The Opotiki News Friday, October 11, 1940. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 321, 11 October 1940, Page 2

The Opotiki News Friday, October 11, 1940. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Triplet Calves, Triplet calves are reported to have been born on the farm_of-the Mayor, Mr. G-. S. Moody, at Hukuwai beach.

Competition Winners. The winners o£ the competitions at the Patriotic Shop yesterday were : Mrs. It. A. Iledley (turkey), and Mr. W. Walker (dinner).

Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 0 o’clock yesterday morning were as follows : Tauranga, 53 degrees; Auckland and Opotiki, 52; East Cape, Gisborne and Napier, 51; Wellington, 49.

Local Body Elections. ■ In a statement in Wellington, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Pa-rrry, announced that the Government has decided that the local body elections due to be held in May next shall take place as usual. Cars Collide. A collision occurred this morning between a motor-car driven by a Gisborne motorist and a school bus, iu the Waioeka gorge. Nobody was injured but the vehicles received some damage. Fry Liberations. The Opotiki Rod and Gun Club has received the following. figures from the Conservator of Fish and Game, Rotorua, covering this season’s fry liberations :—Waimana River, 200,000; Wa.oeka River, 407,000 (brown); Waioeka river, 03,000 (rainbow) ; Pakihi and Te Waiti, 03,000. Dispersal Sale. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. will hold a dispersal sale at the house of Mr. H. Hubbard, Stewart Street, on Thursday, 17th. October, when Mr. Hubbard’s dairy stock, harness, implements tools, etc v will be offered. Four acres of first-class land will also bo auctioned. Opotiki Golfer’s Success. In the championship and scratch medal play events which were continued in Auckland during the weekend, F. J. Cullen, an Opotiki boy « - ho is attending Training College m Auckland added to his list of successes. Playing at the Akarana links he was successful in gaining a place in the final after surviving three rounds. In the first round Cullen beat S. Booth, 5 and 3; in the second round Cullen beat H. Cullen, 5 and 4; and in the semifinals Cullen beat Woolhouse, i up. The final will be watched- with interest, the other finalist being L. Johnson.

Interesting Demonstration. The apparently impossible was demonstrated at the conclusion of the Opotiki Firp Board mooting on Wednesday night, when the brigade superintendent, Mr. J. Shaw, showed members, by means of a Japanese tool, how hoses can be repaired while in use. Most people- would think it utterly impossible to rivet a patch on a hose- under high water pressure, on the inside. The special tool used makes th.s task an easy one, ami holes can be quickly repaired with the rivets. Part of tho rivet is pushed through a hole in tho hose and then by means of a thin pin which is drawn outwards the rivet is spread inside the hose and then drawn tightly against the hose wh.ch is compressed against the padded rivet head, thus making a perfect seal. The principle of the rivet’ is simple yet ingenious. Opotiki-Whakalane Highway. ■ Recently an Automobile Association’s representative visited the Bay of Plenty and regarded the road surface as below the standard usually associated with a first-class highway, states the current issue of tho Automobile Association’s Official Bulletin. In conversation with a News representative a short time ago, a local driver, who uses this road daily, stated there had been a wonderful mprovement in the surface of the road and said that the engineer rcsponsble was to be congratulated on the improvement in travelling conditions. He stated that the surface was the best it had been for a very long time and he was quite satisfied with the road conditions and expressed the hope that the improved standard would be maintained. 1