THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 5 October 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Whitebait is realising 70s to 80s per tin in Wellington. Measles, whooping cough and influenza are at present prevalent in this district. Two hedgehogs "'ere found on a vacant section in Otaki township a few evenings ago. Mr. J. D. Howell, of Paraparaumu, [ generously donated £2 2s to the j funds of the Otaki Brass Band. The service at All Saints' Church on Wednesday night was splendidly attended, and the Rev. G. F. Petrie gave an interesting address, and read splendid reports of the Hickson Mission. Special hymns were sung and prayers offered. All Services in connection with the mission have been splendidly attended and great interest show-n, A meeting of uuiry farmers w-as held at Manakau on Tuesday night to .consider the Dairy- Produce Control Bill. Mr. L. H. Atkins presided and Mr. J. "D. Brown addressed those present on "the principles of the Act. The following nwtid'n was carried: "That this meeting of suppliers of the Manakau Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., determine to strongiv support the Dairy Control Bill and undertake to advertise and extend a recommendation to such effect." Mr. Byron Brown (judge of elocutionary" classes at Cambridge) stated that candidly s-eaking, he was not very much impressed the .general standard of the work he had' heard sq far. though there had been many good Uuiui. Some of the children's recitations were tryito good, and in the.class for ladies (humorous recitations) all -three competitors had given splendid performances {hat were good enough to win in Auckland or Wellington. Mr. Brown said he was not pleased with many of the gestures, particularly those by some of the children. It would be better, he thought, if tuay Jeft these out altogether rather than /iver.do it. Evidently the naturalness of the children had been spoiled in some eases by wrong teaching. There is showing in Otaki a fir.,-! rangc of ladies' and gent's footwear at Irvine's shoe store. We are fitting rubbers free on ladies' shoes, bought this week. A good selection and Vie prices are right. A few pair? of gum boots have arrived. —Advt.

The annual general meeting of the Te Horo Athletic Club will be held on Monday next at 8 p.m.

The race for boys at the Otaki Athletic Club's evening meeting, on October 15th, will be for lads of 10 years and under. The preacher at the Otaki Anglican Church on Sunday evening will be the Rev. W. G. Williams, superintendent of the Maori Missions.

The Otaki Tennis Club's courts will be available for play to-morrow, and it is expected that quite a number of players will be present. At the Dunedin competitions the soprano solo ("Nightingale of June") was won by Miss Maud Elderton (Otaki). She Was also placed lirst in the ladies' vocal solo open to those who had not before won a prize. The tender of Mr. T. P. Lyons, pro- ! prietor of the Family Hotel, Otaki, for the licensing booth at Trentham races has been accepted. The liquid refresh--1 mont at the Otaki races, as supplied by Mr. Lyons, was high-class and patrons at Trentham may rely upon the best of wines, ales, or spirits. A novel competition lias been instituted by the ulliciul tester 01 Uie . Carterton herd testing seueme m order tu ascertain wnai knowledge dairymen nave oi a euw s quality . witliuul applying a test. He is uileri iug a prize to me dairyman wlio can I guess nearest tu the turee best and • mree worst cows in his herd. Some tune m July u lauiuus comet should have made its appearance in uhe night sky, and every clear uigln astronomers set their comet "trap"—a | combination oi me telescope and the i photographic camera—in uie hope oi I trapping it (says the "Melbourne I Agp"). This member ot our solar ! system was "hist seen by Professor d'Arrest, alter whom it is named, in j 1851, and the determination 01 its orI bit showed it tu be What is known as a shorU-period comet., paying us a I visit every seven years, ilut it has ! not been seen since WlO, and it is l'eared that a lew years ago it came under the influence of the planet Jup--1 iter, and got so severely mauled by I that planetary giant that it was either broken into fragments or switched into a different orbit.. As nothing has been reported, we may assume unit it must be included in the list of lost comets.

A draught mare, suitable for farm work, is advertised for sale.

A second-hand bicycle is advertised for.