THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, February 13, 1989. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 145, 13 February 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, February 13, 1989. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Alfa Laval Agency. Mr. Littlejohn, Alfa-Luval serviceman, wiil be in Ojjotiki for show week. Mr. C. D. Brown will receive inquiriesJohnson Quadruplets. • The Johnson quadruplets still continue to attract a good deal of public interest in Dunedin. It is understood that a cinema organisation has approached the parents with a view to depicting the children on the screen. Visit by Optician. Messrs. Barry ami Beale Ltd. Opticians, Auckland, advise that their representative, Mr. F. B. Howard, will attend at M.V. IL 1.1. Newell’s J’liarmacy on Thursday, February IGtli., Appointments may he hooked with Mr. .Newell, ’phone 41. U. Change of Business. Having disposed of their drapery business, Messrs. All hi and Co. announce that from to-morrow until Thursday 28nl. inst. they will give a discount of 20% ( 1 /-.in the C) off all goods purchased, including proprietary lines usually sold at fixed prices. Birth of Triplets. Triplets were horn in Invercargill recent!vi to Mr. and .Mrs. John. Francis Crofts. 'l’llis. so. far as is known, is the second time in 1 h«* history of Invercargill that triplets have been horn in that city. The last occasion was ‘1(1 years ago. The children, two hoys and a girl, and the mother are reported to he making excellent progress. County Valuations. Revaluations are proceeding at pres cut in tin* Cook and Dpotiki counties and a great deal of the held work has been completed, a start having been made with this early in the iinnrn'ial year. This section of the work is to he finished at the end of next month so that the next rate demands will he based cm the new figures.

Athletes Visit Tauranga. Three junior memher.x of the Opotiki Atliletic Cltih visited Tauranga on S:itnrdny for the annual South Auekla iid Championship Alee ting. Jack Inskip was successful in retaining the Waikato junior broad jump title with a. leap of ‘2O feet, and was also placed third in tin- junior high jump with a height of Aft, Jtjin. L. Beattie secured third place in the half-mile junior championship, while Slu'eran was second in his heal: -of the junior 100 yards championship. Opotikj Scenic Route. “During December and January wo broke all records with our information service to Iravolhrs; it was a night and day job,” said the secretary. Air. G. CYawshaw. at a meeting of the Gisborne Advisory Committee of the Automobile Association (Auckland). The resident, patrol. Air. I). Al. .McGregor. in his report stated that the Cape Runaway, scenic route between Gisborne and Opoliki bad 1 been well patronised and visitors had expressed their intentions of making further trips on that, highway when opportunity olio red. Big Flower Show. The Opoliki and District Horticultural Society's second quarterly (lower show will be held in the Parish Mall to-merrmv night (Tuesday). Considerable interest is being taken in the show and it is expected that there will be a large attendance of Huh public. ,\ very comprehensive schedule has been prepared and entries are expected to be very numerous. Included in the points and class prizes are the billowing specials: Specimen rose, book on rose growing in N.Z. ; large bowl Mowers, pot white grape hyacinth; best collection, fruit, splendid book on fruit culture; best: collection dahlias, splendid collection choice daffodil bulb.- ; points prize dahlias, (> choice tulip bulbs; points prize l miscellaneous, Bnllf’s Gardening Guide. Other good prizes will lie awarded. Further part ieulars are advert ised.