THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, May 1, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 176, 1 May 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, May 1, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Disappearance of Hares. •One noticeable effect of the- prolonged dry spell in Central Hawke’s Bay has been the disappearance of hares. A Profitable Lamb, * 1 A lamb raised on Inch CJutlia brought £1 T,6s 10c! “on the hooks'" at the South Otago freezing works recently. Influenza Epidemic. Influenza has been fairly widespread throughout the Opotiki district and quite a number- of businessmen have been absent from work on account of illness. Printing. The Opotiki News was successful in securing the printing last week for a Gisborne sporting bodly, this including an order for IUU donation hooklets. # Temperatures, Tlie're was a drop, in temperatures throughout the North Island on Saturday. the reft citings at 9 a.in. beifeg: Auckland, Napier, and Wei I ingtoTpo-t 1 degrees. Tauranga and Opotiki 59, East Cape 58, and Gisborne SG. Prolifio Fig Tree. AY hat must approach a rc-cord lor prolific yield of figs . lias lieen established by an eight-voar-old tree in the orchard of Air. It. Bell, AYhakipirau, North* Auckland. This season. Air. Bell has picked over a ton and a quarter of fruit from the one tree. Higher Maize Prices. The fact that maize prices rose considerably during the past few months has, aroused great interest in the marketing position among Poverty Bay growers, more particularly as they did not bone-fit 'by the increased prices, because almost the entire crop was sold before the upward movement commenced. They consider that a more suitable minimum price should be arranged by the Government for the coming season, and it is expected that views on this matter will be voiced at the annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Alnize Growers’ Association to lie held on AIo iid a v evening.