The Opotiki News Wednesday, April 6, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 20, 6 April 1938, Page 2

The Opotiki News Wednesday, April 6, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping. The motor-ship Waiotalii arrived at Upotiki at 10 a.m. to-day and is scheduled to sail for .Auckland at 11 a.m. to-morrow.' • * . t JDry March at Motu. Tlie rainfall in the Motu districtfor March was the lowest recorded.tor many years, only 2.32 inches being registered at Marumoko in nine days. Sanctuaries Gazetted. The properties of .Messrs B. J. Parkinson and R. Walker, Waioeka Parish, Upotiki, and- containing in all 576 acres, have been gazetted game sanctuaries, and shooting has been -prohibited on these farms. Railcars for Bay Line. According to a statement made by Mr. Burnett. MVP. for Tauranga, at a meeting held at ,Te Puke, rail cars would be available for the PaeroaTaneatua section of railway at an early, date. Health District. For the weed-ending noon on Tuesday nine eases of notifiable diseases, eight ot dysentrv and one of tuberculosis. were reported in the Fast Cape health district. No deaths were reported from notifiable diseases. Dirty Water Supply.

One of the effects of the heavy rain in Opotiki on Monday afternoon was that the borough water supply became heavily charged with dirt, which had been washed down into t-lie reservoir supply. Those close to the water main found the water practically unusable for domestic purposes. Heavy Rainfall. The Opotiki borough and district experienced an exceptionally heavy downpour on Monday afternoon., and in a short time a great deal of surface water was lying about. .Many of the borough footpaths became flooded and it was some time before the water got away. The rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8- sum. yesterday was 2.87 inches, most of this having fallen in the afternoon. Car Pilfering. There have been recent complaints of petty thieving from motor-ears parked on the side streets. Cigarettes, tobacco and sundries of small value seem to be the extent of their “haul”, but this should offer a warning to motorists to lock their cars or leave nothing of value in them. Shortage of E 335. -Eggs are very short in supply in Opotiki at the present time, being far short of the 'demand, with the result that prices are very high. Eggs will be dear for ’blaster and the shortage is likely to continue tor some time. Prices are also reported to be high at Gisborne, where the price is already 2.s (id a. dozen retail. Man Found cn Road. )A -Maori labourer, Mr Thomas ■Robin, who was found on the main Gis-borne-Opotiki highway on Tuesday •morning, died in the Gisborne hospital yesterday. The deceased was fiist noticed lying unconscious by a motorist, who did not think the Maori’s condition serious, and merely removed deceased to the roadside, where he Jay until he was found by another motorist about an hour later and then taken to hospital. Coast Cream Cartage. Although a cable and cage have been put over the Kereru riv.er to make l it possible to bring cream across to the To Kaka Factory when Hoods occur, the cage was not used during the recent fresh. ' The Raukokore river was also in flood and the truck conveying the cream from emit end of the run was unable to get across with the result that the* cream could not be collected. It is anticipated that the Raukokore bridge will not be completed until about the New Tear, on account of the difficulty, experienced in procuring the necessary materials. In the meantime dairy farmers bevond these rivers are at the mercy y • of the weather.

Rod and Cun Club. tyThe Opotiki Rod and Gun Club will hold a general meeting of members in Mr. Whitfield’s office to-morrow night. Caterpillar Plague. Napier is suffering from a plague of caterpillars. Residents at Bluff Hill complain that the pests are particularly bad there and are to be found actually inside the houses. Power Interruption,. During rain-squalls yesterday morning the power supply was interrupted for some time. t The supply was cut off at an' inconvenient time, when most- housewives were preparing breakfasts. High Temperatures. Very high temperatures have been recorded in Opotiki during the past week. On Sunday the temperature was over 81 degrees. Temperatures'in the morning have also been high, the Opotiki reading on Monday at 9 a.m. being the highest in the North Island reaching 75 degrees. Auckland recorded 73 degrees, while Wellington only recorded 57 points. Conference of Nurses. A conference of district nurses of the East Cape health district, which includes Wairoa, Gisborne, East Coast and Bay of Plenty, was held: m Gisborne. The 14 nurses gathered there, held their first meeting on Friday. Miss M. I. Lambie, Director of the Division of Nursing, also attended the conference and remained in Gisborne over tho week-end. No Protection for Hares. The secretary of the Opotiki Rod and Gun Club, Mr. G. L. Day, has received advice from Mr. J. W. Heenan, Under-secrctary of the Department of Internal Affairs, stating that consideration has been given to. the suggestion that hares should be declared imported game but that it had been decided not to give effect to the. proposal. The, proposal had been put before the Department by the Bay of Plenty clubs with the object of assisting the Hunt Clubs. Speedy Telegraph Work. The heavy manual labour needed 111 constructing and maintaining New Zealand’s telegraph and telephone lines will be made easier and much more speedy when six winch trucks now under construction in the Wellington workshops of the Post and Telegraph Department are completed. The full power of the six-cylinder engine normally designed for propelling the truck can. at a touch of a lever, he diverted to the running of a specially constructed winch mounted on the chassis as part of the permanent equipment. Though powerful, the winch when out of use, will take only a few feet of the deck space of this self-contained engineering unit, which will carry to the job all the wire, cable, tools, and poles and then do the heaviest of the lifting. Obituary. The death occurred at Gisborne on Sunday, of Air Ernest Edward l)ain Hooper, who for many years was 4 leading interpreter with a, long connection Avith the courts of the Gisborne district. Born in Pirongia, Auckland, in 1868. the late Mr .Hooper Avas the son of a surgeon, and it Avas intended that lit 1 should become a merchant. He spent some time in a business establishment in Auckland. When a, call Avas made for volunteers to ‘proceed to the Bay: of Plenty to check the possibility of trouble with Te Kooti in 1888-89, lie seized the opportunity of cutting short his career as a shopman. After the excitement of the events near Opotiki, Mr Hooper Avent to Gisborne and settled there. He farmed at Kanakanaia lor some years, but lost the sight of one eye in a blasting accident. From 1911 he carried on the profession of licensed interpreter. His health had been failing' for some time before his death.