THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, December 4. 1989. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 267, 4 December 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, December 4. 1989. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lemons Remain Unpicked. . Because of unsatisfactory returns for the work; involved, a number of Hawke’s Bay citrus-growers are reported to. be leaving) their lemons on the trees rather than pkrlc. them libr marketing; Temperatures. ' North Island temperatures' at 9 oelock ou Saturday morning, were as follows:—Napier 72 degrees, Gisborne 68, Opotiki 67, Tauranga 61, Auckland 72,,- Wellington 58. Shipping. ’l.'he o.v. Waiotahi arrived at Opotiki on Saturday and is expected to leave for Auckland to-morrow noon. 'J'he o.v, Otimai will load 1 at Auckland to-mor-row for Opotiki and is expected to arrive in Opotiki. on Thursday. Hay Wire. Wire, for tying haled hay is now unprocurable in Hawke’s Bay. One or two contractors have a supply sufficient to last this season. The. others ate'commencing this week to use light rope, about the thickness of a clothesline. One contractor stated that the rope had been tried out and was effective. He added that instead of having a lot of dangerous wire lying about the place next winter many farmers would have' lengths of rope which will serve a multitude of useful purposes. Consternation in Camp. , In a military camp in New Zealand a week or tw« ago consternation was caused by one of the sentries discharging his rifle in the early hours of the morning, turning out the entire guard at the gallop, most* of the officers and half of the men. At an inquiry next day it was learned that the sentry was pacing out Ins beat regularly and correctly, but that jv-riibb.it was sitting on a mound a short distance away enjoying the spectacle. 'I lie rabbit stayed there so long that it eventually got on the nerves of the sentry—a keen rabbit shooter in civilian life—and after about an hour ho raised his rifle and. shot, the rabbit through the head. Jt was stated the officers' thoroughly appreciated the situation, and; the sentry was fined the cost of the bullet. 6dl.

Creasy Patch on Highway. The heavy rain .which fell during the week-end in the Allatawai distric t made a section of road on Tralford’s Hill greasy and difficult to negotiate, resulting in delays in the mails. At a point six mile.s north of Matawaj on the Gishornc-Auckland •State highway the rain softened the clay, at a deviation and the crossing of that section presented a problem .for through traffic. Despite the work that is being carried out, the trouble at that point is negligible in fine weather, and it is expected that the roadl will bo had: to normal scon. Whiie Butterfly. . Whether it is partly due to the weather conditions or parasites is uncertain. hut Opotiki residents have noticed with satisfaction, a great diminution in tlit‘ numbers of white butterflies in the district this season. Only a few of the butterflies arc to he seen in fields and gardens and even where there is a large area under cabbages and cauliflowers, only occasional butterflies are observed. Reports from other district are of a similar nature. In previous years white butterflies have been abroad in their thousands in Hawke’s .May at this time of the year, hut only oddl butterflies have been noticed to date.

Free Hospital Servicas. Although free hospital treatment of in-patients has been in operation since Ist. July. LfKUi, very few residents are aware cl' their obligations in order tO' save the local hospital authorities considerable trouble in obtaining the.'number ol'ii patient’s. Registration Levy Book. A resideni being admitted to hospital must make the necessary arrangements with his or her medical adviser and when being admitted to hospital advise the admitting authority. tin* number of the Registration Levy Hook, commonly referred to as “dole hook”. This applies to all males and females over 1(5 and those under that age must furnish the number of their parent’s book. This does hot apJv to out-patient’s charges, which arc still payable hv the patient to the hoard as formerly.