THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, March 27, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 163, 27 March 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, March 27, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Saturday's Temperatures. Teniperaturesi at- 9 o’clock on- Saturday morning throughout the North Island were: Auckland 64 degrees, Tauranga 66. Opotiki, • Gisborne and Napier 61. East- Cape and Wellington SS. Esperanto Enthusiasts. Members of the lEfcist -Coast Esperanto Association met at Omaio recently, where they were the guests.:of Mr. and Mrs. 11. W. Hamlyn.. Esperanto was spoken throughout the week-end and much of the time was spent in taking advantage of the excellent swimming and fishing that Omaio offers. Frost of 5.7 Degrees. A frost of 5.7 degrees on Friday morning was the severest Gisborne has experienced so far this year. (Since January 1 the meteorological station. at the aerodtromei has recorded five frosts and prior to Friday’s reading, the next coldest snap was on January 20. Riding Accident. A well-known farmer of Otara, Mr. Charles Savage, suffered a broken pelvis yesterday when the horse which he was riding stumbled. The horse., regained its feet as Mr. Savage was falling, striking him a severe blow. ■ Mr. .Savage was removed! to thegOpotiki Hospital where he is making satisfactory progress. Old Timber Mill 1 Coes. v For the) past four months a party of 10 men has been at work in Port Craig, Southland, dismantling a timber mill- which in its day was the largest operating in the South island There are believed to be at least 1000 tons of valuable mill machinery and another 1000 tons of rails to be removed. Boundaries Altered. The' officer in charge of the State placement service, Tauranga, Mr L. H 'Ai instrong, has received advice that for purposes of correlating the wcrU of his department with that oL the new Social Security Department his headquarters in. future will he in Rotorua. , The bonudavos of the Bay of Plenty placement disfrj A have been altered, and will now extend from Katikati to Cape Runaway on the coast and,.inland tp Taupo, Emergency Landing. A.n landing on thp. property of Mr. Norman Hill, Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa, was made by an aeroplane' dif its way from - ' Gisborne toi. Napier late ■on Wednesday* ! 'last. : The forced landing was made to clear one of the rudders of a scarf belonging to oiid of the men, which ‘had been whipped" from about liis meek and; had become chhght'in the rudders. In addition' to, the pilot there was one pas:sei%er'. - ‘ Tlhy 'flight’ TvtvS ‘ resu Ined cn the following day . Regcrd Native Rate Collection. The Waiapu County Council is particularly gratified with the success of thequative . rate collection during the current year, and, according to, a report submitted to the meeting of the council by the county clerk, Mr. A. G. Hicks, the collections of current rates from Maori ratepayers constituted a record for the county. Mr. Hicks stated that 70.2 per cent, of the natives rates, for the year were paid by March 16, from which date the 10 lief 'cent, penalty was imposed on uniiaiyl, lkrtes. ] The total levied on native ratepayers was £11.516. and ol that £BOBS had been collected. Primary Schools Rugby. “Efforts were made to stage a tournament between the primary schools of this district and from \Y airoa, Opotiki, and the Fast Coast, hut Wairoa and Opotiki had already been included in fixtures arranged by other unions,” states the annual report of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union. “Arrangements for a school tournament between teams from Poverty Bay and the Fast Coast had to, he cancelled, on account of the measles epidemic. The thanks of the union are due to the schoolmasters who so hbly carried out the school competitions during the 'season and who a'lsoi devoted a groatdeal of. time to coaching the boys.”