THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 15 August 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Otaki Gun Chili will hol.l a shool for a £lo prize on sjeptember Ist. Out of HO subscribers, other than the committee, only two were present to consider the sale of the library land and building on Monday night. The Levin District High Hchool closed yesterday, sum*. 3<nj children being affected by influenza. Out of 2-10 pupils at the Otaki Stale .School no less than ninety are affected by influenza. When you ha'., no car you think all .'he can arc trying to run over .you," suid an Ashbuitoii Borough I Councillor; "but you have a .'nr I you think oveiybody is trying to gel under the wheels!" On the deck ol \\i P s'eamot' Tom s, ill OOIUUI UOL'KS, IS "0,; 01 lit* biggest luiii] - oi looi '■'■' i iiiiiii d. h weighs over three ;nni a hall tons aim was hewn by two minors in i.lie , .VlOiOll laeliel.. , Ulfllidd. 'I bt| i\ il I. iji eiijiicd tliein lor lour day -., and t\\ •. cranes £-».'< lequned to hoist the lump aboard the vessel, which is enrryiny U to Bordeaux ior eilubitiuii. .vindications ii'.iju liie il'-.- hotels ol Core for boarding-bouse licence.-: woix K lved at the uieelnig ol the iiurouyit UounoiJ, ana were ait grunteu. on the condition 111 some cases lii.n certain roipiii't'iiicnts ol the Inspi ;t'»i ~.; Health be complied with. 1 lei ■! tile n, w BotoUgll BV-laWo I,olft itoutsc lb now riucessury in Levin. A lionoy_:a;v iyli'a rivaltv Wit-il a i eiifriiatiaii iias becl) hruu c iu to a close by tile retirement ol Itobert Joseph, aged UJ, fi'um the service oi a firm or brewers in Uartoii-on-Treiit. For 3D yeai, liio employers trad to per=uade him to retire. They always met with a refusal, but al last lie saw ' there was no hope oi vanquishing b;eeiiteliariai: rival. \yhn is still working in the .South or England. A Mtt&tei'tuii resident who for tiepa-: tfirap or four years has been under military nudical treatment io. a wound in "the neck received at the war, on a recent, evening developed a fit ol coughing which dislodged a piece of shrapnel from his truoutSince recovery from the loss of l»lood he has enjoyed better health than far years. Kecently at the i-'eilciiiig telephone excharige'a test was taken of the time occupied hi answering a call by the . exchange uuendaiits. .No one knew xhai the test was being made, and from the icords taken, it was found that from the moment of the subscriber's ring till the attendant's answer was received only five seconds elapsed. This was th© average time all through. it is rumoured (says the Taranaki Herald that, the Danish dairy farmers alarmed at the fact that >?ew Zealand butter is realising as good or better prices than their own in spi*s oi the greater advantage they possess in their proximity to the London market contemplate sending a commission tn New Zealand io sec- how it is done, with a view t o adopting New Zealand methods of marketing. The Mavor of Dargaville stated recently that he had been through the figures of the gasworks and he found that if the ratepayers sanction the proposed £IO,OOO loan the Council would !«• able to reduce the prjee of gas from 15s to 12s straight away, and within n iew months it would be | brought down to 10s per 1000 cubic feet. I It cannot be said that the Te Aroha people are not an honest lot, says the "News." During last week "Working Girl" advertised in our columns for -r-1 which she fmd lost, and no less than three local residents each brought in a one pound note which thev had picked up. Money must be plentiful in Te Aroha, or the people are very careless. Has anyone seen Fred Barrett? He > left Otaki Railway a few weeks back, j Beward on taking your boots and shoes to his new premises, Otaki township.— f '• Advt.

The retail price of butter has been duced 2d per lb in the Auckland disict, the reduction taking effect from th August.-. The Waitemat-a County Council rently received no less than 140 apications for the position of county spector and ranger. The Egmoiu County Council are )t losing sight of the proposal o r-seal their roads, and yesterday a .'putation left for Wellington Ks ;ikc enquiries witth regard to a ioan ' £55,000. The "Times" complains that there growing up in Opuiiake "a sort ol ini" Chamber" system ol transacting tljlie business, '.-special meetings .are 2ld on the quiet, the newspaper man oi being notified. Lady Godley, wife of Lieutenantencral Sir Alexander Godley, Com-taiider-iu-Chicf oi the British Army u tlie Bhine, lell downstairs and roko a. thigh, says a message Iroin ologne. Four doctors arc attending er. "Now," said the school-teacher eUtr tg reading lessons, glancing round lie class, "can any of you tell me ,-liat is the meaning of 'divers disuses'?" "Please, sir," said Tommy, i'ith superb confidence, "divers dis ascs is water on the brain." Tlie other day a man met It's old ( ciiooliuastor whom he had not seen or thirty years. The old master ooked blank and said, "You have the tdvaiitage of me.'" His erstwhile lupil replied "Thirty years ago you lad the advantage ol me." I'hen •ecognition, was mutual. The wide-spread effect <<: the intltl- • uza epidemic was evidenced at tolay's meeting ol the County Council when the Engineer [Mr W. X. Anderson mentioned that there had been a considerable amount of work held up owing to a number of the County staff and surfacemen being laid up during the pas! fortnight. The Maiiawatu livening Standard >s ul present working'under great dilli cuhies, no less than seventeen mem-l„-i„ ,i'i their pet mullein stuff being effected with thq prevailing epidemic. Generous assistance from other oi'flce.has enabled tlieiu fu cope with u curtain a not of reading matter and publish the paper as usual A mass meeting !, t returned soldiersis tn be held at the Hemmed Soldiers i luh in l-'uiiiHTston North, on l-Tiday \ugn.>I I.7th, at 11.30 ;t.in., for tin i.iii pnse ol discussing the revaluation propositi*. As this is a mutter thai doselv eoii'T-ni- a large number oi soldier settlers In this district it is tn be hoped 'there will be a represcntn tive attendance. When a lettei from the .-"ldlers Memorial Board was under consider iiiiuii hv the Masterton Trust Lands Trust ia'-i week. Mr C. E, Daniell sail that while Clean had been placed u the hands of reputedly business men who now say tha, it has gone, a bills! had inn been seen Oil the lace of Olli oi them. The matter was discredit „!,!,• to all concerned. regarding the work done h\ thi Kopuhiroa liost Drainage Board, Cr Brnadliell nieutioiied at Baturday - eting nl' tin- County fi.uii.-il. that the work done had been very successful and that the water at the Koputaro: bridge was now lowered by at leas is inches with a consequent drninagf of a considerable e.\ienl> of prnpej-ty A correspoirdeut ("Parent"; writ ing to the I'ahifeistoii Xortli Stand ard, says:—"l am utterly at a loss t' understand the want of action by tin school cominiiteos at tlie presen time. The whole of my children cam. hom,, in.m the College' street schoo one '.-mother, with influenza. Win- was the school not closed mi mediately There is no perfect mean of spreading disease than by child ren. ' Here was an opportunity for tin committee to step run of the rut o mediocrity, but thev tailed." The Ohuia correspondent ol th Taranaki lb raid sys:—"lt would b the height ol ingratitude not to fiaii jtlie lioveriitiient inftteoroleigist for th 1 weathei be has supplied to u= i- cent \ • on so si; ' ■ i'c ■: '■ inor'nings. 1 hav- roh that it won,. 1,,, very in eijolable il some lorm " vvinter i'm,,- muld be in : troilu>" , i„. r ehv the r -!"'"k would b, put bac ~ eoiyde '<■■ hours in the early morr; ', ~, ;l ,„| tiseliuae'l in the aftenioor -ti"|| tints,' In.sis are breaking up in j.'iir<lr>n nie,. |y, an,-] il they continue ] ii:a\ save m'e digging it." It ti be true, as [.•■ Matin ir-p.-ii-thai a reeetih -li -overe.l rii.atiu- ri| violin depend.-' hugely upon fin third l,es. ..I it; v;.nii,li. The hr-t coal ii|",plied soak the-iough into the ' '-'tnuu'eitt '•'- u-ed. but ct.nsarit hate lintr is apt to wonr avvi.y )^«W* eitain thinness of tone. Hitherto tin ■ould not lie remedied, for it won.f | ~f course, be sacrilege to restore Jsm.d ■-• an Arnati with modern van A small paddo. k at trie Burwood School oi An- used to n turn a small income in agistment fe« to that body, and an ancient bill goal grazirifi there for a few week excited the " interest «' the scho< I children next door. As several Mi sonic lodges met in the School '. \:~ buildings, the boys got toe ide -liar it was used in the initiate. •eremonies. Much speculation went o as to his bucking abilities. Sudden! li,- disappeared arid on the first meei ing night of th»- lodge fifteen boy with fifteen billv goats were on th door step with rival claim- for salt each averring that his goat could buc the others i'nio middle of ne;; week. necently an ambitious Weliingtoi a-sistfmt was promoted to the pos tion oi manager of the firm's Chris' church branch, bfting a stickler 10 efficiency it rather irritated mm i see -i bov leaning against the noun -_V "i.romj/tlv renioiistrated wit! ,hc vouth and toiu him to ?et alon; with' his work. Fifxe«n minutes '■*<■•': the bov was still leaning cr. ih. ,-ouiuer so he =.'as immediately Caile/ into th* office arid asked •> , -'ita! hi wafrfe . wee "Twelve shillings an' sixpence."' replied the bov. Jie w a given 50 - ami told not to come badk Thi- ended the matter till la + e in tn< afternoon a customer of «w firm hji: up and a-sked "When our boy was Ji voiir warehouse this morning yoi i-ave him 50,'- and told him no; « go'me back. \XK»x did ytra nj»nr "I mean the joke s on me; teh him " keep it." . The scene was a Wellington flri and clops em) -■'.: e ■ '■ .. ■<-.-; ' « by vmb»bs ha,, Sga:h.-re,i, ami the Ion? wait foi tne -steaK *™%i ovst" the North and mav.:as discussed. "Tactics are fiot t he\- --e--- sid toe veteran «no fiac worn the silver iem -'Say mis knn, is the half-back and mis-ne cached for the milk iug-is the rust five, ejrriith •• He suickly gathered ius '4in togc-Jier. and illustrated how the milk jug passed io the tea a; Tj , and when the tea cup had successfully dummied the sit cellar the latter passed to the Worcester sauce. It left the' condiment with only the sugar basin to side-step for a tn-. At this -stage "the steak and the oy&t" invaded 'the Held cr plav and by mutual consent the team was commandeered. For Children'!! Hacking Couijh. Troop.' Great Pcpparmint Ome.—Adrt

Obinot bus decided to appoint an- \ other Supreme .Coiirt Judge. The retail price of butter lias been J ; , reduced by 2d per pound at Cambridge. \ o That pupils or their parents should be e made to pay for damage done to school e property by the pupils was the unnnim- li ous opinion of tlie Wairarapa High j t Pehool Board at Governors at a meet- u dig held last week. That form of envelope witch show.the address through a "window" of v greased tissue is the bete noir ol ,ifacials all over the world, and the Com- v uioiiweallli postal authorhies have re :l fused to bundle correspondence so enclosed. Tiraboschi. an Argemitiiun. swan . from Calais to Dover in lti hours X time last week was "a luiurs tti minutes, i Webb's was :M hours la minutes, and , Burgess's -'- hour- •"••"i minutes. | Owing to one of the principal witnesses being a suffered from inline.i.<s •lie remaining criminal ease on lie? I'aliuerstou North Supreme Court '- calI endar was adjourned for about, three! j week- until His Honour has ascertain- j ~,l what is the extent of business to be dealt with tit Wanganui. At an intpiest at Durham gaol after an execution, the coronei declared thai capital punishment was no deterrent i ~,- ~.,; s. lie favoured flogging ami pi aal servitude in pret'ereiu-c to the barbarous system of executions. What ,!... murderer really dreaded was not j I death, but pain. The severe Host- have taken ■' , severe toll of bottle- of liquids in hotels. s,„res and the local pharmacy i says the hake Wakatipu Press). Tic I eou'tents. in sonic instiiiices, have been left standing as solid ice on the shelves while llie hollies them.-ehe. have fallen | i„ pieces to the Hour. j There will be a partial echp*e of tl l( . m,.,,u on the night of the -'''tit- I She Will enter the imhral shadows al I Ultr. -J-Jmin.; centre of same at lOlir. a.-, ~,!„.; ami pass out of the shadow j at lohr. .TTmin. p.m. Xew Zealand I mean ti The amount "f the moon j ~|,-, uivd at the greatest phase is n fraction less than one-sixth, The piles of -lead -keep in the -now hound height- in the south arc a heartrendering sight. One party of "snow raker-." as thev are called, f d ''<<« dead in gully (says the Mai aura .< ign ;. In many cases wbc-re a <heep he- Hie others eat Off all its '.'.vol .-a thai when it i- uncovored the hide is as . lean a- if it had been shave,]. The following iimliou was carried by ' ~ small majority at llie Counties Con"Tluit the Coverniii/'iii in- . .pedors appointed Io administer Hie i \r\ be vested with full authority to institute i-ourl pro .hag- againsl owners or occupiers of land who fail ' to comply with the inspector's requirements us to the cutting or clearing of The chief incchaliicul engineer of ■ the New Zealand Knilways has ordered •>-> more electric head lights for the ' Main Trunk line, five an- to lie placed [ mii engines in Auckland, fifteen in Tai hape. Ohakane and Taumarui.ui. dc. and lire in Wellington. The nam on ; lights, some of nhich are already on - the engines on tie- Mam Trunk. i j An e.\UaoJ.diuary nii.-liaj cun'-d in 1 j ;, set tier's household near Wangamii 1 ! recently. Oi I th" children, a little | m ite of .last walking aye. was playing .| in the garden when the mother wa- . | alartaci by llie child's l-mlied | found that a nciglibour'- cal had . j ,aughl the child by the little linger. ' j e.hich it had chewed to the boae. Tie !j Messrs Sutton and Sous, of Keating. ! Xew Zealand agents. Me-rs J. C War.l ! i and Co., himitcd. Tie - -ce'd-, together ■■< '. with the packages, which included r, I an aggregate weight of '■'•>> tons, and '-j c*.'ven railway wagon, wet" required ) .., convey them to the dock-. Mr. il. C- i Cockrell is local ageut. '■' '■ fiver ail panes of gins- were t.roken v ! h„ la hou.-es during a severe thunder- •- i siorm w-liich .-went over Pontadawe. ; I (Glamorganshire, recenrly. Many resi "j dents fainted and suffered tram shock. „ j One ah! woman was knocked down a, i | see was entering u snap: another vvo- ' I an,a fainted while climbing the steps ' i ov-r the rsihvay. Bail- of tit.- are said S ! habitants describe the storm as the . . „,ost severe within memory. • j a large number of influenza patients ! in Brisbane have recently been experil ! enc-'ing proiongre.j ni.a ui-*i"---ing at- " I tacks of hiccough.- '-ay- an exchange), r j A leading doctor said that this" was an j '' unusual form of gastric influenza, but -j j t , v .,.s u ,,x an entirely new feature of > t t},,. disease, a- a few "similar case, have -{been reported during other epidemic?. ■ j One patient suffered an attack of hic--1 c-oughs which lasted two and a half I i hours. He wa- finally relieved by a . I hypodermic drag injection. , I Good swedes are advertised for sale. ■ j A lady's bicycle, in good order, is Lnre-recnsion -ft«-ific> will be held in The Paraparauuiu 11. and 1. Society's] .',„, will be held on September 7th. Twenrr acres of land, stock and J A clearing sale on behalf of Mr. George Gordon, -ho has sold his farm, wiil be held on August 22nd. Are you requiring footwear. Here are a few of our many clearance lines: Gent's South African field boots, all sizes '-If-, town price 32/5; Ladies Glace shots, plain front.-, IS/f; Ssueut lace shoes. ±2/0, Ward shoes, few pairs L"»r 7/6; Girls' out bur shoes, sizes land 2, 6/6; Girls' goloshes. 2/0 to clear; Baby's soft soles, boots and shoes, l/-.—£X Irvine ; s Shore Store.. Otaki.—Advc. " "-

Only on live occasions has the cliihl if an English Sovereign b'een married u Westminster Abbey. The first was i.)O years ago, in 12lil), when the young;r son of Henry 111 was married, A ;outury later in 1353, King Richard 11 led his bride Anne, of Bohemia, from the Abbey alter. After the lapse of another hundred years, in 1 ISd. Elizabeth of York was wedded in Westminister Abbey to Henry VII. the alliance uniting the White and Ked Hoses. Last year's wedding of Princess'Mary was the fourth, and the Duke of York a few weeks ago was the fifth. A reserved compartment on the boat express, which was travelling at full x;,„ .he scone of a stiecessiul opeiatieti ,v Sir Herbert Barker. the famous manipulative surgeon. Mr. Arthur suffered from a deplac'emenl of the knee for more than four years, was uiuihir to oburin an appoint men; tit Sir Herbert Barker's house, and as lie had to iefivc for Canada next day. live surgeon agreed to perform the operation dufing a holiday journey to Jersey. "Do you know how to distinguish between the bids of the dealer and the farmer.'" remarked a person in the know to a "Herald" reporter al the | Wanganui slock sales. "Ves." rcphud I the reporter. "Xiy carefully wsib-liinjj [ the dealers." "Thai 's not the way at | all," len'mrko.l the quest inner. "A I genuine farmer buyer gem-rally clues ia ai the em! with pennies or od. The ! deaki's hop oil' with shilling bids, and ! whet, you sec these shillings pouring; j in pretly think you generally know j •• We arc told on every sole that th« ! fat met is Hie backbone of the coiiuj try." said llie pro.sidei ' the Welliun j ton brancli of the .Mai'-inc laigineei-' | In-mute. \], A, Hasire, al a gathering ! ~!' iiicinbei's. " bin if thi' ftu'iner is tin: ! backbone then the engineers the tin: I 1,,. A ~ on which the backbone is supported. We freeze hi- good- ami lake I la;:. I overseas to llie great market- of I he ! world ami if it well- not lor the eiiiiiii • eer the farmer would -till be producing in pound,, where to-day he produce- in tons. A curious typographical '• correction" appeared recently in a city newspaper, li ua- reporting a remark of Mr. iaikeit. chairman of the Highways; lioard. uln. said thai " the boundaries, lixed were not like the laws of the M-cdes ami Persians." The modern eomp. who set up the "copy '' e\ ideally ihought that Mr. fin ken was a long nay behind llie limes, and despising ancient autocracy and immutability, chaiiged tlie Modes and I'er-ian- into "the Trad.-s and Pensians," and " brought the proverb right up-to-date. With ample supplies of wheal and conditional relief from the competition of Asiatic eg a pulp, ih. poultry imluiry is now in an improved posit bur, and the situation can be further ameliorate.l by a greater degree of cooperation among the poult rymen. It : -t intended by the latter to systematically test the British mark.'! uevl season, with a view to establishing a regular export trade in eggs. Tin) I keeping industry is making steady progress, it- -hare of diflieub Ho.-C The for liom-y foi I'.Cl'g; considerably exceeded those for tin. previous year. ,\ fieh; of Uelgnelle I, c has be. ~ -jis,;.i\ert'd by the Miicntilic c>.|>-iiiion (inanccd by the Ku-i,a:: Governi-iM-. ih- on. i-.Ho loUIIU at a 'hptll of li'") fei i iii ih, di-tri';l ol Kursk. It is b.:iie.ed tha! the town will develop it."; . tn -. i'lity ycais ago it was noted that ' f :.,, indefinable s-U««:li of euuntiy. il". . . fouad by 'he expedition -bowed fror:: The Leader of the Opposition tol'J 1 the ilou-e about a woman v r, -'' : " r 1 who always ill -behaved in gaol, avA ■ when the matron asked her for the rca -on. she said she could not stand :' any longer without u cigarette. Giver a cigarette ;, day, she behaved '.veil ' The Minister for Justice raid the >ug gestion that cigar-tte- should be JrfO - vided for all women prisoner- '.-.as ot ■. ; that he couh! not approve off-hand. lb. ' would hfcve to look into tie- matte' ' He had itreh-rstood that cigarette >■»■■■>>■ 1 lag had the effect of depriving women ' of a great deal of -heir charm and pica- ' st.ntnc-s. (Laughter). Mr. Holland rchairman ot the Labour Party,: What i ;, the effect oi: men? To the "honour" system ;n "^- ; prisons is. devoted an intdjfiating i"" graph in tho annual report ot flic -'-.- spector of Prisons 'Mr. M. Hawking■h am convinced." he state-, "thai the system now in force in the focr T,ri-ion- of the Dominion in tar aoU a-.vav the be.-t. From tines- to time k'£j hoar a great deal about the 'honour' ! system said to be in operation in some of the American prison-. In thi- connection I am afraid that the general public of this Dominion have no idea a.s to what i.- being done in this direction at their very doors. As a matter of fact the 'honour' -y-tera, nor in a limited hut in a most advanced form, i ;- In full operation in Euaiif_ •>: tiro ' prisons of this Dominion, and, wlat J is more, js being carried on most SUS- ! Tf-rqorm'Jy I mtrst pftmit ! v that the ;-:-uh:- as a whole havi- far exceeded expect ations, and folly 3ti."tity your having a<?parted from the ol - I established ca-storn of never trusiiag '- I prisoner. The 'honour' systiem h; •■ I proved a success, and has come net oaly to stay. but. I hope, to be still further extended. Tor almost forty year.- I have been engaged in 'and have liau experience of the conditiorth exist;:,: "- practically -.-very prison in the Dosia- ( ion. My opinion should therefore •'•- oX some value." * . For Children's Hacking Coughj Woods' Great Pf&pjSffilifil Ctfre.—Ad-.tt,

Mqpday was the coldest morning oi the year, (here being between tour anil five degrees of frost. The opeaiug of tke Arthur's Pass Tunnel brings in its train the termination of the mail contract for 'many rears carried on by Cassichy and Co., Ltd.. and Mr John Hall. At one time there wre 15 coaches on the road and no Jens than 130 horses were employed., f-hij only- fatal accident t« a p»ssatger was many years ago when a coach ;--"i)i,i/.etl and a child was killed. "It Las become more noticeable of law years that prisonors as a class are less given to complaining,'' remarks the Inspector »f Prisons (Mr. M. Hawkins) in his annual report. "I am of the opinion that this is largely due to the mere intelligent and humane methods nun' in fare?, and alsi- to the" fact that ■\., cork upon trrhich the men are employed is of a more useful and ink-r-------effing character. Another eoiilribtttinj" facte*' is the altered relations existing between officers and prisoners. Formerly V.hc prisoner looked upon his officer us being his enemy, always looking out for an opportunity to entrap him and have him punished, *hould he infringe the slightest rule. The officer

on his side considered that failure on his part in the matter of reports would be regarded as indicating that "no was not enforcing proper discipline. This naturally created mutual antagonism, nu'l did not teinl towards creating mutual regard between officers and prisoner.*. This atmosphere has almost entirely disappeared, hence tve rarely Udeed hear of prisoners assaulting their officers. The prison system, lias Jmini trs?ly improved. The conduct of prisoners a.- a whole has undergone ;; change for the better." PE&BO.JAL. i ----' — 4 Mrs. \V. 11. Field is at present stayin; at Waikanac. The death lias occurred at Kotorua oi Mr. Hugh Brandon, cousin to Mr. .1. i'. Brandon, of Otaki. Mr. .1. !'. Brandon (Maf-or) is making good progress Front his attack of iiirhlPtlZn and was able to leave his bed yesterday. Mr. Brandon is, however, i'ar from well and for a day or so will be unable to attend to his civic duties. The Rev. Dr. C. E. Toy. of the Melanesinn Mission, paid a brief visit to Otaki this week. During his visit j

a memorial cross in memory of his hail'brother, Signaller J. S. Fox, who died in Franco in IStlfi, was placed on the hill near the boaek, beside the house of Dr. Fox's stepmother, Mrs. Fox.