THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, March 31, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 165, 31 March 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, March 31, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Y esterday’s' Temperatures. There was a, noticeable drop in temperatures throughout the North Island ysterday morning, the readings at 9 o’clock being: Auckland 60 degrees. Tuuranga, Opotiki. and Fast Cape 59, Gisborne 63, Napier 61, and Wellington 57. Kutarere School Residence. Mr. A'. G. Hultquist, ALP., has. received the following letter from the Hon. P. Fraser, Minister of Education: “I have pleasure in advising- you that I have approved a grant to cover the cost of additions and improvements. to the teacher’s residence at the Kutarere Public School. Opotiki Farmer Injured. Mr. Arthur Donnelly, .single, farmer, of Nukuhou North, was badly cut yesterday morning, when the horses he was deriving with a set of discs, bolted. Air. Donnelly was thrown off. the discs passing over his head and also cutting one of his hands badly. Air. F. Pile noticed Air. Donnelly in the paddock and brought him into Opotiki for medical attention. The injured man was covered with blood from the cuts on liis head and lost a considerable amount of blood. iVJeoeorologicar Service. An officer of the Meteorological Department, AVellingtcn. Dr. it. K. Simmers. was a passenger by Union Airways’ plane on Wednesday morning from Opotiki to Napier. Dr. Simmers visited Opotiki in connection with the establishment of a meteorological station in Opotiki, and during a brief stay in Gisborne made arrangements fur the transference of the weather instruments from the old hangar at the aerodrome to a site near the new building. In a discussion with the Union Airways’ meteorological observer, Dr. Simmers referred to the unusually low grass temperatures recorded in Gisborne last December. During that .month a frost of sever, degrees was registered at the aerodrome, the temperature on that occasion being a shade lower than on the coldest day last winter. Dr. Simmers said that tha readings had been questioned at first, but as a result of subsequent tests iic was satisfied about the accuracy ol the thermometer.

Fruit Juices. The bottling of iTuit juices is one of the many lines of research engaging the attention of the Department of Scientific and. Industrial Research. The apple juices bottled last year arc now undergoing tests as to flavour. Observations made at the time of bottling indicate that Jonathan is the variety of apple likely to provide the ideal “single variety" juice, and that Stunners "ill prove excellent lor the improvement of the juice from ■weakflavoured varieties ol apples. Hotels Praised. New Zealand "hotels and the service they provide are sometimes criticised by visitors to the Dominion, but Professor F. T. Brooks, of the. Botany School. Cambridge University, is one overseas visitor who is leaving ler England with a very high opinion of New Zealand houses. In an interview jo Wellington ho said he was extremely pleased with the hotel accommodation available in this country. Even in some of the- smaller towns, Westport and Groymoutli. for example-, the standard of the hotel service was very high. It was better than one could find in England in towns comparable in size. Cycles Less Dangerous. '.lJlie opinion that the modern motorcycle is less dlangerous to other road users than is the modern motor car was expressed by the Palmerston North City Council’s traffic manager, Ur. H. J. Smith, in a report on the proposed restrictions on the use ot motor-cycles submitted to the council. Riders of motor-cycles themselves however, suffer a far higher injury rate than occupants ol motor-cars, this being due to the exposed position of tlic riders of motor-cycles. What would be a veiy minor collision between two motor-cars could result in a. serious accident to the motor-cyclist involved in a similar collision, as the motor-cyclist is usually thrown to the road. For many years motor-cyclists in England have paid a much-lower third party rate than car-owners, statistics showing that motor-ears cause a, far higher accident ratet to! a third party than motor-cycles.