THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 22 December 1924, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Governor-General and Lady Fergusson pay their first official visit t» Auckland on December 29.

An outbreak of infantile, paralysis has occurred at Petone. and stringent precautions are being observed to prevent iia developing. Francis Henry Steel, u prominent Ghristchureh butcher, was fined £&0 and costs on each or two charges of negligently making false income tax returns.

''Too much, dancing and the wrong class of moving pictures are having an undesirable effect on the scholars,,: said Mr A. K. Anderson, Principal ol St. Andrew's College at the break-up last week. He advocated dancing for young people only two or three times a year, as. they used to. Another necessity was the limitation of pocket money.—Christ.cb.urch Press message.

Special prizes, received by the Hjo:o----whenua A. and P. Show" Cornxiiittee for competition at the. fon.hcomirig show include one of five guineas presented by Mr F. Davis as additional to. Uie prize money in class 113, for 3 ewes any age, Romney or Romney cross. A donation of a- further five guineas has been made by Mr E. X. Wynne Bond who suggests that the sum be devoted to a class that will be suitable for the encouragement ofat sheep breeding m this district. For Xisa? presents try Irvine's. A psirfof boots or shoes makes a, useful present. "We have a rice range of summer foorw-ear to select fioa; cheapest slop for battling, tennis j or beach shoes; all shades of suede cleaners in stock. —■ £t IRVINE'S ehoe »torg 4 Otafei,'

A large number of Otaki ant* district Natives left to-day for Ratana to give Ratana. who has been in England, a welcome home.

Owing to rain the evening sports in (connection witjh the Q'taki .jAtpiletic Club, to liave been held on Friday, were postponed.

uouneii litis ugi.tieu to evuii.iJJuu: lue same us owgo, L.ame<-.oui'V una ViOlOiiU air nrnest nuuieriui'd m viustruiia i.emg e.xtenued IQ isew Zealand.

ni j.v~--~j, wuui ycv j-'iuo was oust ;ng jlio lus, Ui to-uay -£,'io pc;i nuie. is a itilr average. Hie iinancial quest lull on a sate c-i Sa.'iou uaies, as. was oueied Lu-Uay, must lie a cons;aerai>ie n urine ana iuo uiueii praise jut yiveu lo Uie Bi-udloru uuyeis w.uu opeiuiea lu-uay Willi me stamina e-i uie "All iiiaci\S'' and oougiu iigin

turougti up to the lust naie m me nnai catalogue. Generally me i-ie-cemner suie, considering mi cuin.cuines, waa wouuty-iuiiy- successful, mucii more, so man we tnougiu a would be alter tne fall recoiued m Napier W,ae.ro only ;Ib,uOU bales were ottered.—Uaigetys report.

Two youths, from the Hoys' Training Farin, \\ eraroa, Furby and Maxfield, botn about ulieeii years oi age, who escaped from tlie 1-arin lust Saturday evening, eeleoralcu regaining their liberty oy breaking iuto Mr J. McGregor's store at me lluiuo Beucn and stealing some £5 worth Of goods, mostly food and tobacco, l-'urby \\ as arrested in Wellington on Monday afternoon when lie admitted 'having been concerned in the theft of the goods and also of two bicycles, one from Bruce Road and the other from Boulton Boad. These, together with a proportion of the good* taken from the store, have been recovered and restored to their owners. Furby was returned to the Farm and will probably appear before the Court at its next sitting. Maxhekl is still at 'urge. At Tuesday's meeting of the lloro- | w'henua Power Board, the Mayor ol . Foxton (Mr J. Chrysiali) and the Town Clerk waited on the Board with a suggestion that the manager of the Foxton gasworks should read meters and otherwise act as the Board's representative in. thai Borough. The deputation pointed out that since the installation ol electricity the gasmanager was only employed about half-time, and that, as it was in the interests of the people o.f Foxton who I were also members o,f the Power Board's district, that administrative cost should be «kept as low as. possi- | ble, such a man might well be em- | ployed to do the Board's work in his spare time. The suggestion was. favourably considered, the Engineer | and local members being deputed to make further enquiries and report at j next meeting of the Board. Last week's issue of the "N- z - Sporting and Dramatic Review'- is abundantly featured with topical illustrations from all sources. Of special interest are the photographs depicting the arrival and welcome in Wellington of the New Governor-General and family, the function at Parliament buildings, being particularly effective. The Waipa Racing Club's meeting at Te Awamutu will attract the attention of sporting patrons and the All Blacks match at Manchester will be closely followed by football enthusiasts. The centre pages artistically display bathing beauties, mannequins, baseball and cowboy champions. A page of striking Paris fashions, a frontispiece ol Gladys Moncrieff, Miss Hook, of Hol- ' land, by Blenheim amateurs;, SoCi|ai, stage and motion pictures make up o delightful display that will appeal to all. The Wellington College jubilee celebrations are given prominent space and in a wide selection of miscellaneous pictures appear Hunterville PipeBand, Napier girls' hockey team, visit of island chiefs to Auckland, successful competitors in competitions held at Hawera, bowling snaps, floods in south of France, and numerous English happenings of up-to-date interest. A young lady desires a situation as general. Acceptances for the Wairarapa races close t.o-uight at 5 p.m. Xiuas Day servi«es for the Anglican Church arc- advertised. Mr. W. H. Reynolds ha; an announcement of interest in this issue. I Mr. A. E. Minton, of the "byko," advertises a price-list in this issue. Captain Bax "ill hold a sale of furniture and poultry to-morrow (Tuesday) at 2 p.m. rice advertisement. A flannel dance will b* held at Te Horo on Tuesday, 30th. A pleasant time i- promised ail who attend.

Mr. J. '.Sievers elsewhere wishes his many customers a Merry XmftS, and states that Father Xma& will be present at his busine.-.s premise.-' on the :!;!nd (.to-day). Messrs Stiles and Matheson, Ltd., Lave an interesting replace in this issue.

" &nile and tie world smiles with yon, kick and you kick alone." Even bv kicking you ksep on smiling ii you get boot repairs at FHED BABKETT'S. —Adit.