The Opotiki News Tuesday, October 15, 1940. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, 15 October 1940, Page 2

The Opotiki News Tuesday, October 15, 1940. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 o’clock yesterday morning were as follows Auckland and Tauranga, 60 degrees j Napier, 57; Opotiki, 55 ; East Cape, 53 ; Gisborne, 50 ; Wellington, ,49. Military Examinations. Advice has been received by the local recruiting office that all men who -were drawn in the ballot are to be inedidally examined, whether they wish to appeal or not. They will be notified when to appear for examination. Dispersal Sale. A reriiinder is given of the dispersal sale to be conducted by the A r ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., on behalf of Mr. Harry Hubbard, at his home, Stewart Street. The sale will commence at 1 p.m. .on Thursday next, 17th. October. Volunteers Wanted. The local recruiting office advises that volunteers for the positions. of clerks and cooks at a military camp are needed. Volunteers are also required for coastal defence batteries. Applicants are advised to get into touch with Lieut. Williams. Opotiki Territorials. The following Opotiki volunteers tor Territorial service are now serving in camp at Te Arolia racecourse : Lieut. G. W. Ormandy, Sgt. W. N. Carey, Sgt. C. J. Shalfoon, Cpl. L. A. Beattie, Pie. F. J. Beattie, Pte. I. D. Grant, Pte. L. 11. Parkinson, Pte. T. Butler, Pte. H. B. Newell, Pte. P. Rumble, Pte. It.- Keen, Pte. R. Koopu, Pte. G. Ngatai, Bandsman N. Port, Pte. It. McOlintoch.

Motor Collision. A collision took place - yesterday morning at the intersection, of Richard and Goring Streets, between a lorry, driven by Mr. Reg. Walker, and a a light motor-car driven by Mr. A. Stephenson. The car was struck on the -.rear, bumper, and spun around, causing the car to capsize and roll over two or three times. The driver of the car escaped with only: slight injuries, and Mr. A. Webb, who was also in the car, was not hurt. The car was badly damaged, but not a s.ngle window of the badly-twisted body was broken.

Silvered Pennies. - A neat deception was perpetrated upon a Gisborne shopkeeper last week by means of a silvered penny. The coin, which was effectively slivered, was handed over the counter, head uppermost, as tender for a two-shilling piece, and change was given accordingly. The"'transaction took place at a busy period when the deception was most likely to succeed, and it was not until afterwards, when the cash was being counted, that the shopkeeper discovered that the coin was only a penny. Dairy Factory Mishap. An unusual accident occurred at the Pahiatua Dairy Company’s factory at Mangarnutu. A cream separator was working at 6500 revolutions a minute, when suddenly the holding-down clamp came apart, the result being that tlic discs flow in all directions, cutting pieces of machinery and a long length of water piping. Large parts of the concrete wall were also damaged. Fortunately the factory employees were in other rooms when the accident happened. The cause of the. accident was the crystallisation of the steel holding-down band. Highway Incidents. Travel between Auckland and Rotorua by road, formerly dull enough, is nowadays enlivened by occasional meetings with military convoys and by signs of the extensive military preparations---being- carried on in the Auckland province. Gisborne businessmen who visited Auckland recently, encountered at one part of the journey a convoy of heavy military trucks, some of them trailing guns, the column having a screen of motor-cycles in _ advance to warn traffic proceeding in the opposite direction of the number and character of the army vehicles. Another feature of the journey was an examination of their car by police officers, this being part of the search for a desperate gang of escaped prisoners. The thoroughness of the precautions taken against trouble vith'thc escapees impressed the Gisborne travellers. I