THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Otaki Mail, 20 August 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Mali’iiayers arc tu-day vol mg on the iollowing loan jiroposuls : (a) liecoilstructiun and tal'-sCaling roads, £16,000; ,b, purdiasi) ol road making inachiiK r.v, CHRlii; ,y t building rest room and conveniences, -3ao0: (d) erection bridge Derby street, 1:2000: (e. erection bridge South street. £2OOO. Mr \V. li. Field, M.l>. lOluki;, lias given notice to ask tiie -Minister oi ,-Vgric ill Hire whether ii is proposal, as soon as inilds and circuinsUiiices will permit, to proceed with the Jungcontemplated soil-survey oi New Zealand, and thus luinish a guide to farmers oil various classes oi hind as to the best fertilisers to use lor their respective pastures and crops.

Tile liediern Band /Sydney) has delinitely decided to compete at the contest to be held in Christchurch next year, according to a letter received by Lieutenant ■H. Osborne, conducto’j ol' in,-.'; First canterbury Mounted Jiifies Band, Ashburton. It lias been stated in New Zealand that 'lie -Malvern Band (tin. 1 champion band in Australia) also intends io go to Christchurch m Februarv. siiouid this come io pass, the contest will be the most important ever held in Hi-' Dominion.

.Some idea ol the tiiuiniMi-.; mu ! t>l listeliei’s-ili L-uil be übtuUl.-ii oum I me .'act tiiai. tlu> ojHiaior at ID lie l . ’i.nv. i recently si•••• • I the «.*vfrwlnliiiHif; mimboi "i : ‘ u" • in iestsm.se to im iipl'Hi! lor ei. ,j;oi.s. If lie luitl had any prwviou; doubts.as to tvltetii r then: wars mon. tliii/i a lnuidi’eiJ or iist.eioai l 0 mm bioddeastiiig Ids y> eafaw tports; the dozen or so mail bags,to. I arrived must l»ve eausd nim to pc- ! lona some menial amhmeuo m noughts. There has been some talk of the record heavy weighs dueu. eggs, so >l. David Gankin, an amateur pumtrvlanner ,ol .Miruiiiar has some iviut: lot shorn fowls (ol the Legs&r drem which are daily laying egg. ol giant proportions and ''.m i«. ordinary weight (relates the .New land Times;. Day alter day some m the fowls lay eggs hall a I'Otdld ,n weight and never indulge in an cxt.a cackle over it! J’ho oggs me loetlv shaped, have a. firm shed, and are Lid to he of sjdeudid davour. This unique performance w.u s,met> utko some heating. An ocean race that will he watched with some interest in Auckland mis commenced between the* Chin .'la;kenzie and the Trekieve. Both steamers reported at Colon on July .10. aim both are on roum to Auckland iiom Sfety York. Both are 11-knot st*W"els and pJV of modern build. Hie Ciaii Mackenzie was built in 19b, k of 6vw tons gross register, and k an oil burning steamer. Tne lrc-mete is a sister ship of the Trelyon, wliic-i was at Auckland six months ago. sais a unit of the Haiti fleet, of steamers, which are distinguished by a big while “H“ on a black funnel, and like j-.cr sister ship, she measures a r -i tons gross register, having been ou;U in 1920. Discussing the sugar duty question a. New Plymouth merchant pointed out. that the recent duly on sugar wu. not permit the mu gar company to increase its price above the market value of its sugar. Java to-uay m quoted wholesale at £~o per torn c.n ■ Wellington, in single bags, and ~f more in double bags. To this must be added the duty of £2 18s 4d prim•me exchange, and landing charges. The price in Auckland is £23 10s. less a small agents’ commission plus coastal freight, insurance, and landin "charges: so the cost in Wellington loLhe merchant will probably exceed that of Java. Any increase m price can therefore only he vvhat the puhUc is prepared to pay lor the behei local article. Young fellows are not al 1 ., u\s oti . tirelv to blame apparently for prefer- 1 ring'town to country Me. Here is a : case in point: A New Plymouth boy between 16 and 17. has been workin on a farm in the Aohura district and , was making good, those, best able to form an opinion being satisfied he : would be a success on the _Unu. His wae-es were 35s a week and found, and he was to get a little extra by nay < of gifts such as a calf and » >oung n m His mother, however, writes him , enclosing a “Wanted' advertisement and stating that she has seuue, tm job for him at £1 a week, ini, .law u 'vvill b»* more - litter on if het ?uits. «■ so the. boy gives up his position fhe ronntrv- a'nd com*s t.J t j * The worst, feature of the mother s , letter, however, is that she r-r. bov to tell a falsehood m leavin work out in the country by ■ ing that he lias to coni* tojo*n t help his mother because dad is to-

The Cliief Justice expressed much surprise at Welliugion at hearing the expression - “Gussy” applied to a. young man. “1 have never heard of it before,” declared Sir iiobert Stout. “It is quite new to me.” His Honour at the Same, time expressed regret that the English language appeared to he insufficient lor some people when they had to resort to slang. Despite the views expressed in regard to the work yet io be done, it seic-ms to be generally accepicu now that tile- lhinte Minister will leave lor the Imperial Guiiierence In llie Tahiti, which leaves Wellington on or about August 2d. in such case, Mi Mass.y will he able to make a quick journey aeioss tile United Stales and catch ii lust steamer leaving New York lor England, it seems likely however, that the session may not ,eud Indore his dpariure, hut, wil-l continue, for some time alterwaids. A large- number ol iiiilueitza paueiits iu Bi is hurtle -have; recently been experiencing prolonged and distressing at tacks 'ol hiccoughs. A leading doctor said Unit this was an unusutu form of gastric inil.uenza, but it was not an entirely new feature ol the disease, as a h-w similar cases had been reported during other epidemics. tme patient sintered an attack ol hiccoughs which lusted for two hours and a half, lie was lilialty relieved by a hypodermic drug injection. The isolation ol ocean travel would certainly appear to he a thing ol the past. Mr Corson, writing lrom a boat running to Hawaii, says that every' evening during the trip, pas seiigers ‘listen in” to wireless concerts from San Francisco, I,os Angeles, Chicago and Honolulu, and that passing tiie music tcom, by means ol amplifiers. the music of ait instrumental selection is mode to sound as plain as it actually played in trie room. That the seed of the gontsme should germinate and break through concrete plaster seems almost incicu j’l | ( . yet this actually happened in the’ "new Municipal Buildings. In preparing the plaster tot the interior walls ol tii • building, some of the seeds of this noxious weed found their way into the mixture. Some time after the plash:! work had been completed several swellings and cracks were noticed in ~ne of the walls. A closer inspection disclosed small green shoots of tie plant breaking ihiottgli. The noxious growth was removed and the sbg.it damage repaired.—"MauawaiU li' 1a],1.” a],l.” At a meeting of the Y\ nit'dai a On'ntv Council mi i relay a ictlei Wes received from Mr G. V. Beane p litesimg against payment ol the Power lloTinl rate. “I am forwarding my cheque,” wrote Mr Feareok “as have not time to contest it. A ' 1 ”•> bedv that wii! agree to collect rates frn'ia ratepayers fur something DAT ile uni want, and not likely to get hu ihe tn-xt ten years, are, in my opinion. not fil to' lie a local body. 1 acting-ehairtnan. Cr. It. I-arley, sad th • I'ower Board struck the late, ana i.h > council was compelled to collect it I- was decided to reply r.mm.liim Mr Farce id the fact that he waa member of Parliament- tii lots v. nen ,h ■ Electric Power Board Act was ,-,jj upon the statute Book.

At tempts have been made t ‘» domc--iicai-e Die pukeko ‘.say.- the «■'<•> >iv, r M'gtts, but without succe.-s. m case we know of some puktvo being hatched under a Dorking in a fowl nut, and the awkwa.d ’t,in I rf birds throve lairly well; but ,s soon as th-.y grew strong enougn, ind opportunity altered. il«J.> ,if to the nearest swamp, me--rri.nei.t was tried sev, ml nut s, m no occasion did. Hie Pi keko -t-A •.,«! ••• cardans or lawns i»m rtiori for liirn: lie is bound .vender off in scorch of Ins

' confinement in J mv miseral'l. - “ s >v. '• " I ■' 1"' 1 win, those in their native -v.ump-■ \ pani'-ularlv mean tbeli oc. m mu ' -■ |,. n ., steamei Britannia on an ; ~ *• :• ■ ; Mn - - LLabm Lwrv d u »,» •" ’ . ~:nm «.ft -jig- lap "l a gal H DM mm »P H- -i-mc io the j . i f j* j j j » vi«*um Vn.i.-. * I - VriLil or her w- ■' v, ' ri ' l >••«*«?*• ' lias’mn-.l a, lollov. the mtsin but imlortunately In: "Us *‘o Kb ntifled. Subsequ..mly. hov.bNei ’ * -i, \\ < i.- iulHJu, li»J vju L* ''Men- » ibn.wn away s crmly altci - r.lim'd- bad • u absUai -.i, I ', h „ ,iif pm <e h:ul the sni.il* • wiWihi.m of knowing thar ive ... had 1 - ‘ II la-lisld.-l ab’.y , 1 wsl\ i.p: meet her lmuadi- - u ,. !e*|;iirein eriis. Tii • Mayor of a vising iK.'i migh ,at,.ei no'.'a hundred miles ivom w ; Km.hv.ltov, recently h ar.le.l the ! sieamor in Sydney, cm rout-? 1 «.,vs the Napier “Teiegrapn a. Oi I reaching the ship an old New Zealand acquaintance made hiraseif know ii 11 ; His Worship, and after a few pieliminaries asked for 'he loan Of a five, until the boat reached Wellington. ‘ On iving handed the amount the bor- - rower tiii 11 . d round and inirodnce'l ‘ io tlu* Mavor two gentlemen Mr - r , j tj r . both friends ol mine. 1 \li went well until Wellington was 1 reached, when u transpired that the ■ borrower’s two “friends- 1 w ere po • rn.n ir. mufti, and that tnev w«re (•»- ’ coning the gentlemen who landed ■•m 1 fiver hack to New Zealand to make : certain explanations before a magis--1 traie. ••la Texas they have a tax on motor 1 igirit." said a returned Wellingtonian r to the Dominion. “It usually amounts ' • j.,! i.'er gallon, which costs ?*“• ' F.vervhody there thinks ir is the injr- , , - ; ,v for the upkeep of the roads. The' man who motors a good deal ,-.avs his tax proportionately to tue amount of pt’rol he consumes, but •hzi T. a x does not press neavuv on «ne man who only uses hi? car occasionoii-.- at wry L-end?. W Hires ;ire 1 aiV,o as in New Zealaiuh There are no industrial troubles and very *ew uncmploved. j%lc-sicans dr. all the work ori the laHwrcvs. Schools are r,r U ] t"n--. churches'■ arc wen atu'sruii-,: ' The white and coloured have .emirate railwav ,X rn wheat and cattle are tue The cattle nre chiefly Ha-Lords.' Dancing is almost enMrelv prohibited. There are no fixed Loris although While T was. thrue. fortv men were arrested, for lacing associated with cock-fighting. | The gamble which exists in the j i method <»'. consigning p- ' , • ra„Kti“ Ttt X ISC 'S*k { ~n l iL ore vessel which was uAded for Wesv Coast of England ■noris arrived Horne whilst good prices • it :, e prevailing. Delay took place in ■ 'fpsVsxer* discharge end it was three week*" Wfore her produce writ land.’.j jp the meantime the bottom had fallen out of the market, only a s.nljin,T j w ing advanced on the shipment of "bnt*er On the other hand another vessel spent several week-, lona„r' than she should har«- • cruising 1 around New Zealand. Her cargo •which, according to schedule would have been landed in the middle o. Hie slump n'eriod, caught an improved market and realised nearly pop prices.

A slight shock of earthquake was experienced in Otaki and district at about 7 o ’clock this morning. A second | one was also felt. I Mild excitement prevailed at Otaki 1 Railway on Saturday where quite a. crowd gathered to witness a race be- | tween n well-known stoefk agent and a local trainer, the latter to nan fifty yards with a !) stone man on his back | and his opponent to run 100 yards. The trainer, who had evidently been on the Otaki tracks in the early mornings, won easily. A second wager also ended in his favour. Has anyone seen Fred Barrett? ITc left Otaki Railway a few weeks back. Reward on taking your boots and shoes to his new premises, Otaki township.— Advt. A typistc is advoitised for. Mr. ,T. 0. Gardner, of Levin, is a cash buyer of calf skins. An apprentice for M Pug. Webster’s stable is advertised for. intercession services will ho hold at ‘ the Anglican Church us advertised. j Air. R. W. liill advertises various j lines for sale. The Te Horo Tennis Club’s euchre tournament has boon post pencil to 2.1. h August. The children’s fancy dress ball, to have been held on tlu; think litis been pa.- polled indeiinitely. Tenders are invited, to close on Tuesday 2S, for the erection of a reside :ee in Matene St reel. The Otaki Literary Club's debate for tliis evening has been further postponed. A combined spinsters’ and bachelor ' ball will be bold in the Coronation li: il. Pa I'm pa ran mu. at an early date. Tie Taliiwi orchestra has been engaged io j.Jav, and an enjoyable time is being In, Ucd forward to. Are you requiring footwear. Here are a few of our many clearance lines: Gent’s South African field boots, all S'. Xi'S, 20/-, town price 32/0; Ladies' Glace shoes, plain fronts, IS/9; Suede tare shoes, 22/15, Ward shoes, few pairs left. 7/ii; Girls’ one bar shoes.' sizes 1 and 2, 0/0; Girls’ goloshes, 2/li to clear - Baby’s soft soles, boots and shoes, .1/-, —At Irvine’s Shore Store, Otaki. —Advt. For Children's Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —Advt.