THE OTAKI MAIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 26 November 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pies reported to be fairly miiner- ■ uus on the ranges and yesterday Otaki sportsmen seeurg-d a number. There has been a mils epidemic of ptomaine poisoning i;i Carterton iately. -rune thirtv eases, we are informed, being traced to eating ice creams. None of the cases hate proved fatal, hut many of them necessitated medical attendance. —Dai! v New s. A meeting of the committee interested in the presentation, to be made to Mrs. Stable at the benefit concert on Tuesday night, was held on Friday, when it was: reported that as the result of lists a good round sum had been raised. An invitation recital by students of Mrs. Stable will be held In the concertchamber, Wellington, on November flOth, when Mrs. F. G. Davies, Misses Maud Elderron. Constance Berreli. and Hose Lee. and Messrs A. M. Dunkley and A. R. Teelitig. all of Otaki, wild take part. There is no more popular illustrated weekly this side of the Line than the * • X.Z. Snorting and Dramatic Review” and the current issue easily’ maintains the top-most standard for merit i-nd varietv. Racing enthusiasts will Bnd notable appeal in the generous showing given the Pahiatua .Jockey- Club's meetinn and the Hamilton Racing Club's gafhering at Claudeiandi. The Melbourne Cup and J ictona Derby- will cum n-a ml particular- attention. Excel;;l views -of the N.Z. Metropolitan ;r ting Club's meeting, indicating the , T . : we.;., kb,, appear. The well-arrac-e-i c«‘=tr. pasts "a-tch the 'eye nlesAn-Iv. encompmemg t-ev no t.,. r — chate of sport asd/a-thict-Os Znviand. America and France. The charnpioo wy-igier putter and s mew oi Doncaster racecourse are mcJnaco <n Gis. ii- 1. Photos of the rr&gu- Japanese as rib Quake also appear. The paper m on sals at all booksellers ana ne-:- , agents. __

There are a number of eases of influenza in a mild form in Wanganui. H is estimated that over £ISOO worth of potatoes were despatched from Pukekohe one day Last week, the largest quantity exported from Pukekohe in a single day this season.—Franklin Times. It is understood that there is a possibility of a small Japanese training squadron .visiting New Zealand next year. If ihfc visit takes place the squadron may reach Auckland about the second week in February. A Greymoutli telegram says it is reported irom Arthur’s Pass that a series of earth tremors occurred throughout yesterday. Several shocks were also fell at Otira and two shocks occurred there this morning. The damage was slight. A iiaslerion resident, who lias .just returned from a visii to Sydney, speaking to a reporter with regard to the progressiveness 01 the New South Wales capital, remarked that m Costleteagit street alone over £5,000,000 worth of buildings are at present in course ol construction. A \. uikaio youth has returned irom Germany, where he was paid on irom a German pout, alter having siiippeu lat Panama as u stoker. His two months’ wages at the. American rate of pay totalled 800,000,000 marks (£s'£). Tne German rate oi pay would have been only £i 10s. A suit oi clothes cost him. 07.000,000 marks (£4).

There jn talk ol building a. gull course (nine holes) about a mile and a quarter Iruui the Glacier Hotel, at tlie I'raa/. Josef Glacier, It will be located in the midst ol scenery that is c/» and as well us be.autilul, and win have a line natural tun, and siiould be a popular and additional attraction tor visitors to tile glacier. A letter received in Napier lrom Cornwall, Kngland, states that unemployment throughout the country is i acuie, and seems likely to be greatly acceiuiiii.ted during tlie coming winter. As a consequence, assisted omigraiiuii is being widely availed Of, ami ilionsunds are embracing Ibis mean.-, ol seeking fresh fields, larger nunii.ieis applying lor passages to New t Zealand.

j out prise was expressed at. t.lie I meeting til iln; W anganui Hospital I.soard Hull, the coal bill fur the Waiij ganu-i 1 losj>iia 1 lor the past month i was just on i:iso. One member said 1 that it. worked out at. t:5 a. day, and another member pointed out that it uas ;■<jtiivaleul* to JA tons of eua] a day Used. Seeing that the gas is also used at Hie in.sliiiiion the Hoard decided to have inquiries made into the matter. ! Tile big Unity milking plant recenti\ iii.siallr-d at. the W'erarOa Training Until is giving every satisfaction, the tanning manager :Mr spencer) told a Clip ancle representative yi sterday. 1.5 y its .aid the whole herd of TO euws eotild be put through by one man if necessary. At present 51 cows were in milk. Tin' boys were first taught to i dll*'by band and were not- allowed to loucb the machines until they were proficient.

The large gardens *u the Weraroa Training Farm are looking purtiouJarly well just, now and ' the orchards promise big crops ul fruit. Mr F. Alhn, the head gardener, told a Chronicle reporter that he had great’ success with a supply of fowl manure which lie had procured from a local poultry farmer. Using 5 tons to the acre it had proved a. first class soil revivdier. It had been used on clean ground ami had proved quite lree of weeds. A lad nine years of age hud an unusual experience m Wairoa recently ,re hues a correspondent ol the Napier 'J'elogiapii . Re was some distance iiom home and wa s given a Hit on a motor lorry. In spite ol the rough going the htUe chap went to sleep and tile dii’. or forgot him until he had passed thiough W airoa and had reached Opoiti. mil teen miles aw ay from •he. hoy’s home. The little leilow then set out to ramp back again, and duly art we . When he got home in* found h.nr at T parties wen out !joking mm. id , mud ■< W y I, ajjpaicniiy mole at ic .me us a judge ol a good rucehoi.se limit Hi a dairy cow. ’‘Pretty’.-, Fling' the pedigree .lersiyv which has just put up a -New Zealand and Australian recorij by giving lblOlbs of hutteriat. was purchased hy Mr W. ii. Miers. trie ptcsont owner, from Mr Gray two yi.uts ago ior 40 guineas. Mr luciiard Cuboe, oi i-eiioihgu is athiounceu as a. candidate ior the Uuuy Con trot Board, election, having men nominated, hy twenty-one lactones. His application for a copy oi the roll was re! used by the Minister oi Agriculture though it is understood the roll has been issued to the ticket. The Minister has been advised that ... writ will be issued if a refusal is persisted in. Jhe Wanganui Borough Council hate decideo to take immediate steps to improve A ram oho Park. An order ;s to be placed at once for the necessur\ material tor the children’s pliy-gre-uinj, winch is to include see-saws, a large chute. a merry-go-round, swings, baby chairs and a rock-a-bye. - • •>ovision is to be made-ill next year’s estimate; lor the balance of the impfovemeutii which include a paddling pool, shelter sheds, conveniences, etc. I lie natives of the Chatham. Islands wiio were lined ior failing to pay their dog taxes hit on a much hector plan than passive resistance. The [ stciy s-ays they gathered round the lock-up demanding to be allowed to "take-cut” the fine. This seems io have cured the authorities completely ot :iie effort to recover tpe amounts. They could make no complaint either. The'natives were placing no obstacles in the wyy of the adnnnistranjn of justice. They were doing their best c-j he helpful.

Every time the Cambridge Band announces an open air concert, rain sets in. This has become so noticeable that it is quite a common topic lor jesting. This caused Mr F. Lye, M.P., to remark that a band, was a acquisition to any -own, and was very necessary in a town like Cambridge, which was the centre of a dairying- district. It at any time a drought sSt in, sued tdie fanners were anxious for rain, they had only to call the band out i for a programme and rain would assuredly fall. In view of the I act- that the person responsible tor the death of Mrs Oates, of Aramoho, has net been discovered, Mr Veitch, M.P., wrote the Minister of Justice urging that the reward for his capture be increased to £IOOO. The. following reply has just come to hand from the Minister of Justice; Office of the Minister of Justice, Wellington, 9th Nov.. 1923. W. A. Veitch, Esq., M.P., Wanganui. Deer Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 6th inst. relative to the reward of £250 offered for information leading to the conviction of the person who murdered Mrs Oates recently, I beg to inform you that the matter of increasing the amount of the reward will be carefully considered. In the meantime the residents of Wanganui tar. rest assurred that no efforts will ce kc-arej to bring the offence home to the guuty person. I am now stocking line* of and shoe* at price.- that' defy - competition. The “eld gr&v" still guarantee* repair*—his leather and worta*nsfeip bfeiag the best.— T. Bangtt.—

Fat lamb sales have already been made in tile NVairarapa at SJd per lb. Buyers are now offering 5Jd for wether mutton up to GOlbs in weight. A record was established at the last meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council, tile sitting lasting 15?, hours. The meeting closed at 3 a.m., Si resolutions having been carried. “Have yuui been underneath the : house to see."" 'asked counsel, during the cross-examination ol a witness in the Supreme Court, at New Plymouth. The dispute, in question was regarding the condition of a- dwelling sold to this witness. "No need to do that-," repl.fr'd. the witness, “you can see underneath the house lrom inside." The Judge joined in the laughter that followed the witness’ unexpected answer. The Marquis ul Bipun died while out shooting on his moors at tue end of September. His death furnishes the third instance this year ol titles becoming extinct through the death of peels without heirs. Thetotlnr two eases were those ol Lord Sealorth, who died oil .March 3rd, and Kail Fatquliar, who died on August 20th. About 400 titles have become extinct in the same fashion since the beginning of last century. In the last ten years 49 peerages "have become extinct.

some large consignment,* ol farm aeons wmou naa come Hum Acw m'.ilaiiu, unci wincll were Ixuiiy unesieu with weed seeds, were seen ny a i\ew r-eaiiind visitor lu me Government rot usury and Seed Department ai unsoane tine Southland Daily News repot is;, inese consignments were neu'g held up, and in addition to the reduced ligure winch the consignor would receive, die was not. likely to get get. one penny oi Ins money lor six months. Tire lollowing are Die butier-lac payments made to-day l.*y the Alanawatu dairy companies uiciitioiied lor tin* montli 01 October: Levin, Ia; N.Z. Danners' Union L'l gall), based on I, j; Uongolea, hll,<oo, 1a; Slia.niiun, 1 7: Dalinerstun North, 16; Whukaronga, 1/8 (which includes id on die previous month,; Maiia.waui-lU'-hunee, 1/8; Awalturi, D 6; Tiakitalnimt IS; KuiraJig'a., 16; lia veirswood, Li; New bury, 1-6 (also J,d balance on last season). A new scheme for breeding truut was mentioned by Mr C. A. Whitney, at a, meeting ol the council ot the Auckland Acclimatisation .Society, instead of raising the fry in tanks and liberating the fry in the streams, Mr Whitney said the eyed ova, was "pianted" with a machine in shallow pebbly-bottomed streams. The ova- was drilled in a manner similar to the drilling; ol seed in a held, and was covered with pebbles. The whole operation was done with the machine. In this way the. ova was protected until a had dev eloped sullioieiit ly to fend lor itsell. The new scheme had been tried m America, and m Otago with wonderlul success, and he would like to see it tried in the Auckland district next, year. Tile scheme will he discussed further at a la lor meeting.

! The habitat, and movement.-, of certain sinn'l fish and insects during autumn arid winter have been a mystery to many civilised and uncivilised peoples, but according to Ur. P. 11. Buck it noted Maori ethnologist, oid- ; time Maoris possessed accurate knowledge of the movement of whitebait, which many white people lack t-o this day “Many people think there is something of mystery about whitebait ami where they go in certain months,’"' he .said. “While I \ya> attending the Pan-Pacific Congress in Milboiirne lately, a man said to me: "There is one thing you scientists do not know—whet becomes of whitebait, and what they are." There is no mystery in science regarding them, nor vet among the Maoris. The adult fish goes down to the sea to spawn in March, and the small fry. or marketable whitebait, returns any lime from June t" September. This is in accordance with an old Maori legend, that at a certain time of the year all whitebait must return re their parents in Waiuni ' 'Great Wafers. ’" An oik-kin coat is edveri -u Pm Messrs liilb til.** Mom ;,•' . ■ -r• is.bo>: suits and sports’ coat- let .-ale. “Build in brick’’ is advice given in these columns by Mr. F. V> . larguse. An important notice to ‘enid.- player- appears iu our advertising columns. Tenders close on December sth for the erection of a. verandah, etc., in Main street. Otaki. About 100 acres of good rough grazing may be had on applw; lion to Mr. Byron Brown. Envelopes (slightly .-tbut of splendid quality) may be obtained at the “Mail” Office at -/ ;-r bo:: of 250. Air. E. Looser, who -wel:- the reliable Omega, ha.- also o. hand many lines of jewellery, etc., especially suitable for Xmas gifts. Captain Bax has decid ••■! to bold a .-■ale, and in consequence • !! his goods, which are of high quality, have been greatly reduced. A trial older is solicited. The Mark Ay re benelii concert on Tuesday (to-morrow) should be very enjoyable as splendid items will be given. Singers front Wellington will take part, also leading vocalists of Otaki. The programme appears elsewhere, and is well worthy of perusal. We a”c fitting rubber heels free till Xmas oil i-i lies’"shoes from ~1 upwards. Call ami see ou" white shoes —ladree ’ | and children’s are chea t , this year. Gent’s Bestoek shoes to clear 34s 6c. . Polish 4 tins Is. We are agents for , metal shoe laces. —-Irvine’s, shoe store, j Otaki. — Advt. i t '