THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, October 31, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 103, 31 October 1938, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, October 31, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Blind Institute Concert., : The members of the' Blind Institute band and concert party arrived in Opotiki this afternoon, and >vill present a. grand entertainment in the Regent Theatre to-night. Flower Show. Judging by tlio enthusiasm being displayed by the members of the Opotiki and District Horticultural Society, the first show to be held in' the Parish Hall on Tuesday next is expected to attract a very large number of entries, and a good attendance of the public is expected. The favourable weather at present should result in many first class blooms being exhibited, rases in particular showing to great advantage during the past week or two. A comprehensive schedule has been issued and garden enthusiasts wishing to take part in the show should join up immediately. Earthquakei ini Opotiki. A light earthquake, lasting about 10 seconds, was experienced in the Opotiki district at about 12.45 this morning. The shako >vas accompanied by a bumping noise and the movements did. not have any pronounced swing. Several earthquakes have been reported westwards of Opotiki during the last few days andi a pronounced shake was felt at Te Puke on. Saturday.

Death From Measles. As the' result of contracting measles a 10-months-old child Kraihia Toka, living at Tore re, died on Sunday. The child was the youngest of a family of seven children nearly all of which had had measles recently. Deceased contracted measles on 27tji. inst. and although it was well attended' to by the parents they were not satisfied with her condition. An attempt to obtain 'medical attention was unsuccessful. At : 2 a-m .on Sunday the lather awakened .to find the child, which was sleeping in the bed with its parents, dead. 'There was n<> inquest. “The civilising of Industry" “May not standardisation, when viewed from the social and ethical point ui view, be carried too ini'—bo Carried to what a writer of lust century termed a damnable, soul-destroying uniformity?” This was a question asked of Mr. IT Good, deputy-director of the British Standards.. .Institute, at a meetin'g of the Canterbury branch ot the New Zealand Institute of Engineers. In reply. Mr. Good said that standardisation was the civilising of industry. “Standardisation,” he said, “lias taken the war out of business by providing an equitable standard of comparison with decent price conditions.” ConcESsi'an to Motorists. A concession which will prove helpful to motorists has been granted by the Uomniissioner of Transport, according to advice received by the Automobile Association, (Hawke s Bay). The annual report stated that the Minister was agreeable to amend the law to permit n motorist to allix his new number plates at any time on M!a v 31. instead of waiting until midnight as the law at present requires, providing that be carries in bis vehicle tin proper number plates for the day. Giant Tunnel Spider. The curious pet of a Wellington household is a tunnel spider, whose size and appearance unpleasantly shock visitors unaware that New Zealand contains such formidable creatures. Its body alone, without taking into account its legs, measures fully two inches. .The tunnel spider inhabits burrows or crevices in sunny faces of the hillsides about Wellington. In this ease it. lias found a habitat in cue of those tubular perforations in a concrete embankment to prevent seepage from breaking down the wall When a fly or other insect crawls across the meshes at the rim ot the entrance the spider ieels the slight vibration of the web and rushes out, sometimes even leaving the hole to chase its victim. The poison lungs ot tlu-.se spiders, with which they paralyse and despatch their prey, are a quartet of an inch long, sharper than noodles. From the ease with which the spider deals with even large and horny insects, there is no doubt that it could administer a painful bite, even if of less serious effect than that of a katipo.