The Opotiki News Wednesday, November 15,1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 259, 15 November 1939, Page 2

The Opotiki News Wednesday, November 15,1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping. The o.v.' Motu arrived nj: Opotiki this morning and 1* expected to leave again to-morrow. Temperatures. North Island temperatures at U o’clock yesterday morning were as follows: (Jape J’alliser. Opotiki and T a lira nga 58 degrees. Auckland and Wellington 57, Napier 51, and Gisborne 53. An-Explanation. On account of trouble being experienced with the heating apparatus on tin* linotype at the News office, delays have resulted in local news items being held up during the last two weeks. Meeting of Farmers. A meeting which should bo 01. .considerable interest to I armors throughout the district will lie held in the Regent Hull (;ii Friday next at 11 a.m. The farming eonunimity will bo invited to express its opinion of the guaranteed juice and oilier legislation. Well-known speakers will lie present at the meeting which is being convened by Air. F. .10..,Garter, organiser of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. Pocket Motor Car. A midget motor car, almost a ‘‘pocket edition.” believedl to be the smallest in New Zealand, was seen in New Plymouth■ recently. Oi horse-power, it is owned by a resident of Ngamotn Bench, and the size of tlm driver is an important detail oi its operation. Capable of reaching a speed of JO miles an hour on flat ground, the vehicle is an object .of envy for all small boys in the neighbourhood. -Many of them have-made tenetative offers of purchase, hut their estimate ol its value would be nearer the mark i• made in pounds instead of pence.