THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, July 5, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 203, 5 July 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, July 5, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Boat Delayed. Tiie m.v. Waiotalii was again unable to leave Opotiki this morning owing to the heavy sea running on the Opotiki bar. Art Union Prize. Among the list cl winners of £o prizes in the art union just drawn, appears the name of Mrs. Wilton, Waiotahi, Thames, 141003. Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 a.m. yesterday were: Auckland 54 degrees, Tauranga- and Gisborne 50, Jtast Cape 52, Opotiki 51, Napier 48, and Wellington 45. Visit By Bay Member. Mr. A. G. Hultquist. M.P. for the Bay of Plenty, will be in Opotiki all day on July 22 'for the purpose oi hearing and meeting local body representatives and! taking private deputations. Railway Revenue. The revenue from the Gisborne l ailway line for the four weeks ended May 27. showed a slight increase on that for the corresponding period in 1938'. . The comparison was £2324 foi May, 1939, as against £2305 for the 1938 period. The expenditure in May was £2721, compared! with £2627 for the four weeks in 1938. The deficit over the period was £397. as against a deficit .of £322 last year. Extraordinary Accident. An accident victim who had the top of each lung blown off by the expansion of suddenly inhaled air has provided a Christchurch doctor with a case believed unprecedented. The man died in a motor smash. Medical opinion is that he saw tho danger just at the moment of collision, in alarm, he drew in a very full breath. Post-mor-tem examination showed that when part of the car was driven against the man’s body, his breath was expelled with terrific force. The top of each lung was blown completely off, although the collarbones remained intact/ Paper's New Name. The name “Poverty Bay” lias been a bone of contention in the Gisborne district for many years and suggestions have been made from time to time to have a. name more in keeping with §uch a prosperous district, but nothing definite has over eventuated. Claiming that the evening newspaper and the district have suffered by the wrong impression given by the name, the Poverty Bay -Herald!, which is the only daily paper published in Gisborne announced a change in the name of the newspaper as from Monday last, and the journal in future will be known as the ‘'Gisborne Herald”. It is rather interesting to note that- many outside newspapers in acknowledging items taken from the Herald have, used the name' “Gisborne Herald” to denote clearly to readers the districtin which the paper is published.