *

- A Chamber of Commerce has been j formed at Pahiatua. | The Bowlers ball will be held on j August 10th. | At bowls. New Zealand beat Butidaberg- (Queensland) by 172 points to lot). During last mouth the Otaki Borough Council's ranger impounded two horses and four cows, and released fourteen cows, five horses and four calves. “The kea is the wag of New Zealand birds,’’ said Mr. A. Roe at the Lunch Club, at Palmerston North, yesterday. “He will spend hours sliding up and down the roofs and buildingin frosty weather.” Bank returns show free deposits in New Zealand to be £28.276,202, fixed deposits £17.106,718. Government deposits £619,011, advances £10,227.092. discounts £1,454,179, in circulation. £67.116,776, coin £7,959,761. At a meeting of the South Otago j Hospital Board. Mi. J. W. Henton. Raitangata. moved: “That the Gov-j eminent should be requested to take I control of the whole of the hospitals in the Dominion.’’ He contended that the time 'vas not far distant when the State would control all medical services. Further discussion was held over till next meeting. Arrangements have been made by the management ol the Otaki I. heat re to present the famous Kate Howard** Coniedv Company in a hilarious comedy, j• * Find Me a Wife” n-xi Wednesday, j This rcimbinutuiu of A 1 enupulitan piny 1 ors has enjoymt a successt ul run throughout tlrc North Island and should prove an attraction to this town. Further particulars "ill be published in our next issue. Mr Fred Barrett is here again—-this time in the heart of the town. He has repairs to do but will find time to do i more. Get his prices, and see his loath- | .Idvt.