THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, August 12, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 69, 12 August 1938, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, August 12, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping.

The m.s. Waiotahi arrived at Opctiki this mprning and will leave tor Auckland at 7 a., in. to-morrow.

Clearing Sale. Full particulars of a clearing sale to be conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Cb. Ltd., on behalf of Mjr P. J. Power, are advertised in to-day’s issue.

River Mouth Blocked. As a Jesuit of the heavy sea on Tuesday night, the Waiaua river mouth became blocked and flooded the farm land in the vicinity.' Yesterday a track was dug through the sand-spit and this morning a track had been washed through the sand and the river was again taking its normal course.

Big Storm at Matawai. The Matawai and M'otu districts also felt the big storm during the week and the electrical storm was exceptionally heavy, accompanied by heavy rain. The Motu river was in heavy flood as> a result of the downpour and a portion of Motuhora-Motu load was five feet under water.

Touring Party. After a holiday tour through New Zealand, including a. visit to Opotiki, during the past few weeks, a party of 20 women, mostly school teachers, from Honolulu, Canada, America and Holland, arrived in Auckland on Monday. Members of the party, who have travelled some SU€O miles into various parts of the .Dominion, were enthusiastic in their praise of the hospitality of New Zealanders, and said the scenic resorts constituted a veritable wonderland. Dog Prowling. The suggestion of the Sheepowners’ Union that all dgs be tied up at night iu order to minimise sheep-wor-rying has been approved by the Hawke’s Pay County Council. The chairman, Ch- C. C. Smith, said legislation compelling people to tie up their dogs at night would go a long way toward solving the sheep-worry-ing problem. The practice of tying up dogs\ at night was an unwritten law<r among farmers.

District School Rugby Team. The following team lias been selected to represent tin* Opotiki district. schools in the Pay of Plenty tournament to be played at Rotorua this month. The team will leave Opotilsi on the 22nd., returning on the 20th.: —P. Miliaere (Convent), J. Parkinson (Opotiki). D. Howe (Convent). W. Storer ('Woodlands), P. Hedley (Opotiki), L. Donnelly (Convent). H. Snell (Opotiki). Cl. Mo(Opotiki). C. Reid' (Opotiki). G. Morell (Opotiki), J. Patterson (Opotiki), Sheeran (Waioeka), Ebbett (Woodlands), G. Vanstone (Woodlands), G. Knwha (Omarmnutu), Tafte (Kutarere). W. Hutt (Convent). Matthews (Convent), 1). Hutt 1 (Convent).

Bobby Calf Freight. “This bobbv-calf business is going to drive me mad before I am finished.” said Mr P. Skoglund, No. 2. Transport Licensing Authority, during a sitting in Palmerston North. “The sooner those in authority take this matter in hand and get it properly organised the better it will be for everyone,” he added. Mir Skoglund was dealing with an application for a license to carry bobby calves. He went on to say that as matters stood he could not refuse such applications where it was shown that a need for the service existed. “The need, of course, only exists because of the present unsatisfactory arrangement,” said Mr Skoglund.

Cape Runaway Weather. The July rainfall at Cape Runaway totalled 14.38 in. for the 20 days with rain, whereas in the same month last year 7.14 in. of rain was recorded for 14 wet days. For the first seven months of the present year Rukuhaugu station, Cape Runaway, has had £3.21 in. of ram, as compared with 40.12 in. for the corresponding period of 15)37. The recorder adds that in the earlier ,part of the past month there was thunder and lightning on five days, and hail on July 2 and ’3. Seven frosts were experienced during the month, and there was also an exceptionally heavy fall of snow on the high country about 10) miles inland....