THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, May 17,1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 183, 17 May 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, May 17,1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opctiki Territorials. The .strength of the Opotiki Territorials, including noth infantry and mounted men is 58, as compared with the Wliakatane'strength of 53. Camping Ground. Very few campers have visited the Opotiki camping ground for some time, but last night there were four parties in the ground. Clearance Sale. A clearance .sale on behalf of Air. J. L. Young who has disposed of ills farm, will be held on'the farm", Otara, on AVedsesdayi, 21st. June. Full particulars appear in to-day’s issue. Temperatures. North Island temperatures yesterday at 9 o’clock in the morning were: Auckland 57 degrees, Tauranga and Gisborne 60, Opotiki 55, East Cape 61, Napier 59, and Wellington 52'. Auction Sale. The New Zealand Goan and Aler-. eantile Agency Co. Ltd. will offer for sale by auction at their offices on Tuesday, 23rd. May, a piece of land containing 191. acres. Particulars ai>pear in tc r day’s issue of the News. , Season’s Heaviest Frost. Gisborne experienced a frost of 10.1 degrees on Monday morning, the heaviest for the season to date. Tlie coldest snap prior to this was on Tuesday of- last week, when a frost of 8.3 degrees was registered. Possession of Properties.. Attention of readers is drawn to an advertisement in to-day’s issue in which the Public Trustee notifies all persons concerned that he has. as mortgagee, entered into possession of certain properties. Recent Court Cass. Jn connection with the recent court case, Messrs. AlUGreVv Bros, and Mrs. P*. Jamieson, the arrears of rent referred to were for a period! during 1938, when defendant claimed Unit the . house was in such bad order that meals had to be cooked outside while the bath liatli holes in it. All rent in recent months had been met promptly.. East Coast Rabbit Board. It was reported at a meeting of the East Coast llabbit- Board, that, although a large portion of the country worked by the staff during April was found to- he free of the pest, 22 rabbits were killed in both northern and southern areas. An examination of the sandhills at Oliiwa .showed no traces. A rabbit was seen at Poroporo and later one was killed. There have been no signs visible since. Brief Thunderstorm. Thirty-one points of rain fell in the borough yesterday afternoon during the light thunder-storm, which came over the ranges. The weather, lias become much colder and overcoat.s arc in' demand at nights, now. The. heavy rain yesterday, was the first of ally consequence since the end of last month, and should help pastures to make further growth. Hay for Gisborne. As a Jesuit ef a big shortage oi stock feed in the Gisborne district this year, 'supplies of dry fodder are bring secured from widely separated districts. A substantial shipment of ha\ is due at Gisborne by the Wainui on Monday from Timaru. This is the first occasion oh which it has been necessary to draw on the South Island lor Gisborne hay supplies. Supplies of Inn are also being received from the Waiita to. Too Many Tartans. „ , Offering himself for service, in the Christ? hureli-Company of the New Zealand Sbettish Regiment, a ‘young man presented a birth certificate which proved that his name included the: coveted “.Mae.” But this was net enough in his opinion, and he emphasised lii.s Scottish descent with a tartan tie and a tartan scarf. Another recruit pointed out that the tie and the scarf were of different tartans. This, however, diicl. not disconcert the recruit. who airily stated that lie wa* descended from both the clans whose tartans he wore. However, when asked to say just what clans the tartans represented, he hastily changed the subject.