THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, September 16, 1938 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 85, 16 September 1938, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, September 16, 1938 LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Guaranteed Prioo, The guaranteed price for the now season was announced by the (loveninieut to-day,, the figures .showing mi increase of l..\d for 'butter and lid lor ehee.se. Early Election. Advice Inis been received by the Opotiki Branch of the Labour thirty that the General FJleetions will take place on Saturday. l/sth* Oetoher. Nominations will, close on .Monday, 3rd. October. Summer Time. On Sunday, .September 25, summer time officially commences again, and will be in force for seven monthsClocks on Unit daU* will be advanced 30 minutes, and will remain so until the end of April. Rising Temperatures A sign that temperatures are rising steadily is shown in the morning leadings at various centres in the North Island. Temperatures of GO degrees and over have been recorded at oa.m. (.luring the week, but Opotiki lias not .vet been included in the towns recording this figure. Beautifying a Bridge Approach. A total of 350 hydrangea shrubs have been planted by employees of the Hamilton Beaut if,ving Society on the southern side of the western approach to the traffic bridge.

Big Slip on Highway. A big slip came down on the Opnti-ki-Wlnikatane highway at the Jow l.lidf near the new concrete bridge about 2A miles from Opotiki. A track was made over the top ol the slip by a gang of workmen who started work, some time before daybreak yesterday morning. A great amount, id spoil will have to lie removed bcinie the slip is removed and this work is expected to take a considerable time. The run up the slip yesterday was at (piite a steep grade and motor vehicles ton ml it. necessary to put on a fair turn of speed to climb over the slip.

Thrco Cyclists Injured. Throe cyclists were injured in (<isborne yesterday and on Wednesday night. When passing through -Manutuke on Wednesday evening. Air Carl Larsen, became involved in a collision with a girl cyclist who came on to the highway from a side road. She was removed to hospital Imt: Imr injuries were not serious, l.ater in the evening a. hoy cyclist', Brian Richardson, ran into the hack of a lorry owned by Mr A. W- Turner, Opotiki. The youth’s head was cut as a result ol his impact with the stationary vehicle, but:- he was taken home and received medical attention. Yesterday morning a young girl fell oil’ her bicycle at an intersection and received concussion and was taken to hospital.

“Me Blitish!’’ Bv the Alaiinganni which leit Wellington for Sydney last week were shipped hack to their -homes two members of the ere w of the Wellington Harbour Board’s dredge Kcrimeaiia. These were an Kg.vpt.iun, shipped at Burt Said, and an Aral), engaged at Aden, 'fire Kgyptian could speak English very well and was well acquainted with British currency. On the other hand, the Arab, a little man in the eight-stone class, knew practically no Kngiish. To all questions as to himself or arrangements to send his money on to his home port, be had but one reply—“.Me Blitish!” evidently, as a native ol Aden, he had got to know the value of his nationality, and made the most of it.

CcsfTing at New Zealand. The l'iilglislt magazine “Aeroplane” says that people in New Zealand' are discussing a proposal to invite manufacturers throughout the world to send light, medium-powered aeroplanes to the Centenary Kxhibition in New Zealand, according to a cablegram received in Australia. r l here was little hope of that being done, it adds. Obviously trade in civil aeroplanes in New Zealand was so . small that no manufacturer would t.hijik the venture worth'while. Commenting on the proposal for an air race to the Dominion, the magazine adds“ Probably there,twill, be enough aeroplanes in New Zealand twijf' years lienee to ' put up quite a good show—specially if the New Zealand' Air Force enters both its machines.”

Business Stock Sale. Attention is drawn to the notice by Messrs T. S. Johnstpno and Co- Ltd. who are gividg op business and «jflor their stock at bargain prices. • r Power Shovels. One of the power shovels which arrived in Opotiki on Monday lias been unloaded at Torero wliile the second shovel is at a point on the Opotiki side of the Maraenui hill. Shipping. i Two boats arrived at the Opotiki wharf to-day, these being the Seagull, a small vessel with 1,10 tons of super as cargo, and the in.s. Waiotahi with general cargo. This is the second trip made during the week by the Wniotalii. The wharf Inis been exceptionally busy during the past week, ji special trip being made by the m.s. .Mot'll Inst week-end and a trip by a small boat with a cargo of motor itDust in Esk Valley. The strong wind which wfis experienced in the Kslc Valley during the week has made conditions very unpleasant and cloijds of dust from the silt-covered area have been swept down the valley and out to sea. Tim areas which were planted in grass while the silt was. still wet following the disastrous flood have taken reinarkiihly well hut the Inter plantings on »the levelled off areas have not taken too well. Farmers are being urged to make immediate sowings of Imrle.v in an effort to conserve the soil during tlm next few months when it is Imped that the grass will secure a linn footing-