THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, September 12, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 83, 12 September 1938, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, September 12, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Social ciub Dance. The St. Stephen’s Social Club will hold a dance in tile Parish Hall tonight. Manchester Unity Dance. The Manchester Unity 1.0.0. F. wi 11 hold a dance in the Lyric Hall on Wednesday next. Athletic Club. The annual general meeting of the. Opotiki Amateur Athletic and Cycling dull will be held in the Mission Hall tc-morrow night at 8 p.m. Members and other supporters are urged to attend.- . Shipping. The m.v. Motu. arrived last week with general cargo and left again for Auckland on Saturday afternoon. The Vessel did not bring the power shovels as was expected, these being left- for the m.v. Waiotahi which unloaded today. Maori Triplets. Miss Mavis Taylor, Masterton. arrived at Te Puia Hospital last week to assist, on behalf of the-Department, of Health, as a Karitane nurse in the care of the Mtiori triplets, born recently to Mr and Mrs Mold Gerrard, settlers of the district. Large Sum Lost. While motoring through the Waioek,n Gorge during the week-end, a lady who lives near Gisborne had the misfortune to lose a purse containing notes, to the value of nearly £BO besides open cheques and silver. A reward is offered to the finder who is asked to communicate with the Opotiki Police Station.

Court News. At the Opotiki Courthouse on Saturday. Wiiiiam Bruce Havelock was charged before Mr EL L. Walton, S. M., for a second oftenc-g of drunkenness and also for a breach of a prohibition order. On the first charge a fine of 30s in default 3 days’ imprisonment was imposed, and on the second charge accused was convicted and discharged. Otoko Hill CreasyAccording to reports the Otoko hill section of the Opotiki-Gisborne highway is very greasy and motorists are advised to use extra care in negotiating the hill. The position is not likely to improve until dry weather is again experienced, as further heavy rain fell on Saturday. Metal is being spread on the higawhy and this should make an improvement. Country Again Soaked. A early two inches of rain fell, during the latter part or last week and the Opotiki llats are again \vell wat-er-logged and field cultivation will agaiu be held up. Surface water was still lying about to-day in many places. The very wet ground will continue to have a retarding effect on pasture growth which has been cheeked lately by tne cooler conditions.

Relieving A.A. Patrol. Mr I). C- Cummings, the relieving resident A.A. Patrol, has had instructions to return to Auckland and will leave Gisborne on. Thursday. He went to the Gisborne district on June .5 to relieve Mr D. M. McGregor, who was placed on special duty in Fiji. It is understood that Mr McGregor will return to Inow Zealand shortly and again take over his duties in Gisborne.

Opotiki Aerodrome. The continued wet weather is still holding up the work of completing the levelling of the Opotiki aerodrome. The field tiling is doing its work well hut tlie wet state of the surface makes it impossible for the mechanical machinery to handle the sticky soil properly. It had been hoped to resume operations this week but the heavy lain .last week end has delayed the resumption of work indefinitely. !he report published in the Auckland papers that the,area js being grassed is not.correct as this work cannot be undertaken until the levelling lias been finished. It is hoped.that the weather will enable the early completion of the work to allow the grass to take properly and the aerodrome to be in a fit condition for the commencement of the aeroplane passenger service in the early summer.

Mr Hultquist’s Campaign. Mr A. G. Hultquist will commence his campaign in the Opotiki district this week when he will give aii address in tlje Toa. Toa school on Wednesday night, i commencing at 7.40 o’clock. During his campaign Air Hultquist will, average nearly two addresses a day.

Boxing Championships. Two Opotiki boxers will be taking part in the New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships to be held at Gisborne. In the fir fit round of the welterweight division J. Robinson will meet R. Tongs, Ashburton. In the first round of. the Middleweight division L. Dennett will meet R. Branch, Auckland. Dennett will also meet G. Reid, Gisborne, in the light-heavy-weight division and the winner of this bout will meet A. Anderson/Southland in the second round.

Home Labour-saving.

. The impression that labour-saving conveniences in the home were used far more in the Dominion than in England was conveyed to members of the Palmerston North. Citizens’ Lunch Club by Mr R. Yorlce, it seemed to him, he said, that vacuum cleaners, washing machines and electric irons were almost universally used in this country, but in many English towns these devices were practically unheard of except in the homes of the richer people.

Railways’ Come-back in U.S.A. The enormous strides made by the railway companies in the United States, in competition with road transport, were commented upon in conversation with a pressman by -Mr Frank Wise, who. recently, returned from a holiday visit to Nortlf America. The introduction of newly-design-ed passenger trains, travelling nonstop for long distances and' providing every service the companies were able to devise, had gone a long way to combat the inroads of the motor bus companies iu the passenger business, said Mr Wise. Some of the latest trains were built of special alloys in which aluminium was largely used, lightening the deadweight on the roadbeds, and yet giving almost vibration less movement. The Denv.or Zephyr, on which lie and Mrs Wise travelled on. one occasion. was a gleaming masterpiece of polished chromium steel, with an unbroken line from engine to observation car: achieved by sheathing the vestibules of the cars so that no gaps showed between them.