The Opotiki news Wednesday, January 25, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL
School Re-opening. The Opotiki District High School wiil re-open after the Summer, vacation on Wednesday, February Ist. The headmaster will interview parents between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on .Monday and Tuesday. Matriculation Results. The official list containing the university entrance examination results was released on Wednesday, and the names of the successful Opotiki candidates were as follows: Jeanne Du Pcntet, Elsie 1. Joblin. L. H. Parkinson, G. M. Reeves, G. N. Rhodes, G. H. Salt. Temperatures. North Island temperatures on Wednesday at 9 a.m. were: Auckland 03 degrees, Tauranga and Napier 67, Opotiki 00, East Cape 61, Gisborne 59, and Wellington 62. Temperatures yesterday were: Auckland and East Cape 65 degrees. Tauranga 68. Opotiki 63. Gisborne 71, Napier 69. and Wellington 62. Rain at Gisborne. Sixty-two points of rain fell in Gisborne during tlic* week-end, bringing the total to date fof the present month to 80 points. The rain, though light, will have the effect of relieving the shortage of water for domestic requirements for a short time at least, but the benefit to pastures is likely to be practically nil. the ground was so dry that the rain penetrated only a very short distance. Some of the paddocks are absolutelv bare of feed.
Guns on Merchantmen. Tlio fitting of Australian coastal vessels with gun platforms is reported in a letter received by a Gisborne resident from Australia. "Writing from a ship, trading botwoen Sydney and Tasmanian ports. the correspondent stated that the Talnne. had been in dock having a gun platform fitted. “1 understand.” the letter added, “that, the guns are to he 4.Tin. r J he kanaka. is to have two guns, as she is rated in the higher class. There are 90 ships on the coast to he fitted with guns. 50 with two and 40 with one.”
Price of Canning Fruit. At a meeting of members of the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association it was decided' that a further meeting should be called to discuss the low prices being received ior peaches and pears for canning. It wa s stated that Auckland growers were receiving £l4 a. ton for their fruit, but in Hawke’s Bay the price was £H- It was admitted that there were many factors governing the position. but it is hoped that all problems will 1)0 ironed out when the further meeting l is held.
Migration of Frogs at Matawhero. The migration of thousands of frogs from the old riverbed at Matawhero took place late on Saturday night during one of the heavy showers of rain in that locality, states the P.B. Herald. Their path Jay across the main road, and great numbers did not make a sale crossing, meeting their death by being crushed beneath the wheels of traffic. Motorists using the highway were keenly interested in the movement of the frogs, it being thought that they wore making their way from the old riverbed towards the "Waipaoa River. The frogs were, of various sizes from the post-tadpole stage. The section of road on ' which the frogs were noticed was a long one, from the blacksmith’s shop to the Chinese garden.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 138, 25 January 1939, Page 2
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