THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, April 3, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 166, 3 April 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, April 3, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Numerous Fogs, Fogs have been quite numerous, oii the Opotiki flats during the last, feuweeks, the number probably exceeding that experienced in an average year. Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 o’- ‘ clock on ’ Saturday morning were: Auckland 64 degrees, Tauranga 61, Opotiki and Gisborne 62, Flast Cape 66, Napier 60, and Wellington 59. The aitr a Impr o v emenit s. Continuing their progressive policy, the management of the It egent Theatre, is now installing Neon lighting of the latest type and colourings and when the work is completed it should add further to the attractive and! modern appearance of this theatre. Rainfall for March. - Nearly two inches of rain was registered in Opotiki for the month of March, nearly all the rain being recorded at- the end of the month. A fall of 5-3 # points occurred on Thursday night in the borough, bur country districts receivedl a good soaking, the fall being .much heavier than in the borough v . Opotiki Theatres Renamed. To bring the Opotiki Theatre into line with the other theatres controlled by Mr. It. J. Kerridge, the Do Luxe Theatre will now be known as the “Regent” Theatre and the other building previously known as the Regent Theatre will he renamed “Regent Hall”. All the leading theatres of the It. J. Kerridge Circuit throughout the Bay of Plenty. Thames Valley and Waikato districts are named “Regent’ - . An Unfortunate Sneeze. When a resident of Bluff sneezed violently while standing on the Bluff wharf recently, his dental plate was accidently ejected and disappeared into the harbour through a crevice in the wharf. His chagrin at losing so necessary a possession was even greater when his efforts to regain the teeth bv “angling” with a line proved futile. Finally, a diver went down into the water and. aided by the low tide, recovered the dental plate and restored it to its owner. Large Kumikumi. Growers of monster marrows and prodigious pumpkins have something of a record to beat in the 561 b. ku.mikiuni grown by Mr. A. Allport, of Te Puke, according to a newspaper report. The kumikumi measures tilt, from “top to tail,” 4ft. around the girth, and completely fills a wheelbarrow. However, the kumikumi is somewhat a “baby” compared with the giant pumpkins grown in Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay, which have weighed over 200 lbs.