THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 21 September 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Chinaman named Willie Chin, from Wellington, wag lined £5<J at Dunedin for being found in possession of two full sealed tins of opium. Tlic customs authorities suggested that the man was engaged in a regular and large trade. The tenuis dan.ee at Te Horn on Wed ncsday night was a great success, all present fully enjoying themselves. -UjWi Nicholls supplied first-class music, Mr. Jensou was a capable M.C., u i floor had been well prepared, while the J supper was an appetising one. A vcjung man »»med Arthur Kegin- ( aid Middleton, who refceutjy walked intd Jhe Wellington police station f.o supply the information that he had stolen a wedding ring, valued at t'l l'Os, appeared before Mr. E. Page, S.-M.. in the Wellington Magistrate's Court, to answer a charge concerning the theft of the property. He pleaded guilty and was remanded for sentence. "I think you are the only man who has ever is. court admitted being a professional speculator," remarked M.r. Hogden, when examining a client at Auckland Supreme Court The witness, who had confessed to a penchant for buying and selling properties, concur-1 red with his counsel without the slight- ' est sign of embarrassment. In crossexamination, the witness could not recall when he bought the property as* I he had made so many transactions. ! It is interesting to note the prices ! of certain lines in Auckland 6u years i j ago. as against the rates ruling to-day | 1 (remarks the "Star'- - }- Smokers will j learn with envy that 60 years ago tobacco cost from is 6d to Is 9d per lb. instead of 9d per ounce, the price j to'-dav. Brandy was quoted at 14s per | 1 gallon, rum Us, and gin 9s 6d. a low tio-ure compared with the cost nowai davs. Strange to say, the popular] whisky does not appear in the price : list of 60 years ago. Flour was j quote's at'froni'£l2 to £U pe'r'ton, as compared with £l7 ss, the ruling rate | at the present, yet wheat was Ss per j bushel, which is* higher than even the rate guaranteed by the Government to the farmers' in the s.o.uih dicing the j war. Mutton'was quoted at from (>. to 9d per lb. and' pork 3Jd. Butter was ]? 9d per lb as against Is 7d to-day, find cheese £>/] as against Is 2d to Is 4d appear to have been cheap pod ;• " • *ao, being quoted at Is 6u fiO years ~ ? ! K k. a ' chin , j-.-ed for per pdkr. Maize was .. *~„ lg q. poultry in those days being 0n.., per bushel, as against 5s to-day wfcile oats wer" 2s 6d as compared with 4s c. now. Flax was quoted at £l2 per t*n, about one-third less than to-Oay s price, and kauri gum was £lO per ton, I which is very much below to-day's values. <« Ka*a time is coming and there is now showing in Otuki a fine range of ladies' and gent's footwear at Irvine-s shoe store. x We are fitting retoej-s free on ladies' shoes, bought this week. A good selection and the prices arc right.—Advt. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Pjspp.ermiat Cure.

It is understood that three of the young men who indulged in "horse play" at Levin and Otaki on Sunday night, have left the district. "It would be a good thing for sport if all the trophies in 2f«w Zealand were burnt." saiu Air. J*, y. Barrett at the annual meeting of delegates of the Canterbury Cricket Association.

Two American soldiers were arrested yesterday at 'Wellington when leaving' the steamer Kotoruu and charged Willi being stowayas. Tuey wore r nianctcd to enable further inquires to bo made. A narrow escape from very serious injury w»s experienced :iy a boy or about 12 years of age, in Victoria Street west, Auckland, Ill's week. lie was was playing wi'h dynamite which exploded, injuring his right hand. " Shoplifting is a very prevalent offence," commented Senior-Sergeant Lander, when a married woman appeared before AJr. W. G. fltddeli, S. Al., at the Wellington ii .gistrute';. Court, charged with the theft of a pair of canvas shoes from the front of a shop in Courtenay i'laee.

From the veiwpoiul of crime, the police report that Christchureh has seldom been in so favourable a position as it is at present. i'ui tutsvi weeks past there has been almost <i clean sheet •so iat as reports of ser'ou.- crime are concerned. Lesser often 'ca have been reverted, but (hey hav«j ;ioi Leon t.uuiOU'US,

The young woman, Marion Lewis, ■who was arrested in connection witli recent burglaries, appeared before the Police Court at Wellington, yesterday and was remanded to 20th nisi, in bail Of £i!so. Her counsel said the ease was one of thote rare and inexplicable ones, as accused, who was living with her parents, had absolutely no need to steal.

The recoramendalion of the Board of Inquiry into the Ongurue railway disaster, 'that the Railway Department should consider the question of it stronger type of car for fast trains. was referred to in an interview with the Alinister of Railways, the Hon. .1. G. Coates, tit Auckland, on Saturday. The Minister said the subject would be considered in connection with the orderof any additional carriages.

Failure to maintain his wife, ucncvieve Harris and her child, was the charge brought against a man named Walter .1. Harris, who appeared in the Paluicrston North Magistrate's Court this morning before Mr, J. L. (Stout, S.M. SeniurSerg.mit Knisi-r appeared for the police and Mr. Ongley for the accused, who was remanded until .Monday, Wil being allowed in the sum of C 7. L > and mi. ■ snreiy of the same amount. The fact that the Minister for tiilucation was accompanied liy Mr.-.M'iur on his tour of Taranaki is welcomed by at least one teacher's wife (says the Wanganui Chronicle). For some years the Education Board has been endeavouring to have a new residence built at Raholu, but without success. When a deputation from the liuhotu .-sc.ln'ol Committee waited on the Minister wn the matter. Mr. i'arr said lie would be guided by the opinion of his wife, who hud just inspected the resilience. Mrs. fan", in an uncertain voice, condemned the building and the Minister

good as his word, immediately insult; a grunt of £11)00.

in .New Zealand very much morehas been done for the good of the soldiers than has been done ;i( homu, stated General Wauchope at the gathering of ex-soldiers in Duncclin. General "Wauchopu went on to make special reference tu the New Zealand Returned .Soldiers' Association which, be said, acting as one body, had been able to do more to assist the soldiers than had been done in Great Britain, where regimental organisations of ex-service men were the rule. Those organisations dirl a great deal of good on behalf of ex-members of the regiments, but naturally they could not do as much a.eoultj oue collective body like the Dominion organisation. 'J'iie movement to take advantage of the offer of a valuable telescope by the Yale University for astronomical olisufvation in New Zealand was advanced a little further by a deputation at Wellington from thu Aetroftonrtcnl !jo-,-ieiv of New Zealand to Sir 1 rancis Hell'. acting Th-iine Minister, which asked for assistance for the purpose of testing for a suitable location Kfir the telescope. Dr. Adams suggested that £501! would probably suffice to carry out the nesessary investigation:-, wlneh would take about four months. Sir [■•rancis Hell said he did uoi think .here would be any difficulty with the Government and he would pui the matter before Cabinet.

Settlors in the Kairanga district have been complaining about the action of gangs of men. engaged in erecting idectric" power transmission lines, in cuttina down shelter trees along the roadsides. Messrs J A. Xash, M.P.. J. Linklater. M.P., and Mr. Vi. ». Waters, of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board, journeyed to the Kairanga district and met'the settlers, who explain ed *ha' thev had no objection u, the Hue running across their properties if it would save cutting down shelter ~- Messrs Se;d: and Linklater agreed to get into toimfi >'.iih ihe department concerned, and request that its representatives be -na her- nt once to go into the question. Memories of the exploits of the fain ou- Middlesex Regiment during the Mauri war are ..eyived by the distribution in New Zealand of eight Old Comrades' badges, which were forwarded from England recently to Sergeant E. Bezar, of Wellington. One of the eight surviving "Die-Hards" in New Zeal,-,;,-J i« Mr, John Fitzgerald, of F'almerston Xorlh. svho h/:s received his badge. Sergeant Bezar, who is SC vears of age has undertaken the task ijf locating the little band of survivoss. The names r>f those he recollected in | addition to Mr. Fitzgerald were: W. L. Hinton. P. Loftus. and .Tame- Khoue.-. j The Middlesex Regiment. known as; the "Die-Hards," achieved a remark-j able record during the late war, II j lost 12,694 men killed and wounded, and : in one day one man killed ten Germans j and wounded forty. So impressed were | the Germans with the achievement i that they erected a monument to him OH the site of hi.- exploit.

Among the numerous alleged systems" of ha*king horses, fi'iat of bfting guided by omens or coincidences- iquite a common one. Sometimes t.'tse come off: sometitiu-s they du not. good deal of laughter Has caused :;' thfi WsDganui Fire Brigade's smOKebneert' last week /says the ;'HeiU'.i bv one speaker who related a recent experience of this kind. When at the races recently, he was spoken to bv Superintendent Williams, who askec hi'rn' to propose th r roast of the Fire Brigade. On opening his race fjoolf for the piirp ns «-' of picking the winner " . - -ox! race hi- attention was ur of the u. t „ . hat . n once nvetted by tu, - B ■ the horses in it was named '-x.*,. " gadc." and that the owner's natne was Williams. ."It w&t* not tbs enperintendent's horse," he added, amid laughter, "but I was so struck by the coincidence that I thought it good enough to put a pound on, I did 80, and Fire Brigade—ran last all the .way.'-' F. Barrett is now firmiv established in his new premises,' Mill Boa'd, a'n'd boots, shoes, etc., left with him will be repaired at shortest notice -with the best of leather. Workmanship unsur-

Owing to the death of the daughter of Mr. Whata Hakaraia the Otaki Band will not play as intended on Sunday, but will render a programme later.

A cycle road run was held on Wednesday afternoon by the Levin Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club from JLeviu to Otaki and back, a good run resulting in a win for C. Curtis bv live lengths from B. Cooper, after a strong finish, in the satisfactory time of lhr 29min.

"TVie lady who is With Us this ulteriiooii memlier 01 me ttriush lmnii{jruuoii Delegation) does not muui ii you stnuke, gentlemen," , s aitl Mr J. -Myers toward, tiie conclusion of tne Wellington Chaiinber oi commerce luncheon yesterday. "In fact," ue added, ••slie is going to join in and nave one herssil." She did; uioie tnou one. Al llie llopitai Board mooting a. I'alineision .sunli yesM-ioav Uie new managing secretary, .Ui- I'nunps v.ua weleomeu by Mr j. a. .Nasi!. M.i»., acting chairman, wiio saw that i. Mr Phillips eoLiid luiiuvv me. inies uUOpted bv Mr 1-iasei doling ui.u gentleman's period 01 oiliee wn u me Board, lie would give every success. Mr Phillips will take up his new duties about September l~tii.

.-v iitfwiv uppointea herd tester in il* WMJiampa, conversing \v.;.ii u.n Age represenuiuve, sta-ieu t-nui t..y

testing it hua been proved Lluit !i heid oi -lo cows, ui'-er lu hail oeen culled out, naa returned more money than itit- oiiginal 50, mis being due to ilie jjood producers getuny (lie ociietit ol the txuii leeu. Herd testing in i,lie Waikato had considernuiy improved tiie prii :e oi cows in ua auction.

Tire secret oi "how to keep young at ninety was coiirtded to a pressman hy Airs urmiston, one oi Aiick- • land's pioneers, on the occasion 01 ' uer sxit-n birthday '.suites mi >'.\- J change;. "Tiie eiuel thing is Drown | oread," slie .-aid. "We were, ah

: nrougiit tip on brown bread in our •hoiiie in Cornwall, and when we came Jto .New Zealand we siiil had it. We grew our own wheaU and ground U !in u little haiidmui. and lor years ! tasted no oilier kind of bread. 1 have j eaten brown bread all my life, and am .sure that is one of the reasons 1 am so strong and well now. My [digestion is excellent, and 1 always enjoy my meals." j An Auckland resident wiio lias re- ! mined Hum Queensland reports with | pride that .New Zealand has won .some distinction as a horse-breeding country with the Queensland tanners. I The Queensland Government recently i purchased six line draught horses to jexiubii lor education purposes in the j endeavour lo induce settlers to breeu ;a lieuer class oi horse. One ol the j best Queensland judges was sent 10l nils purpose to -New South Wales ano \ icioria, and on making his linal selection it wcis found khat live oui ol the six stallions purchased were New Zealand-bred inui Uunedui is i.ol lar beiunu joiner cities in c o IUI ua p»ogressivei...ss is concerned has oneli been oeo.unsliated m "si quiet way' (says

the Utugu Duilj Tiniesn There was uii wew in toe tearoom a: Wingattu. on the occasion ol the Hunt Club's | meeting, a combined two-loal buueij spreauingi and biead-slicing machine, w moil, it is claimed, will practically eliminate tin; handling ol every shoe ol oread used ior sandwiches, and wm assuredly result in a great saving ol labour. Tile machine was designed i'> Mr W. Alloo, an employee ol tiie Oiugo Daily limes. Its capacity operated by nand power is 3000 buttered but driven by electric power the machine would probably cut up to 10,000 slices pei hour, .-several little incident;; in connection Wi'.n lite compel! .lolls nave been liecoided from tune to time, but a j story lolu ol the, WuiigaiiLii euhipeUiionis is vvorili ielaUng. .'» cei'tam ' gciuieman who, liad beeii hi the habit io. accijig as host Usually conveyed ; no iiiviiaiion to partaKe oi a lime i lelrestmteut m the leiuarK: "caie to have a iooi. at the old gentleman bo;or we screw lutn do'.-.n.-' In iJie e-. enlng twu gentlemen in clerical, ai- ■ llie, who had been good iriefids t'j ■ ilie cuuujetitlons were seated in the iiont row, anu it wtts (nought that tney would not be averse m u httie ■ lipoid reirealmien".., so one ol the 'oiiicials appfoaciiietl them iti a bta^i! whispei : "Like to 3 ee the old gentleman be-loie We him down/' I iiey vvcie gieally shocked, and the ; ijiie-sUuii had to be repeated, wi .n the : result tlwt they leil lor tiie teai ol i tie siaee with elongated counteni aiice=. Uecoroujiiy tliey entered the

i ■ o-nie-ivoni, wnen, much to tlieu suri jpiise—una pleasure they were asked Hto partake ol a 'spot, which soon i ! served to disperse the gloom winch : ; nad si*jwn itsell iu 'jheir laces. In . jiuci i ! - was twice dispelled '• S'Auv lime ago the freocti (joveni- ' incut »etil out a, wafslup Vj tnveati- ' I gate Uie v.ays ol wireless, Mr W. j iliiiuiptoit iold iiotanaiis a' a reccut I! mjoetuig. Ifiis v."as Ure AJdeoaraii, i wtucb Kept in touch wit-h the stauou ;at i*u.oyeUe. As the vessel go - , out ' ul Hie- MediUiiTauean aiid passed 'he i lied sea into Uto centre oi tire luj diau ucean i* w-as that ' j Hie biguais faded away entirely, but lus iiie warship- approached'New £ea- \ laud they were picked, up again at a gradually increasing strength xm those i which had been received in ttie Med- ' ! i'erraiiean. One explanation <jl this ; which had been was that New | Zealand was the antipodes o: France, ; and that ttie wireless w&yes cam* ,! round boUi sides oP the earth and met near the Dominion. But the ' real explanation was, of course, otherwise. From the Dominion to [England 'he shortest way home was i due iidrtlr, up through Behring Strait, pas', the Nortii Pole, and then soulhi ward. This was the way which would Ibe taken in a trip Home by aero- ! plane, and the way of the. wireless • waves. And as they knew tha.t wire- ! less could be sent three or four times ' j further over sea than land, and that : most of this route was over water, j these 2 acts lore out the theory. So > j .New Zealand is very aptly placed ior . receiving messages from European j stations." | A motor-bike and side-tar arc ad- j

vertised ror saJc A childs iron cot and high-chair ari> advertised for sale. A number of business men have decided to observe Monday as a holiday, particular- of which are advertised. The Whareroa Lodge (Paraparaumuj will hold'it's first annual ball ah Friday, 2Sth in-'., and a record gathering"^ evpeeted. Prices for the band social to be held at"Manaka.ii have been altered, and gentlemen will now be admitted at 2/0. and ladies at 2/-, The reading of the journal in con-' neetion with the Literary and Debating Club will take place on Monday night nasi. -- . Messrs JopJiu. StaJlard. una C:<rmi"h- ' ael will sell on Thursday, October 4th. a small orchard two miles, from Otaki Raiwav. together with a 4-roomed dwelling, etc.. also a farm of 34 acres, situate st Te Horo. Woods' Oreat Peppermint Cure. For Coughs and Colds, never fails.