THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, April 26, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 174, 26 April 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, April 26, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Slips on Roads. > ' A. number of small slips cam© down on th& district roads at the- beginning of the, -week but these did not entail any great inconvenience. City Third Grade Football. . Players wishing to be members of the City third grade team are requested to attend a practice of the City third grade team on the reserve tomorrow night at 7 o’clock. Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 a.in. at various centres throughout the North Island on Saturday were: Auckland 59 degrees, Tauranga 55, Opotiki Cl, East Cape 63, Gisborne 57, Napier 59, and Wellington 54. Rain in; Gisborne. Heavy rain fell in Gisborne on Sunday and the fall for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.in. on Monday was 2.21 in. Figures from the aerodrome suggest a remarkable position. For the same period only ,40in. was gaugc-d. At'Te Karaka the, fall was 2.47 in., making a total of 4.-65 in. since Friday morning. Efficient Officers. A tribute to the efficiency of the officers of the Department of Agriculture in Gisborne was paid at a recent meeting of the Poverty Bay provincial evecutive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. “When I. go to Dominion conferences and hear delegates from other parts talk of deterioration of landl And the rotten service they are getting from the department,” said the president. Mr. J. E. Benson, “I begin to think that the last day has come. When I tell them that we have no deterioration and that we have live officers of the Department of Agriculture, they cannot understand it. We certainly do get good service from our officers there.”

Read Centre Lines. White lines in the centre of roads were being abandoned in favour of white orders by highway authorities in New South Wales, stated Mr. 11. P. Worley civil engineer, of Auckland, who lias returned' from Sydney. Mr. Worley said that in the authorities’ views the lines were an actual danger in that they encouraged drivers to hug the centre of the road instead of keeping as far as practicable to the left-hand side. One result, it was contended, was that many drivers were inclined to straddle the line at bends. The white borders were equally, good guides at flight. On some Iroacls they were provided by concrete shoulders, which thus served, a double purpose. A Rubber Necklace. A Christchurch family recently had a unique experience with the family cat. Despite all they could do the cat got steadily thinner .and thinner. After watching- her progress with increasing alarm for many days and utterly failing to account for the- malady from which she seemed to be suffering, they decidodi that veterinary attention was, necessary.*'J he veterinary ".was soon in a position to assure the family that a positive , cure was available for the simple reason that the attenuated condition iff the animal was entirely due to lack of food caused by inability to swallow. A young member of the: family had been amusing herself over a considerable period by slipping rubber bands over the cat’s head for collars. These, hidden in the fur, had been constricting the breathing and preventing the animal from swallowing.