THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 7 September 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Otuki I3;i 11 < 1 will play n{ the Sanatorium on Sunday afternoon. ' The Parapniaiiinii Hurlicultural so- | cicty’s show is being hold to-day. The side of privileges in connection with tile (jtaki Maori Haring' Club will take plane to-morrow at 1 1 -MU n.m. It. has Intel) decided to open til l ' Hutaitai bowling green on Oclober sth. It is probable that ropn .-ventatives of th* Otaki Cluli will be present. The laying of the pipes in connection with Otaki > water-works is progressing and the contractors have reached, to within a few hundred yards of the ► kiosk. Owing to illness Hr. -I. Logan stout, •AM.. did not attend l ourt at ycwtenlay. and therefore practically tvj] cases wore adjourned oil Wednesday at I*J it.in. when he expect* to be piescut. At a silling of the Otaki Court yesterday. .Messrs T. 11. Windier and J. H. bills, -J.'sl’., presiding, judgment was given by default in the ease. A. -J. Kobinson v. I*\ Taylor, claim J 7 it, and also in the case E. J. fftavelcy v. John Bailley, claim £- ss. A local resident, who has just returned from a visit to the Manawatu district. says he has never seen the country looking so backward. Feed was scarce and stock in poor condition, while plantations of blue-gums were blackened by tin.* ravages of blight. The annual sports gathering in connection with the Levin Club will be held on Labour Day and a splendid programme of events has been prepared. The track is receiving special attention by top-dressing, and is being made right up-to-date, while the programme will include a relay race for a £5 5s trophy, donated bv .Mr. Hobson. Mayor of Levin. Cold medals will also be given to the winners. A valuable cup, to be won three times, has been donated, and on the whole the programme will be a very attractive one, i and should draw competitors from ail * parts of the district. j A new bakery is at present being built at the Otaki beach, and the proI prietor (Mr. Andy Craddock) hopes to j have it in full working order next | week when h,. will be able to supply j the best bread at the lowest price. Sir. | Craddock has secured the services of a i first-class baker, and is to be commendj ed for his enterprise. In the meantime j he wishes to state that bread will be procurable at the Lyric pie' shop. | Pork, ham, bacon, pressed beef, etc., * will also be stocked next week, when ' tire shop will be* open from S p.m. each j evening. -Mr. Craddock, who i> sole ; proprietor, will further extend his busi- , ness in the near future. i A quantity of jewellerv i* advertised i as found. A strong four-wheeled phaeton is adi vertised for sale. ! Mr. R. W. Hill advertises seed pota- ' toes and apples for sale. Tenders are invited for the erection of a school at Te Horn. A licensed victuallers’ ball will probably be held at an early date. Sittings of purebred White Leghorn 1 eggs are advertised for sale. | Mr. H. Cockrell advertises a great reduction in drapery, clothing, boots, i etc. 1 The children’s paper and fancy dress I ball will be held bn Thursday, 20th, and dancing class?? trill therefore be 1 resumed on Mondays and Wednesdays . at the theatre. S ‘ • That India should tie granted self* ■ government” will be debated next , Monday evening at the Druids’ Hall. ■ Mr. T. Collins will lead in the affirmative. and the Rev. E. P.\Keall in the negative, and will be supported respectively by Mr. Lee and Mr. Atmore. F. Barrett is now firmly established in his new premises, Mill and j boots, shoes, etc., left with him will be , repaired at shortest notice with the * best of leather. Workmanship unsur-1 jjasEgd. —Advt.

Fishermen report a scarcity of sclinapper along the coast, the fish being few and of the “old man" variety. City clerks and oilier ollice workers are earning good wages as bricklayers in. New York: tiiev are being trained at the Y.M.C.A.' where classes are also held in plastering and other building operations. Tile effect of the steady shipment of fat Cattle to Australia is making itself felt locally. The local butchers to-day advanced the price ol prime joints of beef in sympathy with the higher stock values ruling'. The Wellington correspondent ol the Auckland Star says it is understood that a substantial reduction in railway freights on dairy produce will come into lorce when the new season opens.

A tombstone elected near Hamburg Pennsylvania, is a reminder to motorists o! the danger ol careless driving. The stone, which i s about tour lee; high, lias the word "dangerous" at tile top. A skull and crossbones appear above tile ominous words: "Fourteen miles to the nearest hospital.”

Tim County engineer, .Mr W. N. Anderson, yesterday commenced a preliminary survey ol the suggested Koptiitarou-Buckiey road, with a view to ascertaining die cost and practicability of the route. .Mr Anderson will prepare a. report on the subject, which will come before the County Council at an early meeting. At an inquest held at. tiluff concerning the death of a boy iiamoi Alfred Joseph Hcdlier, ayjed six year.and five months, the evidence showed that deceased was struck on the leu temple by a slone accidentally thrown by a brother, aged It’, while playing. Infection set in and the deceased dm three days later from septicaemia, verdict was returned accordingly. ••I think that the Kopane district would be eminently suited to t lit? growing Of peaches, raspberries ami gooseberries, provided that attention is paid to shelter,” stated -Mr J. \V. Whelan. Government orchard instructor, to a Palmerston reporter. ile added that the commercial growing berries and gooseberries was markedly on the increase.

Un the retirement of the Hev. w. Beatty from the charge of St. Mark's parish, Itemuern, Auckland, it Was de-

cided, on the recommendation ol Bishop Averill. ;o purchase a home in which Mr and Mrs Beatty might spend the remainder of tlieir lives. The proposal lias met with such a liberal response irum all classes that the vestry has been able to obtain a house. The Mutaimtta iUigby l.Tiion recently hired a. private train, consisting ol an engine and passenger coach and a guard’s van, to convey the Matatuata representatives from Hamilton to Minamata. The guard said that in his 17 veals’ experience this was the first time footballers had hired a special train. About 60 passenger- made the trip. The cu-t to the union was o-.M. A charge of 5s each was levied on supporters who accompanied 'die team. A writer in an American journal -ays he has received several letters from correspondents who dispute the statement that the following two actual newspaper .sentences are holii conect ami mean the same thing:— (1) “At the time ol the collision tin pilot was in charge of the ship.” "At the time ot the. collision the ship was in charge ol the pilot- Hie verbal battle over this thrilling question was -till iiniitiislicd according to the latest files. It is sometimes noticeable at competitions that in certain classes there i- 'Hally a run on one particular favourite in the singing section, own selection. This wa- the case at the Wellington eompetinoiis last week, in tiie Kngiisii lolk song ctt-s ii" less than live out ol twenty-live ■ •ompciiiors ch"-e "On the Bank- “f Allan Waor." “Home Sweet Ihn ' coming next in popularity, being selected "by iliree. Arrow ■ mi Hie Song" found two competitors, ami Bass vvi'ii ihe Delicate Air" two. The public schools have their own special codes of honour. It was : <t a famous school that the Headmaster, taking a br.e evening walk, noticed a hov who. contrary to the rule-, Was out hu' a walk too. The boy took to hi- heels, am! the niasUo gave chase, ju-t succeeding m grasping and tearing off a coat-tail. Trunking to identify the culprit by his torn coa'i, the master had all the boys hi the form paraded for inspection next morning. Bui every coat had a coat-tail missing: | very few are aware that Dost fish | have been caught on a line, tuerethe following from the Otago ' Times is interesting; A few year- ago i a frost fish was caught on a line «n | Blueskin Bay in summer time, and i another was caught in Dower I'ort-o- ---} hello Bay in a -cine net on a De“-m----j her evening' in the SO’-. In year- past -rest fish were very frequently found ! on the foreshore of the harbour tri I winter time. Nowadays, frost fish are i lar less plentiful, and. in tact, they 1 are seldom found in the harbour, it ; has been suggested that p> many r <dearners passing out and into die • harbour may he a con tri but ary cause, i The best time for finding frost fish' j it' i= said, is when a mild morning I succeeds two -r three days of hard | frost. ! An instance ol the extraordinary j ,-. a ' re taken to preserve the standards i ,c measurement was mentioned by j professor 11. W Segnr during a leej lure a t the Auckland Institute. At I Washington, he said, the standard j 0 f the yard used in measurement I ~,,11-ia- of an amalgam bar noted for | i t , particular imperviousness to graI q ;it lons in temperature. Nevertheless, I Ti the Manawatu of loganberries, raspM.L- in a room in which the temperature of the atmosphere 1? kept uniform' And ns it this were not enough to ensure immunity from fluctuation Am- standard length, the autnori-;]-lnVe given orders that no one -nm-o’Vi'-h the case for fear that t b“ warmth of their bodies plight expand its length, but that ah rrms: onlv sight it bv means of a teiestationed at a distance. Sucn rvpcautions told of a striking con?nsr % primitive times, when tne standard of menu remem was taken a=> the girth of the tribal chief. «ir James Wilson "'rites to the Feildiug star: Might i ask you to i*-* vour readers who may la.- t;get the little .steel gre-v 01 black lad, gird which we hope will sate our o-trr- trees, that at tne moment me.. Sa procure them from tne ertm iust fallen in the Manse paddock f. phii- These gums weie plantea a L, ” , Ji’ rear- a»o bv the late Rev. xF DouU and throve well. When -h^- D began to show signs of. me scare die.- I.*-* birds on mem. and ?P, U „V l a %S : vere lying on .the cri-ornd 1 found several on the first ol-bark I cached. Judging by fi ; r ' must be great ntinmer- on and be -re-' The iadvbird seemed rnuen there Lrive than I anticipated for the ?ea--wm has scarcely advanced tar enough for them to move freely. Unless these injects are taken away or able to qv to other food, they will be starved m about a fortnight. I am giad to note: rpanv of the gums which nave b«n so slackened cf ’ate -are snowing s-ens of life now -?nd fresh leaves are shooting fiut'-

A visitor to Australia was greaiiy inipressed with the difference in the price of beef in New Zealand and what the same quality brings in Sydney and Melbourne. 'Beasts sold here at from £TO to £l2 brought- from £23 12$ 6d to £2B on the other side. “It is said that ail Englishman loves his beer and his Bible: that the Irishman does not know what he wants and won’t bo happy till he gets it; that the Welshman prays on Sunday and (“preys”) on his neighbours all the week; and that the Scotchman keeps the Sabbath and everything else he can lay his hands on.”—Exchange. We have hosts of bargains in ladies’ and gents’ footwear. Bluchers, nailed anti plated, all si7.es 12/6; shooters, nails and plates, 18/p, 22/(5; greenhlde shooters 29/(5, 30/-. Just landed—Marlow’s English Derby boots, three linen ladies’ Ward shoes 7/(5 10 1.1/0: ompd slippers from 2/31; ladies’ Isee -hr—--, ao cap.-, IP/-, all sizes; jave shoe, patent cap. medium lu-els, IS/t> t" ur. Polish. 4 tins ]/-. —At K/VlXli’t? Shoo -Store, Otaki.- A-!\>.