THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 6 August 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Xlie Otuki State School Committee- ' will meet this evening. Wo remind all interested of the clearing sure of stock to be licM J*t ] Otaki Kailway on Wednesday, when . ilr. V. Coble's dairy herd will be sold. | The Koyal Entertainers, claimed to bu a company of talented artists, will appear at (Juki on Thursday next, beats may be booked at Mr. Lr. 0. < Lowry's. The dance ami presentation to the Carnival queens, to take place til the theatre on Wednesday, should uUrael a large eroivd, especially as line music. splendid floor, and supper are promise I. ; laud Sporting and Dramatic Kevic" should be largely sought alter as the ! illustrations are of eosrnopolitiau in-I I terest, embracing as they do iucideni.- ! ui up-to-date interest from all pat - I of the world. The well arranged cei.- | tie pages a!..- occupied with photographs ! i -iiuwing i he Prince of WaJes tied Pnn- ' cess JSdary being enthusiastically welI coined ot various scenes also the troop- , ing of tbe colouis and the opening of j the coaching season. Football follou - i ers will be interested in the space do- i voted to the Southland v, Wellington ' Kugbv mutch in Wellington, the ' ° ". .... • 7 . . 1 Athletics v. Marist ieugu« ju Auckiuh<i. ; the Charity Cup match between Maiist j uud Grafton and the different football groups. The miscellaneous section ! covers a wide range of stiiklng sub-j jeets including laying the Pacini- eablo at Sydney, the Hillside railway team ' (Uunedin), . Soldiers-' Memorial at ■ Gisborne, disastrous lires at Pennsyl- , j vania, California mud baths, snowlarking at Atlantic City, trial of Horr , Krupp, famous Krupp works, the Kai- | ' ser and his wife, funeral of il. Delcasse and numerous others, The stage, | screen and society u:v represented in • a selection that will appeal to alj. The paper is now en sale at all stationers J and books tails. I A mirror and parrot are advertised ; for sab. . ■ I Are you requiring footwear. Here ' are a few of our many clearance linos: 1 Gent's South African field boots, all 2i»/-, town price 32/6: Ladies' Glaee shoes, plain fronts. IS/9; Sue«!e laco shoes, 22/6, Ward shoes, few pair- " left, 7/6; Girls' our hur shoes, siz.,.- - i and 2, 6/6; Girls' goloshes. 2/6 ro ! clear;. Baby's soft soles, boots and shoes, J/-. —At Irvine's Shore Store , Otuki.—Advt. ' r For Bronchial Coughs, take r Woodp' Great Peppsrar.ES Ctsrs. —A4n, 6

£ Influenza is rapidly spreading- in this | l district, and a great number of house- ! i holds are affected. j j It is not generally known that a very j I fine kauri tree is growing on Mr. ■ I I Askew's properly at Waikanae, having , been planted in the bush many years ! !■ ago by Mr. Parata. The tree is uow t about forty feet high. I Messrs Diamond Bros., oi Manakau. f 'I have sold to Mr. G. Bird, of I'almerston j l North, and leave shortly for Napier. J i During their stay in Manakau .Messrs j \ Diamond Bros. have made many J friends, all of whom will wish them the best of luck. I " ! What was probably the largest life j r insurance policy taken in Wunguuui ', ] | was written last week by one of the ; s | local insurances offices (says the Wan j i ( gunui Chronicle'. The amount was for j jCIS,VOO, and was taken out for probate | purposes. A Southland News reporter was told I of a local high sclnsol girl who resoles I a 1 Bluff an.l who goes daily in to ; 3 school. She missed the last train home i on a recent evening, and pluckily set out to walk the PS miles to the Port. She reached home about midnight. The Wanganui Borough Council. owners of the gasworks, will be among ' several defendants to appear nest week k I in proceedings taken under the amend- I . ed Weights and Measures Act. The'' j Government 's inspector is a member of j the Borough Council. ' j The first section of the Te Kuti- [ } I Opuuukc raihvyy line to Kapuui, a' , | distance of 7-J miles, is .ulhcieiitJy ad- j | | vanced to enable the Railway Depart- I | j nicnt to inaugurate a goods services. It ' , I will be some time before the line is | completed uud handed over for passen- | ger traffic, j i | •'This is the worst ease I have ever ' I had to deal with. The boy is thirteen I year, of age, and has „,„ vet passed a : I standard. During one year he only ■ ■ made I.".!) attendance out of a possible ; i Ital," stated Mr. Laughton, school at- ' ' i llutt. when a parent was chuiged with ■ ' I failing to send his l.oy to school. | ' LOW.' ~, |.o,„i j,,;,.),„ ,„.,. ,|.,> _• ■ „.,j,| ~ i creditor at a bankruptcy jui-i-iiny a! ; Hamilton, when the creditors Wv iv liy- j ' iug to use-el tail) Hon, I lie bankrupt, u ■ builder, how he computed his estimates. ; < i number of bricks thai may be laid to • K.i'.i per day. " interposed anothei cicdi ; ' I Mr. Bu.vion, Dominion orgni,i-c' ; ' , tor the New Zealand farmers' Union. \ . ! is undertaking a compieheusi \ c tour of ; ■ | the Mauawatu provincial district, com- j I mencing al I'araparaumu today. Mr 1 ftixlon •■■■ ill u urn run I he, aid. , isiliug j ■ i Waikanae. i•■ lloro and Otaki. and : , aojie.- to have the help of all « ell-wish 1 ers in hi- uorli. Mr. I'.iimou ha- jusi : ' j Uaukc's Bay. Ur. .1. s.eeers. cabinet maker, etc., ' : to-date premise- in Mill Uoad. when- ■ .' iie i- making :, most attractive display. ; , ; title promptly and hi a highly-finished ; . | manner. Otakj and district residents ! j liie May..] •_>. .Noithatuptoii \Ln\i.,. j having ol'lL'reU a prize lor arithmetic l at a girls' sciiouj, the .Mayoress , piuiupUy oliered one tor iho girl who ■ ! could wack a giate without blacking ! ' lier lace and apron. "Husbands/ she ' , said, "would raihc-i lutve wives, who: i eoiikl Hiotij s"ek- than do ariilinic . tic." "IliUiiUiuuitioil of the eye a i- i Iteh ; ' [routed at iiuiLk; by such remeUles o>; | tva leal poultices and milk," reinai'K- ■ ed Dr. li. L. Mai'duai! to seiiiui <„u- ' .'' del- lit W'eilingtoii. "A much t>euei \ , iijipiicuitiun »s coitunjon sa)3 ut the j a rato ol a level teaspoonlul in a van joi waiiu water. This hi an efficient' cietuiser, and bus. no bad points ' :| UoTucic acid is mucb used, but wnii j u some people n is irritathig, whereas ! i, sail never is. This, condition oi in- ' i liainniation is olten brought ab'. ! ut b\ . ; wiping the eyes with a handkerchief. : '■' Tins article niust .always be lull oi mi- i - erobes alter i: has been used, and 1 , should never be used a-s an eye-dust-j er. InflauiliialiOli should "OI be allowed to remain untreated, s.j, consult j a a doctor as soon as possible.' : ' < In his presidential address to 'die i Farmers' Union, Mr W. J. Poison dip- ~ I,ed into die iuture. 'I imagine V-w ( Zealand,'' 'he said, "in the future e reiuiered rich bv tfte energy and re- \ ,-oujceluliiess oi her small farmers. 1 „ imagine her fllied wisii a turai p"i" lation engaged in tire scientific and • successiul tillage ol the so:!: l =rf , ; - lier orgauhed to market ne: woiider- , •; ml and unrivalled products. j;i the , ,- murkets ol the world and competing successfully and satisfactorily against the organist ion ol oilier and oldei ; u nations. 1 sex- n... room for the :rion- . ;. op. ■■■ y- • ■'- ■-■;-<•" ■■'-.<■ -i " ' ,ai '■ ' ■. . ion. Thy vesilrh which man's -v.ea : , ha- dra\¥ii from the soi; u not wisco to i>av ransom lo any uusf. I imagine fleets of snips owned and , controlled by the people oi tins country, cfinyiug iheii produce to the mar- . kets " ; the' world, and bringing in u return the varied products oi the ;] East, North and Vve.=v. i.- "'!' use. i ~ cee a land where the tax gatnerei c work is a sinecure, where every worker, no matter whether he works m ti.t city or in the country pos-esses ws own vine and fig tiee. '■••'■- wn phot of land, 'iie home whh h no rnnn can dispossess him of." A bov i- advertised toi. ;' a; A bicycle :- advertised a- found. i; - ' rhis 'if Mr. GockrellS winter .ale civ,-.- this week. See advertisement for b- ut Jj bargains. __ ( ,j 0 A sale ol work if. eouueetioii with . id, All Saints' .I«ni«r Missionary Guild , tl will be held at the theatre sample-room- ha on Thursday tt Waikanae on Thursday, on behalf of j Mr. W. Capper, who ha.- sold his i'ara- i l " paruumu property. Mr Fred Barrett is here again—this jva time in the heart of the "o-cn. He has \ re; repairs to do but Trill find tide to do- i s more. Get his pricer, and «c-« his leath- i th«