THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, March 13, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 157, 13 March 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, March 13, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tenders for Painting. Tenders for painting building of the Opotiki Daily Association, Ltd., arc invited in to-day’s issue. Harvest Festival Sale, A sale of produce from the Methodist ■ .Clhurch liaryest festival will be held in the Methodist- Hall to-night. Primary Schools Sports. A sports meeting; organised by the Opotiki Primary Schools Athletic Association will be held on -Wednesday next. Farmers’ Union. The annual general meeting of the Opotiki bratuoli of the- fanners’ Union will be held at the- It-.S.A. rooms on Saturdayt next. Penalty on Rates. '<* A penalty of ten per cent, will'be addled tot all county rates levied for the present year, which remain unpaid after 24th. iiist. 2 Modern Girls. “You can tell a modern girl anywhere, but you cannot- tell her much,” commented the Rev. A. C. Nelson, 13. A., while speaking at the youth panel at, the conference of the New Zealand Rotary movement in Napier. ‘‘They wear less.” lie added, ‘‘lnit they do not care less.” Touring Bowlers. A party of 40 Pay of Plenty bowlers will make a tour of Taranaki this month, and will be accompanied by about 20 ladies. Representatives of Opotiki bowling clubs who will be- included in the party are: Messrs. R. A. Hedlev, Tabb, Beattie, J. C-raig, J. Whitfield and S. M. Jephson. Large Families. Healthy sea Inezes encourage the Northland gumlands to set a standard in large families which, if followed by the rest of the country, would solve the birthrate problem in New Zealand. Within a short distance of the pretty farming district of Wniharara, there is one family of 17 and another of 18. Temperatures. Temperatures throughout the North Island were modlerate at 9 ’a.in. on Saturday, Tauranga and East- Capo being the only stations to record 70 degrees or more, and Cape Maria, Auckland, and Opotiki returning 09 degrees. Napier recorded 00 degrees, and Capo Pallisor 59, Gisborne being the lowest return but one, with 58 degrees. Low Rainfall. The rainfall in Opotiki district during the week-end was only moderate 22 points being recorded in the borough for flic 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. yesterday. ' Rain has fallen on three days this month, but the total is only 34 points. Gisborne has also- experienced a meagre rainfall, only 28‘ points having fallen this month up to 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Copper Deposits. None of the many copper deposits in New Zealand lias proved el commercial value, and the chances of those known are not promising, according tc Dr. J. Henderson, of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In an article in the. Journal of Science and Technology. Dr. Henderson states t\iat by far the greater part of the total production of ore. amounting to 5032 tons, was mined more than 70 years ago. Only a. lew tons have' been extracted during the present century, though a good deal of prospectings has been done.