OBITUARY

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 140, 1 February 1939, Page 1

OBITUARY

MRS. MEREPEKA MIKAERE Tho death toolq place on Friday, January 27, at her late resklenco, Awaawakino, Opotiki, ot : Mrs. Merepeke Mikaere. The late Mrs. Mikaero had suffered an illness over a number of years but had borne her sufferings with great cheerfulness. A daughter of Mr. Harry Williams, of Torero, and of high rank in her tribe, the deceased was highly respected by both Eluropean and Maori people of tho district. Her husband, Mr. J). Mikaere and a daughter are left to mourn their loss.

Air Squadron for Taranaki. Flying circles in New Plymouth regard! it. as highly, probable that, before very long New Plymouth will be tho location of a territorial squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force-, equipped with six modern, high-speed,, long-range, twin,-enginod bombing planes. Japanese Copyists. An example of Japanese ability to copy other people's products was quoted by Mr. 15. 1). Stevens, of Chicago, first president" of a printing press manufacturing company, in an interview in Wellington. “Some- time- ago we received an order from Japan for six colour presses suitable for currency printing,”’ ho said. “Later when I visited Japan I was shown 18 similar machines, and the 12 copies ■ the' Japanese- had made were so- like the originals that I could not tell them apart.” Mr. Stevens said' there was nothing his firm could do- about the use of their design by the Japanese.