THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, October 19, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 99, 19 October 1938, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, October 19, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Election) Figure®. The result of tlie polling at the Arakihi Station, Tolaga | Bay, booth was inadvertently V;oj£nilted in our Monday issue- figures were: Hultquist 2, Sullivan ffe,l < ' ■ f "’I Sheep anti Cattle. 'S*. Big mobs of sheep ajacF*cattle have passed through Opotiki during tlie last few days. in view of the dry season in the Auckland province it will probably be some time before large sheep movements take place. Clean-up of Borough. The Borough Council has decided to act in conjunction xvitli the Health Department in a clean-up of the borough from October 26th. to 31st- Residents are asked to*.,stackf-all incombustible rubbish at the 'roadside iii front of their properties. Particulars as to dates appear in tlie advertisement on page 1 of to-day’s issue. ■ !. ' % 1, ■ | Blind Institute Concert. ! \ ,a. . a . Considerable jfliiteresx; isfbeing shown in the comiug'lpf the Hand and Con\ cert Party of t|e N.Z. Blind Institute wliieli visited OpotTki sonu& three years ago. Those wlm enjoyed the lastvisit of this talented party are eagerly looking forward to their visit on Monday, October 31st. The entertainment is to be held in the Regent Theatre, under the auspices of the Opotiki Women’s Institute. Summer-like Weather. A very warm day was experienced in the Opotiki district yesterday, the temperature being very high, for themonth of October. Later in the afternoon the temperature dropped fairly rapidly and the early part of the night was cool. Readings at various points in the North Island at 9 o’clock were: Auckland 63 degrees. Tauranga and Opotiki 62, Last Cape and! Wellington 68. Gisborne 69, and Napier 61. Transport of “Spud.” A special permit lmd to he secured for rail transport from Christchurch to the West. Coast of a huge metal anchor or “spud,” for the giant gold dredge being erected at ikamatua. Because of its. weight, the anchor can be hauled only at low spcels on the three trucks which are necessary to carry all its length of 62ft Sheep-Worrying in Hawke’s Bay. Complaints of sheep-worrying by dogs in the Napier district are- again being received by tlie Hawke’s Bay County Council. One farmer reports the loss of 19 lambs and three Owes recently, and that the number of sheep and lambs lost by him last year was 68. This fanner thinks that most of the dogs guilty of worrying are town dogs, which are not kept under proper control. hast year he shot 36 dogs 'caught in the act of worrying sheep, and only three of these showed any signs of sheep dog strain.