OFFICE BLOWN OVER

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 69, 12 August 1938, Page 2

OFFICE BLOWN OVER

SHEEP KILLED AT SHOWGROUNDS CRUSHED BY BUILDING One of the results of the mid-week storm was that the secretary’s office at the Showgoruiids was blown over by the gale and shifted' about ten feet. A number of sheep which were sheltering alongside the building were crushed and killed as the building was blown over. It is intended to replace the building on the foundations with the aid of the Power Board truck. Basketball Team for Gisborne. An Opotiki basketball team will visit Gisborne on Saturday and will meet the Gisborne 13 representatives. The Gisborne A representatives will meet the Wairoa representatives for the llohson Clip. Accommodatoin Problem. Private accommodation for over 22d players will be required on the occasion of the Now Zealand women’s hockey tournament in Gisborne from August 27 to September ,‘3. This unusually large number is the result of an unexpectedly big entry, 17 teams in all. ’Plane Service Resumed. .Vs a result of the fine weather experienced in Gisborne during the week-end a section of the Gisborne aerodrome dried out sufficiently to permit the resumption of the Union Airways’ service and the first flight took eight passengers to Gisborne. A timber floor is to be put in the hangar and it is hoped shortly to. he able to house the plane in the building overnight, which is not possible at present on account of the muddy condition in front of the hangar and in a portion of the hangar itself. It is reported that work will be commenced before long on the construction of a new and larger hangar, which will have room for three large machines and which will be on the same lines as the Auckland hangar. ■■ \ 1 \