THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, November 25, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 114, 25 November 1938, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, November 25, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping. The m.s. Waiotahi arrived at Opotiki early on Wednesday evening and Jolt again for Auckland on this morning’s tide. | ■ , % __ Temperatures. }i ' ”%■ Temperatures throughout the North Island at 9 o’clock yes ter drty,.morning were: Auckland and Napier 04 degrees, Taurangn 57, Opotiki and Wellington 01, Fast Cape 59, add Clishorno 02. | I r ' Young Farmers’ blub. Mem bora of the Opotiki Young Farmers’ Club held a field day at the pig farm of .Mr, Hcattie yesterday, when a most profitable time was spent.

Cricket Draw. j Following i,s the draw for matches to he played during the week-end:— Woodlands v. Old Collegians No. 1; Oth rn v. Town No. 2. Rats! An Opotiki farmer who has been troubled a great deal recently with rats which have played havoc with his poultry, decided to take drastic steps to destroy t7ie pests. It was ■decided to tear up the concrete Jloor ol n shed, but before doing so all means of escape were blocked with lino netting and corrugated iron. The floor was then trim up and a number of <log,s, and men armed, with sticks, waited ready for the slaughter. The “kill” was afterwards counted and if was lound. 11 1 aa, 212 rats had been destroyed. The fanner .intends to take up another floor at a later date.

Baconer Competition. Considerable local interest was taken in the special display of .'IBO baconer carcases at the Westfield freezing works on .Monday, when n field day was held by the owners, \Y. and H. Fletcher, Limited. The competition was open, to pig-rearers in the Auckland province and was for j>igs farrowed in the late summer which .would lie weaners in the months of Sf:>.i<-h and April. The entries from the Auckland. Waikato and May of Plenty districts consisted of six baconer pigs .Mr. L. V. I money, of Waiotahi. was successful in securing the tilth prize in the May of Plenty division. Air. Looney’s six pigs were oil splendid quality hut points were lost owing to unevenness of weight- Six fanners li'om various parts of this district attended the special display. -Mr. Looney will again he a competitor at. the next competition. Prevention of Hydatids. Beginning next year, owners of dogs will he reipiired to give their animals regular treatment for the prevention of hydatids. The new Dog Legist rat i«m Amendment Act, making this action compulsory, comes into force imi .January 1, when authorities controlling the registration of dogs and the supply, of collars will lie required to distribute the approved remedy. Kuril person registering a deu; will he “given a year’s supply of arecoline hydrohroniide, with the instructions for its use. The remedy ■will be supplied in tablet- form and the dogs will have to liei treated every three months, one tablet being given for each I fill), of body weight. It is hoped in this way to prevent.- the spread of the disease.

Newspapers First. Newspapers are now and’ will routinin' to be tlio main channel ot advertising said Air. Frederick l{. Gamble, executive. secretary of the American Association ot Advertising Agents, in liis address before the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Canadian Advertisers held in Toronto recently. He discussed the campaign carried on since 19!M among American advertising men to raise the standards ml advertising. Newspapers are the only medium with extensi\’e local coverage, he said, speaking of the newspaper’s advantages over magazine, radio, and hillhoard. ’l'liey can handle advertisements that are too-detailed for radio or hillhoard, lie declared.—Christian Science Monitor.

Wedding Tragedy. Following the shock of the death from heart failure of a bridegroom, Willy Larsen. 2d. in a Copenhagen church, the hride and six mean hors of the family collapsed and had to receive hospital treatment.

Hamilton’s Christmas Evo. The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Jins recommended shopkeepers to keep their premises open for tho late shopping week. The weekly Jiu 11dny in that week will be observed on Saturday, December 24. It trailers Jiave not yet finally adopted the recommendation, hut are to hold a meeting to discuss it. Maini North Highway. Cr. M- Doyle, the Wnikoliu County Council's representative on the District Highways Council, stated at the monthly, meeting of the council, that the of the main north road frlt% Gisborne to Opotiki would he continued from Ormond dgrjn<||tne present summer. He was n()t' ! ’certain. what was to be done atJvaiter|tahi,v..Hill, but the level-cross-nig in ‘that, locality would lie eliminated by the building of a ramp, it was understood. Cost of Living in Britain. “The cost of living in Britain is very much higher to-day than it was on my previous visits,” said Mr. 11. Baird, Hastings, who. lnqs just returned from liis fourth /nit to the Old Country A Though ->of<; goods might ho bought' at low prices, he said, a good aftiple cost neatly as mueukas it <litL.in New Zealand. Tail-or-made suits "W.., men in 1904 cost .from C2 10s to £'A, aiidijn 101 i £4 to £4 J.os; to-day they >vere costing aholit- CG Gs to £8 Bs. ; "a -A., % \ % Unusual Incident. k Domestic pets <>f various kinds have been known to find their way hack t<>, an original place of abode when taken long distances away, hut seldom have- lambs shown any such ability. This month, however, says the r l imain Herald, such an instance occurred on a South Canterbury farm. A lamb was taken from beside its dead mother, conveyed to the homestead, about half a mile distant. To reach the homestead, it was necessary to cross An unbridged crook. The lamb was fed and put to sleep in a duckhouse near tlie main, building, hut in the morning'itAvps missing- A .search was made, and tlie.- Jamb was found curb'd up alongside the body ol the ewe. To get buck to this spot, the land) must have- forded the creek or made a wide detour of about a mile.

British Bakers Envious. The service to'*the bakery trade provided hv the Government "Wheat- Ateseareh Institute, in New Vs iZealand was the suhjeet of envy hv bakers in Great Hritain, said Air. A. Stormont, Auckland, who returned hy the Strathmore from a ii’"Extended visit overseas. While abroad Mr. Stormont visited various cereal research stations and also examined baking methods. In New Zealand the Wheat Hesearch Institute ensured that wheat was of good making quality, and ln.mi inhumation that it supplied the bakers knew their costs and selling price. Mr. Stormont said. In Britain and other countries where tin such service was provided bakers had, to purchase wheat, that varied in quality and the price Huctuated greatly. A Prolific OrchidAn orchid hearing no fewer than BSJ luxurious blooms is to he seen at the residence oi Air. .f. It. Smith in Palmerston North. The plant was imported from India only seven months ago and is one of many beautiful .specimens which Mr. Smith cultivates as a hobby. The orchid is named Dondrehiuiu Nobile. and the blooms are ol unusual line. They, arc deep, violet in the cups, while the petals are .mauve, toiling down gradually to become pure white at the tips-Altogether All- Smith has over ir.lt orchids in his hothouse, most of them having been imported from India and Australia.

Rice-growing in Australia. Although it was only a few years since the first rice was grown on the M'urriiinbidgee irrigation scheme in Australia, that country now supplied all the rice for Australia and New Zealand, said Air. C. J'. Fineran. of Christchurch, in an address to the Canterbury, Assoeiation. Unlike the Chinese and Japanese, the Australians used modern methods in rice-growing, he said. The fields were ploughed by tractors, the rice was drilled like wheat, and manures were also list'd. The water was then turned hack on to the Held, and was turned off just before the harvest. Header harvesters hugged and graded the rice. Unusual Job. Two Liverpool girls have the unusual job of walking lor a living. T.aeli week they tramp about 70 miles, testing new. shoes for a Liverpool factory. Between them they have walked 00,000 miles.