THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, August 2, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 215, 2 August 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, August 2, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Drivers’ Union. The following officers wore elected at 'the annual meeting of tlie Opotiki Drivers’ Union:,—President. .Air. L. Abbot; vice-president. 31r. A. Abbot; secretary-treasurer, Ml*. L. Clark; executive. .Messrs. D. Marjeri banks, J. Donher and D. Lysaght. Unique Experience. Passengers who returned to Auckland on Friday by the s.s. Maunganui after a visit to Tonga. Samoa; Fiji and New Caledonia had the unique experience of crossing the date line four times in nine days, thus sampling two Fridays, two Tuesdays, and omitting two Saturdays. - *- * t Men or Women? *‘\Yo employ male employees to keep ordinary written hooks of account instead of females to work mechanical machines.’' said Sir Alexander Huberts when referring, during ah address in Wellington, to work dene in the office of his company. “L may be treading on delicate ground.” lie added. “but I do say man’s place is in the office and woman’s place is in the home." Death of Hastings Cirl. information that the body of .Miss A 1 uriel Reichelt. the 23-Year-old Hastings woman who was found dead in Avenue road. Hastings, in the early morning of July 20, was exhumed on Tuesday last was released by the police oii Monday, it is now quite evident that the girl did not die at the spot where she was found on the street. Interesting developments are expected at the coroner's inquiry. Plane Makes Detour. Cnion Airways’ 4-enginod plane took the coastal route yesterday morning between Gisborne and Opotiki at the request of the parent's of -Mr. Gordon Aloricb, who is missing in the auxiliary yawl Titi somewhere on the Fast Coast. On arrival at Opotiki, the plane reported that .no trace of the craft had been seen. The piano had flown out to sea for about half a mile, hut had found no trace of the Titi. “Worst in the World.” “I think New Zealanders are the worst drivers in the world.” said .Mr. \V. M. L-uscomhe in an address to the New Plymouth Potary Club, when lie gave his impressions of a tour of the United States, Britain 'and the Continent. He added that New Zealand drivers acted as though they owned all the road in front and-they did not know or care what was behind them. As the result of the driving he saw in the various countries lie visited lie thought the New Zealand road rules could lie improved greatly. July Temperatures. The following temperature readings taken on a protected verandah by an Opotiki district residents, should prove interesting to readers. July 19119: average minimu'in 42.7; jiVc-rage maximum •34.8: lowest reading. 33; highest-, (32. July 1939: average minimum, '36.2 degrees; average maximum; 61.3; lowest. 21 degrees; highest, 68 degrees. It will lie noticed that the average maximum this year is considerably above last year's average, this- being accounted for by the sunny days at the beginning of last., month. There w-as very little sunshine in the previous July, when conditions were exceedingly wet.