THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, February 10, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 144, 10 February 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, February 10, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tendfers for Raising Road. Tenders ant invited by. the Opotiki County Council for the raising and metalling of 40 chains of the Wainui road. Alfa Lava! Agency. Mr. Littlejohn, Alfa-Laval serviceman, will be in Opotiki for show week. Mr. C. I). Brown will receive inquiries. .1 ; Penalty on Unpaid Rates. A notice in connection with the penalty on unpaid rates in the Opotiki County, appears in. today’s issue. Carden Party Postponed. On account of the fitness week campaign, tliei garden party to have been held on the Opotiki Bowling Club’s green on February 25, has been postponed until March 4.

Office Furniture. Tenders are invited fur the purchase of the office furniture of the Fast Cbast Guardian. The equipment ineludes a new typewriter and a steel fireproof safe. Particulars are advertised. , Temperatures. Overcast conditions prevailed at Auckland and Wellington yesterday, hut blue skies were general in other parts of the North Island. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland and Tauranga 63 degrees, Opotiki 59, East (Jape 65, Gisborne. Napier and Wellington 66. Labour Caucus. Mr. A. G. Hultquist, M.P.. who left Whakatane on Monday for Wellington attended a Caucus of the Government Party held in Wellington yesterday. While in Wellington Air. Hultquist will deal with a number of questions affecting the Bav of Plenty) electorate.

Bad Opotiki Highway. A tourist who called! in at the “News” office on Wednesday evening, stated that the highway between Waimana and Opotiki was the worst he had been over during an extensive trip over the North Island. The only other road that was in a very bad state was that leading to the Mount at Tauranga.

Camping Ground at Opotiki. After a quiet time for about a fortnight, there was a. very noticeable increase in the number of tourists visiting Opotiki this week. Earlier in the week, four Inigo caravans were parked for the night, while yesterday morning there was a ring of campers in the area. There was still is number of cars in the grounds today.

A Guide for Motorists? 1 Apparently one Opotiki motorist is of tlie opinion that the concrete indicators placed at the corner of Church and .Bridge Streets are for the purpose of showing motorists that they should drive between the concrete stalls. A motorist who was noticed driving on to the footpath and then going between the two slabs indicating the width of the path, again drove along the path and' between the slabs this morning. Flcwer Show on Tuesday. The seen ml quarterly flower show, to be held under the auspices of the Opotiki and District Horticultural Society will la* held iu the Parish Hr.il on Tuesday night next. .Considerable interest is being taken in the show and it is expected that the Junction will he an even bigger success than the previous show. All exhibits will he sold at the conclusion of the show.

Black Cat's Bad Luck. A .small black cat tailed to ’briny; the pioverbial good luck to itself in Gisborne. A garage received a call from the owner of a light car parked in tlie business area of the main .street in Gisborne. The break-down truck was dispatched and the ear was towed to the garage for an investigation of the failure of the engine to start. To their surprise the mechanics discovered the body of a small cal wedged in between the chassis and the radiator fan. It is assumed that the oat had sought a shady spot on the front axle and that when the selfstarter was applied the “tragedy” occurred. ,

Shipping. The m.s. AYaiotahi. arrived in Opotiki at noon to-day and is expected to leave on her return to Auckland at, 11 a.in. to-morrow. Buildings Sold. There was a good attendance of. buyers at the sale of buildings, the property of the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Board. conducted this morning. The prices realised were: Grandstand £2OO. totalisator house £55. refreshment room £45. Opotiki' Farmers’ Union. At a meeting of the committee of the Opotiki Branch of the X.Z. banners’ Tnioii held this morning, exception was taken at the suggestion made in another district that the farmers were deliberately restricting production. This certainly was not the casq in the Opotiki district as every effort was being made to increase production.

Yachting Races. Three scratch yacht races will he run off on Sunday next. Two races will he held in the morning, the first t<> commence at 10 o’clock. The third race will he hold in the afternoon commencing at 1 o'clock. The races are being run for a pennant donated by A. \V. McGregor. It. is expected that a large number of spectators will view the race from Yolklior Island from whence a. view of the entire course is obtainable.

A Misplaced “0”. Recently a Bay of Plenty lien.,paper published a cable stating that the jute industry in India would he greatly helped by the purchase of 20.000 sandbags by the Government. No doubt many people wondered at the time how such a small order could bo of much assistance. However it transpired that a nought had been omitted. The missing figure turned up a few days later when it was announced that 200 people had attended' a meeting in Whakatane in connection with the fitness week campaign. After reading of the magnificent response to the campaign in Whakatane those interested in the movement in other Bay of Plenty towns became thoroughly ashamed of the seemingly comparatively poor response in their own towns. However they can new take comfort as an explanation lias now been given that the attendance at Whakatane was only 20.