THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 7 November 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Guy Fawkes’ Day passed oft quietly in Otaki, only a few fireworks being in evidence, A magnificent •. lew of lit. Egmon’. i clad in snow, was obtained from the OUiki beach this morning. Increased business is reported at the Otaki post office, due to direct communication with other township'. It is evident that the new litre is fully I appreciated. \ Mr. Geo. Reay’s butcher's shop now bonus of cooling fans which will be a i great acquisition to his business pre- | mises. They are worked by the I engine and were made and erected by 1 Messrs Jarmey and Love. Mrs. \V. M. Clark, of Levin, has consented to judge the decorative section at the Otaki 11. and D. Society’s show, which takes place on November loth. Entries have come in well for the children’s school-work, and it is expected that tire display in all sections will be much above the average. There was a fair crowd at the Fire Brigade’s euchre party last night, and an enjoyable time was spent. Mrs. Freeman won the ladies’ prize, after playing oil with Mrs. Cook, while Mrs. McGill won the consolation. Mr. Pike won the gents’ prize, and Mr. Twist the booby. Supper was served and en(joyed. The Koputaroa Football Club’s first annual ball which was held in the new Kopmtaroa Kail or. Thursday evening, was a decided success, and despite the inclemency of the weather, was largely attended, and included visitors from Otaki, Shannon, Levin, and Foxton. The music, which was supplied by Rikikana's orchestra, was a of the evening, whilst at intervals highly appreciated musical items were rendered by the Maoriland String Band. We are fitting rubber heels free till Xmas on ladies’ shoes from £1 upwards. Call and see our white shoes —ladies’ and children’s are cheap this year. Gent’s Bostonk shoes to clear 34s 6d. Polish -i iiii' Is. We are agents for metal shoe laces. —Irvine’s, shoe store, Duck' pud Leghorn pullets are advertised for sale. Otaki.—Advt. . Tenders are invitee; for renovating Waikauae post office. A new up-to-date brick house is advertised for sale. Tenders- are invited for or tern ion and alteration to a shop verandah in Otaki. Bronchial Coughs, take Woods ’ Great Peppermint Cure.

TTCe woik of providing a continuous teleptione service between Napier and Wellington is now under way. The service will probably be available for use early in January next. Mr A. F. Roberts, of Wellington, lias been offered and has accepted the appointment of New Zealand Commissioner to the British Empire Exhibition. at a salary of £ISOO per annum and travelling allowances. The art of •‘keeping to the left” Is gradually being learned by the Wanganui public, and it is noticeable that the huger the crowd the better they seem to regulate themselves, says a local paper. At least two highly respected residen.s of Thuaru have recently received uhenymuiu letters making grossly UiitruiiU'ul charges against Them as Well a s veiled threats. Tile matter , liu> been placed in the hands of me < .C I le first lilies Of iut lambs dialled in the 'v\ averiey district was »uu u. u e.uny ion ireezmg works lost week, and averaged 33 41b5. Tins inner be considered a. pnenomenal weight lor iambs killed so early in the seasuu. The owner is said to nave received ;C very satisfactory price.

bi. Helen’s Hospital, Wellington, reported ns liist birth of triplets last week. Ine new arrivals are ail girls and are the lirst babies 111 the lamliy. xhe mother and babie s are doing well. Title birth of triplets is quite an unusual event in New Zealand. The cn.urman of the Mauriceville County Council, during the course of bit turd,ay's said: ‘'Never stop a man Horn planting a. tree. It it gets m the way it can be, cut down, and 11 it does” not it may become a valuable asset.”

The blucguiu blight, seems to have swept badly over parts of the Feilditig district. " Plantations of line trees planted by the early settlers have been almost destroyed. On some of the trees there is still a vesige ol green foliage, and with thg introduction ol the ladybird, it is staled, tile trees mat survive.

The Farmers’ Union Gazette was brielly discussed at a meeting of the Wanganui Farmers’ Union. One member said that the matter in it was 100 high class lor the average Tom, Dick and Harry to read. lie said that what was wanted was plenty of racing news and a few tips. That, seemed to be what most farmers wanted to read about.

tu the course of a discussion at the Mitrlicun Synod, Auckland, several speakers reierred to ttie need of Bible reading in the State schools. At I, a laviaau nl< 1 that while lie u rerd With' the speakers, he must vny that two ol his children who attend ed diocesan schools seemed to know much more about the Prayer Rook than the Bible.

“Three years in Dartmoor,” said Mr Justice Salmoild during an Appeal Court case in Wellington, ‘‘is a verv different thing indeed from three years or agricultural occupation and garden cultivation in many of the so-called prisons in New Zealand.” Cross seas which disturbed the NTa.rjua’s passengers on her recent voyage to Auckland were responsible, said Mr W. B. Leyland at Saturday's reunion of naval veterans, for his being asked bv an American : “Does not 811!aimia rule the waves?” “Yes.” “Well, I wish to goodness she’d rule them straight.” On Monday, a Bristol Road (Inglewood) fanner named Benge, while m an open paddock, was attacked hv a hoar, which succeeded in inflicting verv serious injuries before being driven off, states an Inglewood correspondent. Dr. M‘All urn, Inglewood, wa= summoned, and found that. Mi Rang,, bad been ripped a good lleal about the legs and bade. Councillor E. 1. Howard, M.P., sugg .-ied to the Christchurch City Council that a line of whito files be laid (•own liie centre of one of die city .ooijxiths. as in .Auckland, in order to .p e whether the device would touch people to “keep to the left.” Con--1 ....lor Howard, who has lately visited Auckland, said that the tile's'had been ' along a section 0! footpath as experiment and had controlled ~ die ‘quite well. An Akaioa fisherman, Mr Arthur wcstlake, while a few miles off the Heads early in June last, scribbled a ‘message, with the usual request to a pc .sidle .tinder, corked it tightly in » bottle and, then threw it into the water. The matter had passed front his memory when, toward the end o! .September, the unexpected answer to ,10 request came from Taranaki. Two beys had found the bottle on the beach tb -re between Manaia and Opunake.

A case of enthusiasm in the game of bowls, which is probably without parallel in the Dominion, was mentioned at the Picton Hospital Board’s meeting last week. It was stated that a- local gentleman, who was handicapped by 'a contracted finger, recently went to his medical -adviser, and asked that the offending finger be amputated. as it interfered with his game of bowls. The operation was accordingly successfully performed and the patient is now progressing favourably. At the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch Charles Mefedries and Thomas Turnbull were sentenced to two months on charges "that'without colour of right, but not so as to be guilty of theft t-hev took a motor car valued at. £250." Tile evidence showed that the men took possession of the motor car and went for a “joy-ride.” They drove it through a fence in another oart of the city and were arrested. Thev pleaded that they had been invped to go for a ride by another nian who eventually left them in charge, but the magistrate said he disbelieved them.

We have been requested to publish as a warning to bee-keepers the report of a case hard in the Magistrate’s Court at Napier on Monday last. The defendant in this case ple-aded guilty To a breach of the Apiaries Act by not complying with an order from the inspector to rid his apiary of foul-brood. The inspector. who'prosecuted, said that as far back as 1921 defendant’s apiary was in bad order, and his attempt to clean it up Then was a half-hearted attempt, Defendant pleaded that owing to sickness in his family and himself he had been unable to attend to the matter. “It is a very serious matter,” said Mr Dyer. “He might infect the whole neighbourhood’s apiaries He will he fined £5 and costs.”

Some suspicious circumstances are believed to surround the destruction by fire of the residence of Mr F. .Anderson, Napier road, near Palmerston. It is stated that a tramp called at the house, in the morning, as the inmates were about to leave for the show, and asked for 'rood. He was given some milk -end bread and butter, Mrs Anderson apologising for the absence of any more elaborate meal, as the family were about to go to town. The tramp, ibis alleged,'then med abusijp language and mentioned something about destroying the building. Some time later, after the occupants had proceeded to Palmerston North, a neighbour noticed that the house was on fire, and summoned volunteers to attempt jo subdue the blaze. The flames, however, then had too strong a hold, and the building and contents were destroyed. The matter.has been placed in' the hands of the police.

An interesting collection of German mark notes was brought back front Germany by Mr L. Alfred Eadyi, who returned by the Niagara on Friday. The notes range from the one-inark issue to one of 5,000,000 marks. The latter note was the highest denomination in circulation when Mr Eady was in Germany.

There Was a fairly heavy fall 01 snow at Lake Monowai (Southland) during, ihe past week, while it was reporteu that the Waiau River at the site of the powerhouse for the Power Board’s scheme rose to a height, of (lit ‘(in. about normal. The highest, rise recorded up to the present time in the river is Aft sin. above the normal ’level.

The statement Uiat a riile-shootjng score of lib uut 01 a possible lew made at Jlelensville recently, was a record tor New Zealand on the ‘25 yus. range, is not borne out by tacts. Lam year 111 Auckland, six boys scored the possible Pit). Although• the present season is only hall over, four boys ‘nave already gained the possible score of 120. Aii these boys have done .very well at tlie various rifle meetings held ai Auckland and Trentham.

One of the rules of the Hamilton ■laaiid Agents’ Association i s that, before a member resorts to litigation 10 claim commission, he shall place the circumstances-before the executive ol 1 lie association and. obtain its ruling on tiiu matter. A special meeting m the executive was held IQ consider the circumstances oi «. recent transaction, and to give, its opinion, on the merits •ol a land agents’ claim for commission. A parallel case has not been 'adjudicated on In a court of law. and ■ t is stated that interesting developments are likely to ensue as the result. 01 the executive’s deliberations.

A mob of sheep were travelling along a road on St. John’s Hill, Wanganui, when one of the flock made a break through the wire fence ol a private house and sat on the verandah. One of the dogs in charge'went In pursuit and evidently took a nip out of ihe wetlier, for it took to its beets, and, travelling around to the back of 1 lie house, went inside and up ‘be passage until it came to the drawing room door. It then marched sedately in, and, to the amazement ol the household, calmly jumped on to a chesterfield and sat down with all the preciseness of it well-bred sheep. The dog took up a stand outsid# the back door, and, until the sheep was trundled out the same way it went in. kept up a seemingly continuous bark oi protestation at this strange and sudden disappearance.

A cheery note was struck by a commercial man in Dunedin. * “Right through,” lie said, “the business in this city has been sound, exceptional!)' sound, "whether the volume was heavy or light, and there are many others well as myself who are recognising more and more that fluctuations may do good in teaching us that business nowadays calls with increasing insistence for thought, and greater tnougb’t. The time is past when a man can safely idle away the morning in a perfunctory call at the office and go away to golf or bowls in the afternoon. He must, work and be must organise for work, to get on. The way is ft bit bard, but the man wiho fakes it is surer now of success than at. any previous time.

The races are over and the “old grey” had a royal win. He is passing iiia"profits on to his customers, so call and get the best leather for repairs. Roots now stocked —F. Barrett.—Advi.