THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, August 21, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 223, 21 August 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, August 21, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Earthquake. j A slight earthquake at Opotiki yesterday inoiartji§;ot' ?< ii).>aij|t| ; 7 o’clock. A Correction. ''itSf An error appeared in tl»c< the High School boxing touriKnfiei|t-|| published in Friday’s issue. 11 was’' stated that Hilly Graham lost to DonDavies* where the verdict was a draw. Team to Play Waikohu. '.l’lie .following players are requested to ho at the reserve for practise on Tuesday night: Lo Dine, .McKenzie. C. Walker, Starkey, \Y. Oakes, J. Walker, G. Williains, N. Shalloon, AleDonakli, Albert, I. Walker, Taka, B. Tairua, Alaui Dehunore, H. Walker, Kanapia, Collins, T. Walker. Ashdown. Keller. The team to represent Opotilci against Waikolm in the match to he played at T’e Karaka on Saturday, will lie selected after the practise on T uesday evening. Irate Taxpayer. One Hastings taxpayer, who received his income tax assessment in tin 1 mail a few days ago, feels that he has boon provided; with just grounds for an argument with the Commissioner of 'Paxes, Imagine his chagrin on: receiving the assessment to find that in the course of 12 months the amount he was required to pay in income tax had jumped from L'2 Is to C.T2 9s, although lie was still in receipt of the same income and entitled to- the same deductions as last year. Teaih and Dentists. T hat New Zealanders are much less tooth conscious than Americans is the impression of Dr. A. Thomas Lawson. Dunedin, who has returned to the Dominion after completing a course, of higher denial study. The condition of teeth in America was, therefore, much higher than in this Dominion, lie said, and dental practice was more specialised. It. was likely, however, that the studies of New Zealand students who .completed their training in America ' would gradually make their effects felt here. Record Hole In One. lx is a well-known fact that on some courses certain holes have a hoodoo over players. Such a player is •). L. Coleman, a member of the Ha mi ha dub. New South Wales. Being unable to keep out of trouble at the second, a> distance of 220yavd.s : l:e was at a loss to know how to overcome the difficulty. Finally he used his putter off the tee and. he holed in one! This is regarded by his friends as being the world’s record putt. Food for Stock. An appeal to dairy farmers in the Wairoa district to pay more attention to their feed supplies for stock was made by the chairman of dirot . m-.-, ol the Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, Air. A. 'J'. Carroll at the annual meeting of suppiie.s in Wairoa on .Friday. JH!o stated that the feeding of stock was only half cateied f-.r in New Zealand and lie stressed the great need for increased feed sioiage for both winter and summer. 'Wo cannot have production without f. r-d,” ho said, “Decorate your pnddofks with a few stacks and some onsi age. ' We have boon taugid' a lo; son this w.liter.”

Referee Accused of Bias. 'l'lk' refusal of Inur Rugby clubs in Central Hawke’s Bay to play under a certain referee whose rulings were alleged to show bias created considerable discussion at a mooting oi the Central Hawke’s Bay Rugby SubUnion. The discussion arose following a question. asked as to why the referee had been allotted one of the most important games oi the season while other more competent referees bail been sitting in the stand. It was pointed out that the only remedy was for the clubs concerned to put in a complaint at flic next animal meeting oi, the ' ltefci'ccs’ Association and a ruling hy the chairman t hat no to refuse to play 11Who was a member of ' tliop’V' sub-u4ticm.' Tile matter was allfnVedl ! 't(f;dapip without any definite a alien ytjj'Vvii*.;