Otaki News.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 February 1912, Page 3

Otaki News.

j I'lio iullmving paragraphs about | happening.-. in Utalii and vicinity are ; taken Irom I lit; local Mail:— 1 : A meeting oi' the Otaki Maori Bus-, Band wa.s held 011 Friday night • when it was announced that : .six new instruments and a secondl h;i!id one had been purchased, and ] were available for us<*. | A public meeting wil! ho held at j Hie Druids' f7:;l!. on Th.llr.sday even--1 ing next, for tlie purpose of (leeid- , ing mi .some form of recognition of jMr W. T-T. FieldV- services to the disI irict. Mr Field has represented i Oleki in Pnrlinment during the past jtuehe yeiars. durng M'hieh time he , ha l -' spared no pains or trouble in j his to advance the disI trict's interest."-. Iherpfnro it is j deemed only fittino; that some roj co'TTiit.inn shon'd he m.-de of his lah- | our?. Do'djfli'S-; Mr Field's many : su'iportcrs will he well represented iat the meeting , in Thursday. ! The frnii- crop this season Js proving a good one. and loeal orehardists . are well pleased with the harvest. Dnriiiii last week ,\!r I'rwtou-Tliom- , a s .«»ui a way no 10.-:3 t-han 2.J- tons of 1 rum Riverdale Orchards, aim s»p to dale this >eason he lias sel'i «v.-r > 'V loru c!' 1 i'i!it. Ifo has , an . \ -ehent r r(-p or mid-,season and h l '' l pi'iiiis, 1,11 iie pwuv. apples, etc., ■ aro al-o \-crv )»<*«<!i(it*. it is satis- - fuet"i v to "mic i mm t itrieeis have been | beuer t."i- vea: ibjui in niany previ:Ul.> j>L'iiM»i:s. Al l' i're.Sioil-Tllomas S has iiad b.itl hirl<, however, with his | ctiemi;!)'.■ r.;, ol vvhfSi he usually j -i"ws many tony, each season. This j year, owing fo the bad weather, he i has lost many miles of cucumber ; phi nil-. ! Tile t-sl< taken a f. the Now Zea- : land Haii'v linion'f. Otaki creamery I on Saturday !a-| ..liowe.l an excellent i test all round: indeed, we believe they are sreond to cotic along this j coa-t af liii,. lime oi *])«« year. The ; figuies, which speak for Hiemselros, i are Wi.-rlhy oi" periif-al : -Supplier No. ;1. test. 1.0 ; -J. |.S) : ;s. |.() ; .j, 3.7 ; i r >- ■ >■ I.H: H, 1.0; 0. -1.1 : 10. t ;j - s ■IK : 12. !.l : Ri. '1.2; 14, ;LI : 10. : Hi. .| .1 ; 17. 1.0; 18. ; !.■" : ID. 1.0: i'O. I ! ; 2|. 4.] ; 22. i M : 2:!. 1.2: 21. !.-! : 2fi. H.B. It mi;iy l.i' add, d thai- the highest fesl at i lie 15allance taei'-orv at last : ing « jis 1.2. I ! lie popular game op IjowJk con- | tinues fn give ihe loeal green an j animated appearance, and seldom, it' j ever before, have the rinks been in ! such good order, credit being due I to the caretaker (Mr Sam Robinson) I who is putting in much time and ! energy for the welfare of the Club. .; Ho is at present trying to improve | the green still further, in view of 1 the Feathers' match next "Wednesday j with the Shannon Club, when Booth, ; Bright. Ferguson, and Satherley (s) ! will defend against Lind, Stepheni son, Clayton, and Roach (s). The hatter quartette intend to make a j hold hid for the coveted trophies, ; and are in good form, while Otaki ! are equally was sine of winning, and j thus upholding the reputation they have worthilv gained. A friendly 1 game will also he played between j another rink from the northern j township and a local combination, i Larrikin ism is said to very rife j in Manakau, and at present tho po- ; lice are keeping a watchful eye 011 j several young people. During the | week an action, which might easily i have resulted in disaster, was reportj eel, a stone being inserted under the | lever of the semaphore at the northern points, whereby the signal whir | prevented from noting. Luckily, | the light was noticed to be wrong. | and the signalman immediately noi ticed something was amiss, and just I had time to the incoming ! train, and prevent it from going on , the wrong lino, and probably causing ' a collision. The perpetrator of this I so-called joke should rememlfer that Ihe is liable to ton years' imprisonment for Kuch an offence.