THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, August 23, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 224, 23 August 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, August 23, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping. \ The m.v. Waiotahi arrived at Opotiki at noon to-day and is expected! to leave tor Auckland at upon to-jnor-row. Plants jn Tauranga Suffer. Gardens lm.vo 'suffered greatly • during the recent storinv weather, and \ * ' even lauranga gardens have not escaped. No less than. 20,000 plants liave had to be replaced in the public gardens on the waterfront, this being the first time the frost, has effected that area. Unregistered Dog. “This is about the most original excuse I have heard,”' said Mr. U. C. Albernethv, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court at Invercargill, in lining a man for keeping an unregistered; clog. The defendant wrote to the court saying that the dog was old and was expected fro die any time. 3rd. Grade Practice. The following third grade players are asked to attend practice at the reservei this- week, in preparation for the match at- Opotiki on Saturday a T gainst Whakatane:—h. Abbot. Slieeran, Thompson, Brown, Goldsmith, Lake. Moore, Warren, Talbot. Beattie, Chatlield. Fleming, Cooper, X. Abbot, Stan bridge, W. Laird, Cof i ins, Bbodes, Pearson.

Gisborne Maize. Maize from the Gisborne district is going forward steadily to the consuming centres in both the North and South Islands at the minimum August price of os ocl per bushel,. f.0.h.. Gisborne. .The' line weather of the,past few weeks lias assisted shelling operations, and supplies are available in increasing quantities, several hundred sacks being shipped each week. Infantile Paralysis. A positive case olYpoliojnyelitis. or infantile paralysis, is reported from Wairoa, the' sufferer being a 13-\ear-old Maori hoy from Kehitu pa, on the opposite side of the Wairoa river from the Wairoa township. The Indhas paralysis of the right arm and at present is receiving treatment at the Wairoa Hospital. This is the only ca.se of poliomyelitis in the East Cape health district at present. Liquor Consumption. “What dk): yon mean by a question like that-'” said Mr. Justice Blair, in the Supreme Court at Hamilton, when a medical witness said lie usually asked his patients how much liquor they drank when examining him. “1 know of a case where a man said he did not drink much.” said His Honour “and yet lie later stated that lie had from 20 to 30 whiskies a day.”

Display of Trophies. An interesting display of trophies and ribbons won by ’Gisborne and Bay ol Plenty Jersey herds is featured in Messrs. Common, Shelton and Company’s Gladstone road show window. Mr. K. G. Poulgraiu’s Benelia Stud, Manutukc, Gisborne, and, 1 Messrs. F. J. Savage and Sons’ Tahoe .herd, YYaimana. Bay of Plenty, are those which are featured in the display, which is an attractive one. including many cups and championship ribbons.

Omaia school Facilities. Mr. A. G. Hultquist, member for the district, has received the following ccinmunication from Hon. P. Fraser, Minister of .Education, in connection with the Native School at Omaio: ”1 have pleasure in informing you that 1 have advised Sir Apirana Ngata, M.P.. that 1 have approved a grant to. cover the cost of providing a permanent water supply, installing water-flushed outoffices with septic tank drainage and ereeting accommodation for milk purposes at the above school.” .

B z'\j. of Plenty Sheep. JMnking a suggestion in a question to the JVlinister of Agriculture in the House of Kepresentatives that a sheep industry commission should visit the East -Coast, Mr. A. U. Hultquist (Lai).. May of Plenty) quoted the numbers of sheep in .seven counties in that district, totalling nearly 4,50U,C00. “One seventh of the sheep in New Zealand and one fourth of all the sheep in.the North island are.” lie stated, “in the Bay of Plenty electorate.” /

Temperatures. Temperatures in the North Island at 9 a.m. yesterday ranged at 59 degrees at North Cape, 55 at Castlepoint, 52 at Auckland. Tiritiri. East Cape, and Cape Palliser, 50 at Wellington, and 47 at Gisborne, 'the last being again the lowest reading on the coast. > l .