THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, April 19, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 171, 19 April 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, April 19, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping. Tlie m.v. Waictahi is expected to arrive in Opotiki this evening 'and will leave for Auckland) on Saturday. Two Frosts of Four Degeres. A frost of 4.3 degrees was experienced in Gisborne on Sunday morning, and another of 4.3 degrees on Monday morning. There have been six frosts in the past 12 dab,s in Gisborne. Football Match at Opotiki. The City senior team will play a ltugby match against the Waimana team at Opotiki on Saturday afternoon. The City team is already showing great keenness and should make a gobd showing this season. Slight Earthquake. • A short earthquake shock was experienced in Opotiki at 5 o’clock this morning. 'The earthquake was followed by loud barking by numerous dogs in all directions. Ergot Poisoning. Ergot poisoning is reported to bo widely, prevalent in parts of the North IVairarapa.. Cattle as well as sheep have been affected and losses in some areas are reported to be heavy.

Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 o'clock yesterday morning were as follows: Auckland and Opotiki 56 degrees. Tauranga, IFJast Cape l , a lull ’Gisborne 60. Xapier 55, and Wellington 61. Football Practice. The City did. grade football team will hold its first practice on the reserve on Thursday night. A practice game will be held on Saturday and players are advised to attend Thursday night’s, training. Aurora Australis. The display of the Aurora Australis which was witnessed in other parts of the 'North Island on Monday night, was also observed by a number of Opotiki residents. The dull red glow, with the moving light, was seen for about half-an-hour. New York Humour. There is a sardonic flavour in the conversation of the average American a quality which Miss Kona- Stephenson illustrated in her speech to a gathering of the Gisborne Rotary Club. Oil one exploratory visit to a humble New York eating-house, she heard two men order meals. One said: ‘‘Two of a kind, and wreck ’em.” He was served with scrambled' eggs. The other ordered: “Clean up the kitchen for,one!” The waiter brought- hash. Traffic officers have an especially mordant sense" of humour, though they nreAJpjtprul send no’t'rtit all learsomethe run-of-the-road driver. Makfiig her Way through the New YofkCbusiness district- on one oecasibity Miss Stephenson realised too late that she Ink! driven past, the red light.. Artraffic officer stepped on the running-board of her-:car. looked down sorrowfully' upon her. and gently a<iliionishbil her.' •. “That's how angels are made, ladji” he observed. - : M- . . • - - Fish Stories at Rotary,'. Addressing the ' Gisborne Rotary Club recently. .Miss Rona Stephenson mentioned that, the* size of New Zealand trout had excited’ • unbelieving smiles in a Rotary gathering she addressed in California. Her American audience plainly could not credit- her statement that trout in New Zealand were considered lull grown when between 3lh and 51b in weight. Fortunately. she had been able to give chapter and verso from an official pamphlet. The surprise was understandable to those i who ordered trout in an American restaurant. for the fish served as trout were little more than herrings in size, and unlike the New Zealand fish in point of weight. The mention of trout by Miss Stephenson had a- sequel at the Rotary mcotujgp when the Rotarian informedi the gathering ol an alleged incident in which a medico was saifl to have been ciineernea'S^M-? fjuns (Mil mu no iocoiuou i-no i:llllll.aaiMamumiiHßM A&fetti&iim,