THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 16 July 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„4 Readers of the "Mail" aro uorluci that subscriptions in advance for tb> current quarter ar« Juo. By paying ii advance a saving of Is may 1..,. made and all who wish to secure this conces sion should do so at once Mr. li. King, of Otski. picked uj> si is? frost-iish yesteiday which measured over sft.. but last week -Mr. Toby Gray discovered four, one of which was ovoi | 9ft. long. - . ! Mr. B. L. Ellis intend . holding a >ale i of potatoes at Te Horo a> advertised. j The seed he is offering r- vigorous a-id "[clean, among the number being the disease-resisting M.ijestic. '(.hi- is a hardy variety, possessing enormous ' cropping powers, combined with ouaiitj , and line appearance. The other- oil'.-r- ---> ing are also vigorous. ! The Otaki Bowling Club ha- d*eid"d > to hold it? annual bull in the Otaki ' j theatre on Thursday, August lo'th. when . i' is fully expected that the function will be more enjoyable than previous ' years, while the attendance is expected ' to be a record one. As tie event is . generally looked upon as the ewnt id' 1 the reason, visitors will be expected liom all part- of the coast. Mr. A Sstherley has been appointed secretary, and backed by an energrstic comnnttet-. With the whole of New Ze- iand .teeply affected by tk<* terrible railway smash and its attendant loss of life, special tnteres- v.ill be centred id tile effort making o unique pictorial record of the j tragic event, special photographers in | addition * 0 those on the staff were soon ;; ' -S GfsW.e 0/ tile ''si;. I ?.k>ag JSJC i tares and the result of their werk is shown in tie remarkable series of photographs depicting the accident from every angle, giving a vivid impression of the horrors of a railway smssh. 1 No fewer than ten pages have been deI voted solely to illustrating the ianieat- * j able disaster and giving one a close up ' view- of the accident as it really happened. A coloured supplement portray- ! ing the weird night scenes is also issued j | with this number. Boring enthusiasts j ! wiii be interested in the pietoriii space j occupied by the Kilbane-Crique featherweigh: champions in their contest: at , New York, while football is r»present*d in snapshots of the Auckland Hep-resent- , atives v, the Maori Team and racing in j views at the Uannevirke Baaing dub's meeting. Theri are numerous other mis- I ceilaneous subjects that will catch 'he eye in addition to stage and screen. ' The "Beview" is on sale at all book- 1 SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.— ! Our half-yearly sale is on aid ail it* ! odd lires must be cleared in ladies', gents', and children-'a boots and shoes.. For Bronchi?! Cough", take "Wosds' Ores*. Peppwmint Cure.

1 The dairy cows in New Zealand 1 number 1,238,891, cattle 3,475,449, horses 331,922, sheep 22,928,86-1 and pigs 396,658. All the figures show an increase I over last year. j "We request withdrawal oi the ridij eulous prohibition oi the publication ' of dividends which is a patent absurdity operating injuriously against the genera] pubUc," said Sir George Clifiord when addressing the Hacing Con- ■ ieienee at Wellington. I The first shipment ol cuttle to leave ' the Manawatu district via the port ol Foxtoii ill lourteen years was shipped per s.s. Kennedy on Wednesday, for Lyttelton. The cattle, lorty head in ail, were shipped by -Messrs DaJgety • and Co., Ltd., ol Palmerston North. and are to be sold at the Addington f. market, Christchurch. It is probable that further shipments will follow. At a meeting held in Pahueision North tllie .Mayor (Mr [•'. J. Nathan sttited thai in the course oi a. coiil versation with tlie Minister ol Mailways recently ho had been inlormed thai within two months the Minisdei would give a definite date lor the commencement oi the work in connection wmil tiie railway deviation at l'almerston North. "The headmaster can give a punishment which 1 cannot, and it is much mute effective," said Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, when he was auvi&iug the police not to bring board-ing-school scholars who had broken by-laws belore the court, but to report them to their headmasters. "1 don't like the idea, or boys corning to court and hearing what is going on," he concluded. iA business mail always made young men who applied lor u post pass a .-ttlf examination, un on*- occasion ne set the following question: "Who I floated 'he hrst company:-''' Ml except i otic bright young man was !loore<i. I Jhe bright voting man wrote: "Noah I successfully flouted a company when , the rest oi' the world was in iiuuicla- | tion." lie got the job. ( Se\eUil ol the iui'ge siuiioii-holdeij i j in die Wauuiapa severely culled tin ! j ..leer on their lands in the pusl season, \ and during several tnonths soini j i j thousujids of deer have been destroy-) J ,_'i[ says d".' annual report oi the Wet j ' lington Acclimatisation Society). \ I j i-eiuni li'.mi Messrs Suihuiland shows I _ I liiut bb7 were shot between Feb-ruun I '* : and May 12, 1923. ! "MeiiiDcis ol the legal profession J I suv ihat iliey do u"t know what, 'hey \ '• ate going to' do wnh the bundiedn u. | [ law vers being trained. The lending j Agricultural High School amis to gne : J the bovs and girts a bias i'h the land," said Mr 11. Tolle;, when asking j the Oi'OllU Cuuiltv COUluji lot a grain , towards the mrn'bhhig oi the recently | •• completed hostel in connecii"ii win > the institution. j 'I In: lale l.oni I'Sramptoii .Judgt I Ifuw kins oil' e found hiinsell in : ' v i luiiwav caniage opposite to a reinurUI ( ably hand-ome woman. After looking '' ) :,i tier a iiioineni or two he took oil r his lmt, "I hope 1 am not making a I mistake, madam.'' lie said, "hut I leoi i % convinced I have had the plt.-a.-uri oi j i meeting you somc-wHicre. I am Mr J j lustice Hawkins." "Yes, - ' she said, f j 'I know you. you old blighter. The j I last time I saw you, you gave- me two j The cost o: house building is noi j j |i|\f|\ i me down vet a whiie, sac j 1- Mr A. Seed, ol the Nov. ZoulandSawe millers' Federation, to a Times repurtter recently. The tli'si step in 'hat j diiection would be one by "he Gov j crumeiit Lands Uepartmem and the] local authorities in permitting a si'ghily lower giade umber, which is euual!v suitable for flooring and wea'diei j boarding, to be used in construction. \ Ma.i ! soldiei- who had applied t" i ,;i, : Dannevirk.. bran, h oi the Hawk.Bay War Heiiel As-ocititiou for leni-I liid in his .-tatement to the s»'cn.-.ary | i l ( uine to Dannev like looking lot | ( if I i uuld make any money, but 1I : " didn't.'' the native vdd the seoretat\. I ; ■. Asked it he drank, he was equalU j , . !, .nc.-t, declaring that, "he did a lu'le j - nine'pims a day." fLaui-liter.. j ' i M ijic duets.; Uses to v.hi. i, wite- :' j .. »•, is n<>w beiuy put un ilhimmatuig • ' ' I lite Katangahape lload Bu-ui< .-.- Fro 1 j motion Society, it, Auckland. The ' j Fivt-iden; oi die Society lor the son;. . 1..,; Wireless in France has put to do- . • EUlei Towei'. A; ;.ix o'clock in the j , I tower -et his liann dock going, opet- j ' [ ,:.. apparatus that • loses in- window*. . ' I turn on die heat and begin boiling j ( . I diu' adopted by a in Cloveland. j , j I s.A bv win h anv "" '•'' .-ounti'y I , lovelier who owns u re.eivin- set may I I ! obtain up-to-date information a, to / toe movements of the financial woi'M : . ' and vital news of all the markets. r : j The Opunake Tnm-s record,, a pecui-. ; • [i;u accident at do Oaonui fai tory on . >unda\ morning-, as 'he result o( * v.-ld, h ;i Maori bo\ named Miki Hev-a • Te Koiia lost ids Hi". It appear- that J ihe bov entered the turbine room, and , ' bv coiiif means got. caught in the -hafiiug being dashed io 'he uoct and ■ i;.; ...j Ti.-- deceased lad resided with his mother on the h'ina Hoad. The - ;,.- idem wa- witnessed by a youth ; l Smith who endeavoured to -■'<> the inrbine. but was unable to I j.-,' v Mr w. vvaswo, who »:as in I the iiuii'' belt off the main pulley, | t> trus stopping ;«e shafting from revOiv. | ~: hig H- was. however, too Ut«". tor j r ,- the unfortunate boj ne-j received farai t I"ia. . ~ -.- ;, j c . h-i.J - '"h'.t • to- '■ ""' ' „~ r .'"''-■ .1., ;. '"!' T .']■ ' V- -..' ■! - ' °' n , of A combined noting or the Omki ■■ h \ Eabui cricket club, will be held to- F& . night Kt 7.50. irapoitant bu.s'aess time in '.U heart of the tows. Ho ha* j -<T repairs to do but will find rin.e to ac j <oc more. Get Lis prices, and see ais leath- ■ ■■;.. er.—Advt. .■.}.. he- u; banish the friction; which -ever Ed'. By rclfjxiEig the bonds rvhieh nr.tt.raia. "; r Sovereign State- sealed in anion for -ere •3= j .^o: Ad-rt. cat.

Tho local eadots, under Captain Lewis and Sergt.-Major Pcare, are at present in training. Two fine fre.it 1. a . eie t'ound on ;'. ■ Otaki beach on Saturday morning. while at Hokio several have been found during tbe past week or so. There is a vacancy at the local Post office for a boy. between 14 and J'i years of aye, with a public school proficiency certificate. Two of our local singer.- arc gaining recognition of their quality outside Otaki. -Miss Maud Elderton received tin engagemeut for the Pet one Bowling Club's concert on the 3rd. July Ibr success was .-..> marked that she c. a • recalled three limes after each solo, au.i the coiuniittee of i!ie duo were so pleased with her performance that they forwarded her double tin; fee agreed on. Further Miss KMeiiuit has been engaged for the Lower llutt annual concert on the i'Oth. August, in conip-iuy with the leading Wellington artists. A member of the committee, after hearing Miss Constance Beiri.il. advise 1 that .-•ho should also be engaged and she will doubtless have a similar success to Miss Elderton 's. Otaki is to be congratulated on being able to sen 1 such r dented singers to represent it, and, inc'dcu--ally, to advertise the town. Prime lucerne hay is advertised for sale.