THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 9 June 1922, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* Donations of £1 from Mrs Mcßenth j ' aid £2 10s from Air W. li. tiimco-x have i ".-on received tun aid.- tlio Native me- , moriu) fund. Readers of "The Yellow" and ''The { IVide World.' - and all interested in ) iVeldon-*s Indies' Journal, may procure j lit' same from -Mr Lowry. stationer. I )taki, or Mr Swift, of Otaki Kaihvay. . ! ' The Hautere Rifle Club ball and pre■entafcion of prizes took tj!;i.'-.- on Wedlid attendance, and all present a c rophii - presented caused a deal of fav- ( >ral)le comment, and the Club is grate- •• i 'ul to all donor.-. Mes.-rs Bill.- & Moore have ju.-t open- j •d up :i splendid assortment nf stamped ( "anev work_. including pillow .-baa.-, lights, camisole?, cushions. runners. . IV.yleys, etc.. and lovers of fnnr-y work ; hould make a px.im of seeing il.es.-. rhey al-o stock crash linen, and inutaion li'.i.-n by the yard. Messrs Krebs and Harnett, the well- " ;uO"2 tailors of 12" Lambton Quay, .Vellington, are now =howing tome of he latest suitings anu GOStavme eioths it their branch shop. opposite the rarely Hotel. Main Street. Otaki which is l io-.v open Wednesdays only. Mr Har- "' lett. the well-known cutter, will be in u ittendance from 10 a.m. to "> p.m. or. d Wednesdays. 1 Good value in fjenU> ? felt slipper? iith leather .-ole=, c : .- Gd pair to clear; adies' felts from 3s 9d; gents' light ~ hrome lace boots "from 22? Od a pair: adies' and girls' chrome dairy or chool boots ISs 6d; girls' strong strap hoes, sizes 11 to 1, 13 s6d to 14s 6d; ootball boots reduced to clear; large las polish 6d. —Irvine's Shoe Store. , Haki. —AdVt. Por Bronchial Coughs, taie leoda' Great Peppenaias Qurft.—Adst,

A new stock firm is being farmed in Pahiatua. 1 A milk vendor is retailing milk in 1 Wanganui at the present time at Aid per quart. : The tobacco on' board the Wiltshire, which was consigned to various porl -. were estimated to be worth £so\Uoii. Although this morning's iiost was regarded as the heaviest in Otaki for sonic years only one and a half degrees were recorded. Over was paid out in wages for labourers by the Kairanga County Council during the year ended 31st March. The premises of Mr 0. 11. Martin at Woruroa were burglariously entered on Tuesday night, and a sum of -os extracted from a cash regsiiev. . it is estimated that the annua! value of the poultry and eggs in the Dominion is now in the region of £4,UUO,UUU. The wreck of the Wiltshire is a blow to the Woudville County Council, as the sprayer for tar-sealing the roads is on board, says the Examiner. in addition to the splendid film '' liiaelCßeauty," which is to be shown at Otaki to-morrow night, Messrs Mela liori and Dave iXicholls, two leading members oi the famous Pioneer Ce.. will give items, JNo doubt they will get an enthusiastic reception, The llui Mai football Ciub's rfauec, to be held in the Town flail, Manakau, i_.ii Wednesday, is likelv to be largely attended, the commit toe is proving enei'geuc and details uill be given all attention. The best of music will be provided, and an enjoyable time should result, ll is reported that arrangements are j being lU'uilo in ike Auckland district • for a deputation of farmers, probably ; one thousand strong, to ''march on" i Parliament during the coming session. I The Knginccr to the Wairarapa Electric Power Doard informed the Board ' on Tuesday that he had learned that the demand tor poles in Australia would not apptcciabJy affect the price. Copper, howover, was on the rise. The question of heavy motor traffic and its effect on the country roads.. which has been agitating the county councils of the Dominion for some lime, was again brought uf at the meeting of the Munawatu County Council on Tuesday, and it was decided t i call a conference of local bodies I in the district to discuss the matter. I Arising out of the recent shark ! "scare" on the Sydney beaches a good | story is told about an American who ' paid a visit to Coogee. lie saw the famous swimmer Bcuurepaire swimming uul into the breakeis, and expressed great fears that the sharks would get him. ''He's all right," said his Sydney friend, ''he's immune." "What do you mean?" asked the visitor. "Well, you see." answered the Sydney-skier, "he's wearing u bathing costume with the Stars and Stripes on the buck, and ' We won the war - ' on tha front, and no shark would swallow that, " Toj.ii young men from Dunediu hud an unfortunate experience a week or two ago while on a pig-shooting expedition in the back country of Koxburg. When they left their camp early out morning everything appeared , to be safe, but when they returned at I lunch time, found, 10 their dismay, I that the camp had been burnt down, j Fortunately, there .vas no wind at the j time, as otherwise a live-seater Buick j cur might also nave been burnt, j Through the fire one oi the men lost I about £-'J in the pockets of a now suit, j and ali suffered the loss of some per- j sonal effects. Mr T. W. Garth, who has taken over the Railway Hotel, intends to run this . • well-known hostelry on up-to-date lines, • and besides the be.", of accommodation i , will stock only leading brands of j , wine-, ales and spirits. Visitors can- j , cot do better than make the place a ' , port or call.* I ( Registered Berkshire pigs are adver- i tised lor sale. j A bicycle, in first-class condition, is advertised for sale at £lO 10s. I : A reservoir belonging to an Alpha «r ' Wigard lighting system is advertised , 'or. A reward of TJs is offered for the re- I ;overy of a hand-bag lost on Wednes- j lay night, Mr -I. Blair, of Manakau. advertises , t price-list of household articles in this j * ssue. 1 vhiio icad. and Blundle and Spence's ! « vhite lead, and Blundle and Spencer's | t fiis for sale. j The ordinary practice oi the Otaki : .'hornl Society will take place this eve- J dug. i 1 Tenders close on Monday for cart- I L .-.* It :,i<.b*.' sards ex 'uetfal &-:■: iie j )tfki Borough Council. I A missionary meeting will be held at j r he Methodic Church on Tuesday eve- I j lirj" at '■'■>>. when the speaker will be- ! h„ Rfv C C. Harrison, of Wellington, i '■■■ lL . c The l.'.A.u.D. euchre tournament and ( lance to be held on Tuesday night at a he Druids' Hall should be well attend- | :d. All are welcome while good prizes j ne offered. ; t The Cabaret will hold another of ' fe heir assemblies on Monday night, . chea all will be welcome, rhere vnd j ,e first-class music, good floor, etc.. j * md it is hoped the attendance will be j a. ge. w ! ■ 'here's nests for rest in "Sleepy Hoi- ; low," | v Coey cots all white and gold: j * .'here'.- dreamland days and nights j _ which follow Sheltered from the wintry cold: l .here's drowsy, croontime songs on- j 1 Lullabies- which sleep assure; j o uid when there 'a croupy colds prevail- j £< .irrra-b Woods' Grett Peppermint J tl Curfc —Advt, _ *

Swaggers are reported to be Very ilentiful in the Waikato district at I iresent. Two-coat tarring work on the Tara- I ;aki roads is at present costing approximately £7OO per mile. Cheques stolen in England last year ivhile in the post totalled £t3Go,(jyd. Most of these were rilled from letterboxes by expert thieves. Wattle trees planted °7 years ago in the school grounds at Ohau were recently cut down to make way for modem improvements. "Basket-ball is the finest game girls can play to develop themselves physically," remarked Mr Longwell,. chief inspector of physical training to tho Education Department, in a* lecture to school teachers. '' costs TJs lid per squaic yard, iius v, oiks oui about £'JUUU a mile. iweii-ty-five years ago H) uulcs or railway was constructed in Aew South Wales j.or £-.1000 a mile. "What horse won the English Derby i" Incongruous as it may seem. this was the hist question some ol tne sailors asked the rescue parly after being ashore from the Wiltshire wreck. A strange phenomenon, due, itccuulug to scientific authorities, to still unexplained magnetic imluenees, has for a whole mouth been observed daily in London. Watches and chronometers have been stopping suddenly. ft has been useless to lake them to the watchmaker, who could not detect the trouble, nor remedy it. After the lapse of an hour or two, however, the watches begin going again, and all that is needed is to set them at the right hour. A fashionable West End of Loudon hotel has issued a note that pipe smoking is permitted only between the hours o 1 10 a.m. and i p.m.—a big concession, for the pipe has long been banned there. Twelve mouths ago a famous London Club would not allow a pipe io be smoked on the premises, but last October permission, granted only after :, bitter struggle at committee meetings, wa.- given for pipe-smokers to enjov their briars, providing they did not sit near the windows> There -till'bng,;red the idea that the club's standing reputation might suffer it' passers-by could see tlie members smoking pipes. There are no further detail- available in regard to the murder oi Chow Yat 'says the Wangauui Herald). For the hist few days Detective-Sergeant tjuirke, of I'almeiston North, has been assisting Detective-Seargeant Cameron, and exhaustive investigations have been made to solve what at present appears to have been a difficult problem. It had been stated that the murderer may have been associated with the robberies of Chine.-' at Minimal some weeks ago. However, the robberies there were more in the nature oi acts of hoodlums, and there is nothing to suggest to the police that the murderer had anything to do with the episodes a 1 Miiainar. The greater the heroism the deeper the silence '(says the Sydney 'Sun.') Recently a wharf labourer, Charles S. Mills, performed an exceptional deed of bravely-, and'made no attempt to hand himself a laurel wreath. Vet hi« action deserves the highest recognition. The Middlesex was lying alongside a Jones' Hay wharf, when in the night two firemen fell between the sin). and the wharf into the water. It was pitch (lark, and intensely cold. Mills -aw 11.n.i fall and disappear into the darkness, and he immediately dived alter them into the icy water, and in amjngst the greasy wharf piles. He resrued one fireman, and then dived back for the other. He brought him to the surface, but the man was dead. Mills jhauged hie clothes—and then vrent jack to hi- work. It was a little thing :o this whaif-labourer to take a deep live into dark waters on a bitterly cold j light and fish about in the inky black- j less on the chance of saving the lives j ,f two men he had probably never seen ill lie heard their splash. When it was Ji over, he just "went back to his I ivork": there was no trumpeting. For | that is the wharfies' way. for Children's Eovking Cough, yVoods' Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt i