THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday July 29, 1938 LOCAL AND GERNAL
Visiting Basketball Team. The AEatawai Basketball Association lias accepted an invitation to send a team to Opotiki to-morrow. Power Shut-off. The supply of power to the, Bay bf Plenty Power Board’s area will be cuti off on Sunday next, between the hours of 1.30 and 2.30 p.m. Okitu Factory] pay-out. The Okitu Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Gisborne, anticipates making a total payout- for finest hutterfat- during the season of 15Id 'per lb., including! cream carting. Third Grade Team. The following players will represent the Clity third grade team to play against Woodlands to-morrow:—Backs, •Abbot, Thompson, Warren, Ball, Bake, Young. Patterson; forwards, Cooper, Morgan. Kelly, Hutt, Fleming, Hart-shorne, Abbot, Lovell. Fmergency, Goldsmith. Traffic Tallies. Interesting figures are supplied in the annual report of the Transport Department. These show great increases on all the main highways in New Zealand. The traffic tally on the Opotiki-Wliakatane main highway in 1934-35 showed 142 daily, while the 1937-38 tally showed an average daily figure of 450, an increase of over 300 per cent. Sea Damages Road. Considerable damage is reported to have been done to the Coast road at Torero by the heavy seas during the past fortnight, and traffic has been diverted through paddocks, at the point where the road has been washed away. The' road generally is in a had state as a result of the almost continuous wet weather and very little improvement is likely until the weather improves. Fifty Sheep Poisoned. When travelling between Motu and Opotiki via Toatoa, fifty sheep of a mob of over 2000 became poisoned as a result of eating tutc leaves. The sick sheep were bled by the drover but four of the animals died. Feed on the roads is reported to have been eaten right out and it is not expected that the mob will secure much grass on the roadsides until the Bangit-aiki plain is reached, when the side roods there are expected to give the hungry animals' some relief. Gisborne Races Postponed. Owing to the very bad weather experienced in Gisborne the committee of the Poverty Bay Turf Club decided to postpone the races to have been held yesterdify and the meeting was to have commenced to-day instead and to conclude to-morrow without an interval of a day. The Poverty Bay Hunt Chib’s -point-to-point- meet which had been arranged for to-mor-row has been abandoned. A Long Walk. Few people realise the great distances walked by drovers when driving sheep from Gisborne to northern districts. A mob which left Opotiki yesterday morning, is to be driven by road to Morrinsville. The sheep came from the coast side of Gisborne aud the long trek is expired to take about a month. This means that the drover in charge of the sheep will have a walk of about- 300 miles. To date the long drive has been in exceptionally had weather conditions.
Huge Slip Dams Stream. The stream in the Waihora valley, near To Karaka was dammed up seriously during the week by a lingo slip of over 250,000 tons of debris that came down from a' side valley like a mud glacier," before spewing into the river bed. The water hanked up for tw 0 miles and at its peak the level was 15ft. above normal and three to four feet deep over the road. The depth of . the slip was estimated to be between 40 and 50ft. The water has now cut its way past the tee of the slip and the level has fallen. In view of the danger of serious property erosion, an attempt is being made to force the river over by driving-a series of piles a short- distance above the slip.
Carden Party. i Owing to the, unsettled state cf the weather, the V,Methodist Ladies’ Guild • party, will be held in the Sunday School hall to-morrow, instead of in the parsonage grounds. Shipping. ' ' After a long delay, owing tq the bad state of the bar, the m.s. Waiotahi -arrived at the Opotiki wharf yesterday morning. The vessel will probably leave Opotiki fqr Auckland to-morrow morning. Gisborne Trip Postponed. On account of a number of the players in the High School team having contracted measles, the Opotiki High School Rugby team which was to. have played at Gisborne to-morrow, will not make the trip until the 13th. August. Several of the Gisborne players are also suffering from measles. The Weather. The following weather forecast for the 24 hours commencing at 9 a.m. to-day was issued by the meteorological office :-r-The indications are for variable winds with moderate westerlies predominating. Weather cloudy to overcast with, intermittent rain. Temperatures cold. Seas rather rough to rough. General Situation: Though pressure has risen somewhat over the Dominion it- is still low over the West Coast of the South Island and relatively low also over central and northern Tasman Sea. Large Deer Head. The recent claim by a New Plymouth deer stalker of having created a. New Zealand record by shooting an 18-point head, recalls to mind the success of an Opotiki resident some years ago at Whathrangi. 31 rW. Bumbry suceeded in shooting si 23point head which, however, was not a good specimen on account of its short points. To-morrow’s Football. Interesting football matches should be seen in Oputiik to-morrow, when the first round of the lie Luxe Cup knock-out competition will be played. P.W.D. seniors will meet City on the reserve and Te Huia will meet meet O.3LP. on the showgrounds. The junior competition will he continued, when 0.31. P. will meet Torero on the reserve and Waioeka will meet Te Huia on the showgrounds. The City third grade team will meet Woodlands on Connolly’s paddock. Junior matches will commence at 1.30 p.m. and the senior games at 2.43 p.m.
Saturated Country. Reports from the Gisborne mid Hawke’s Bay districts state that the country everywhere is completely saturated as a result of the abnormal rainfall. Surface water is lying everywhere on the Gisborne flats and heavy lamb mortality is expected as a. result of the conditions prevailing. Although the Bay of Plenty has not had such a heavy rainfall as the Poverty Bay district, the country here is reported to be more waterlogged than' it has been for years. Bain has already fallen on about 20 days this, month and the rainfall to date for July is nearly six inches. New lid. Stamp. "With the inauguration of the now air mail, service to England, the ljd pictorial stamp has been, withdrawn from sale and from 26tli. July the new l.Vd stamp has been issued. The new stamp depicts His Majesty wearing tlie uniform of Admiral of the Fleet. A description of tlie uniform is given hereunder: —The sash is that of the Older of tlie Garter. The chain round the neck (with medal decoration not shown in the stamp) is that of the Boval Victorian Order. The decoration pendent from the collar is the Sovereign’s Badge of the Order of the Bath. His Majesty is wearing eight medals, but only the ribbons are shown on the stamp. The aigulilette is that of an Admiral of the Fleet. The epaulettes bear the Royal Ciphers “G.R,” and “E.R.” The collar is embossed with gold oak leaves, and all the other work is carried out in gold thread.
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