THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 27 February 1924, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three new S E 5 A aeroplanes w;., shortlv arrive from England for the Wigrani aerodrome. They will have a cruising speed of SO miles an hour and will be used for training pilots. The aiuseuru at New York ha: pur■h:»i <\ for £2OOO, Genera! Bobley's collection of thirty-five .Maori head;., which he acquired from men who fought in New Zealand, and which the BrmMi museum refused.

A walk from Wellington to Auckland is reported to have, been made recently- t,v Mr! H. Armor:;, M.P., iGT Nir'SvE: f lie" disunite of 495 miles is said to have been covered by Mr, Atmore in 14' days, Eight purebred eanarie=, said to be valued at £2O each, were stoisn from the steamer Hertford at Auckland last w-.-.ek. The birds' are a special breed and were Ln.r»,orted by a man in Daat-

One of the big elephant* from Messrs Wirth Bros.' circus went investigating in Cook's Garden?, Wanginul on Saturday evening and fell over a brink into "the back yard of a private hotel. The animal was taken in charge a few minutes later by its keeper without any dan :ge being tone.

Op.-ii* Billy Herbert, who, for a wagci oi iiovd uuu ih*. proprietorship of an hotel, is -.Talkiug round the t>orid. landed a.l i.;. Itfllou this Tveek and proceeded ou ijjdt gsjitli, He worked his <iuwu ii> the ferrv steamer Maori as second assistant puJier and received his discharge on arrival. A -o-isitcr to Pilraerf'oc I'iziz puts -ic •woTtiects « oi- szr.cr: rcaikti for baef:- '■- -'.' :?*--'-- "I '--- --°- * - ar " taafies -.e ts sa- -:.?.- yo _ i Zlir. ?".•—'.• £i-i mt-a E>aj £'•.. and eves X »a»io- go on ;Vr ever, but -rails I'iD beets which I ara iwlisrg at cost prica. —r ; - -_,_

The Levin Horticultural Society wilt hold its next show on March 4th. as advertised.

At athletics Taranaki (97 points) secured the West Coast Centre's banner, defeating Wanganui (78 points). Mr. .!. Sicvers lias just landed a nice assortment of Rockingham tea pots, plain and decorated, which are being sold at lowest prices. The new Te Horo school was opened to The children last Monday. The oiiicial opening will take place at 1.30 on Friday afternoon, when some members Of the Education Board will be present. Those who wore fortunate enough to see the filming of "Manslaughter" at the Otaki theatre on .Monday night enjoyed ;t genuine treat. The settings wore much above the ordinary, the acting first-class, while the picture carried with it a tale nOl to lie forgot ten. Mr. Morse is arranging for further ''star.-.'' and we hopu his enterprise will In- rewarded by a large gathering. The Lyric pictures may always be depended on. and our readers from Oltau to Pat'kakariki should pav visits (o Otaki and see the displays! Who is the youuge*! regular roluateer milker in the Dominion. Mawlieraiti has an example hard to lic.il j (says an exchange). The three-year-■; old son of a well-known local lanner l milks a heavy-producing cow twice daily. lie not only bails uj» the cow and' leg-ropes it, but also feeds and paddocks the animal. They appear to have formed a strong mutual attachment, and it is stated that Qti one occasion, when ftie boy was absent through illness, the cow almost ceased yielding milk, although it was in the' middle of the season. "Here in .Sydney there is filfu: waste; women dress in most expensive clothes, sometimes new dresses for every meal. The war has made many classes. One is the spendthrift class. The women of this class smoke and spend money galore, and their hunger for clothes and finery seems insatiable. Yet. as ue wander from street to street, the limbless and blind heroes of the war tire begging or selling newspapers. Thousands of halfdressed men lie asleep in the parksno work, no food, nn beds." —A New Zealand lady visiting Australia. When opossums were introduced into New Zealand the effect on the fruit industry cannot have been taken into consideration (says an exchange) New Zealand was" blessed with comparatively few pests when the white man landed here. The rabbits were let loose, also ferrets, stoats, weasels, bares, and opossums, to say nothing of son* birds farmer'; and fruit could well spare. In the Penrose district opossums are doing damage to the fruit. One resident stated that they are clever enough to eat the rind of

lemons but leave the sour inside still on the trees. Apples, peaches, necItrines and plums are all velconie food to the pest introduced from Australia.

"America was responsible for the war because she is the peace maker for the world. The world lias for tlv last two decades been absorbed in commercial competition. The United States has the most highly developed machine civilisation, the most weath. She has inspiied the envy and emulation of the great European Towers, and it was she vvlio sped up the mad game of industrial rivalry which filially brought the nations into conflict. And America stands to-day as the embodiment of the materialistic, iuichristian spirit which dominates the western world to if rvril." So says Giovanni Papiut. the Italian author.

"Out of the -t-ti men it. Mount an. olricial visitor t<i llie Auckland some tire university men." Dealing

\\\m have fnll-n temporarily .into evil wav«. Mr. Stowan I old of an Oxford U.A. «•!:•••. after having served :i teim .;'.'- ■"■■..■■: ,;.,'" : \\ I ' hi-n 1 -: officers of the ITit-oi^ 1 Department, and is row making more money than ever ho made before. A Lancashire er>!>*rir>pr. ft'hiio Mstailinu ivirvdes-s is'o his home, hi' on a plan of action thai deserve, to he recoiled. He wanted his a. rial- to cross tin; floor to a gramophone cabinet, but he neither wanted the wires to be above ground nor ihr- trouble of taking up the Booring. After considerable though' ho cut a hole in the floor boards underneath the window, where the v.ireie-s entered the- room, and another hole by the cabinet. He then tied the wires to the family eat, popped i' into the first hole, and stationed » child with a piece of meat at the second hole. The eat, after a > little coaxing, walked with the -vires . to the meat." and the engimvr proceeded with hi, work. A peculiar mishap to a cyclist hap-p-L'litsd ill WajlgajiUi recently (says the Chronicle). He was cycling along \ehson s».ri_-6t and had just increased his speed U) Take llftf slif.-ljt rise into lugestre street whvii the front w-Übcl threw up a stone from the road surface which struck the iidet\s foot and glancing off. jammed itself in the Crown Of ttia izifiij i'JXY-i Ttie braking effect •vas eu great that u,e bike stopped instantly and the rider shot oyei the front wheel and landed serin. yard, ahead uii !:i= fs«:, then lv turning round Was in lime ;■-* blis bike turning a complete somifsault, ana was able to eaten it in his arms, no damage :j --ij done, .Us lamp not even failing off. A wedding notice- in a Kiewa ' U.S.A.; paper reads: The bride is a woman' ■:■'. wondenul fascination and a remarkable attractiveness, for with a mannet as enchanting as the w^rj as tiie"odc.ur of flowers, "and a spirit; as joyous as the earc-Hing of birds. ] and a miuci a= brilliant as me glitter- ; ing tresses that" adorn the brew of winter, and with a he-art as pure as dew drops irernblim; in the coronet of violets, she will make the home of I her husband a oaradise of enchant- • roent, where the heaven-tuned harp 'o? marriage shall send forth those strains of felicity that thrill the sense with the rhythmic pulsing of ecstatic rapture. Bottles, all kinds, are advertised for. Tender? tor rsaintiug clou or. March A house is advertised for sale; <j*s? j Mr. L. Looser advertises tie fanions 10s alarm clocks for sale. Mr. Coekrell advertises that his sals closes '••■ Saturday at noon, Messrs £.\cu- and fckwysr, nurssryC~ rr:d-y tic wiolt -r if? E. Faei's j auction. Stock will also be offered, j r>-.-.--,- 3ax >a» Jtat receiver spies- j spcciß2^7 _ SBiiabie for suit*, aaa ii. prep-iTti te supr-Iy first'Ciiij sdtsl - at £4 to £5 las, isirelstn rrcsti, fcaj

The hare menace has become so acute in the district surrounding Strafford that organised hare drives are being resorted to.

Athletic sports will- be held at Paraparaumu on Saturday when school championships will be decided. The programme will open at 11.15 and good sport is promised.

Mortgages registered in Gisborne for the nine months emting December 31, last totalled £758,7;.?, whilst mortgages discharged represented £307,653.

Mr Henry Ford, an employee oi tie firm of Aulsebrook and Co.. Christ church, last week celebrated the cum pletion of 50 years' service with tit firm. This is regarded as a record o service in christchurch.

The manner in which Uiye.rs iron Levin, Pohaugiua, r'ehuing Wiiiiga

tiui and Kaeuki were bidding at tin Lirajicop'eth sale was an i.ndieali'-.J that there is plenty or feed tor stye! in those districts.-AYairaiapa \ge.

Anglers in the vicinity of the Uungitatu (Canterbury) river mouth last week reported snouts ui uuiimai about the Waters there. The iis.ii huv<

not been seen in such numbers loi inanv years. One auyier landed a thirteen-pounder but Killed with two otihers. There were no quiunut caught iti the river, which was in high iieod.

•'1 know some of yon think I'm iong-winded,'' said Councillor' V. H Cooke, in the course of a speech at a meeting Of the C'.hrUtchurcit City Council, "but it is necessary to indulge in repetition in order to drive the arguments into the minds ol some, ot you, whose minds have been suspended since the age of fourteen years."

A Wellington gentleman paid : visit to Ulaki district and essayed Ida first attempt at trout fishing, borrowill "• a friend's rod for the purpose ile caught a few fish, nothing out ol the way in size, and proudly returned to the hotel with them. Here lie unfolded ithem in front of the proprietor, who gently surprised Ui< amateur by telling him it was just as well the police had nut .seen them it he would have been liable to a heavy fine for taking small fish. Toe angler, glad to be relieved of the evidence, fold the proprietor Jo take them away. He did. no doubt .dm ■'.-. ling over the success oi his leg pud ing, for the trout were each round n to "lbs. which make delicious eating and are well over the l'res*'n.'o'l si/e Xo doubt tic guests in the hotel enjoyed the trout tor dinner mat evening, and the angler knows lienoi nosv.

Sale, of boots and f-kooa now on. All the odd sizes must be cleared to make room for naw stock arriving. Oah early and proc re your size at irviae f shoe store, Otaki. —Advt.