THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, April 28, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 175, 28 April 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, April 28, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Summer-time Enrils. •Summer-time- will end on Sunday morning, but no doubt most householders will put their clocks back the necessary half-hour on Saturday night. Shipping. The m.s. Waiotahj arrived at the Opotiki wharf at 1.30 p.m. to-day and is expected to. leave Opotiki for Auckland at about 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. Sale Postponed. On account of Mr. C. Pipe’s indisposition, the auction sale to have been held! to-morrow on account of Mr. A. E Payne has been postponed till Saturday, May 6. A Late Meeting, “Probably a record”! commented a councillor at the conclusion of the monthly meeting of the Opotiki Borough Council last night. The meeting did not finish until 11.2-3 o’clock. .No councillor present could remember a council meeting concluding previously at such a late hour. ' Councillors Surprised. A request was received at lastniglrt’s meeting of the- Borough Council, from a householder, asking that his footpath -rective attention. Councillors expressed surprise at the request as the resident in question had signed a petition protesting against the raising of a loan to improve the streets and footpaths/ Cr. Johnson again drew the council’s attention to the decision to undertake work in order of -merit. A Proud Residant. Mrs. M. 1. Rawson. of St. Joint Street was probably the proudest lady in Opotiki on the night of the annual Atizac re-unio-n dinner. Amongst- the very large number of Returned Soldiers present, were two of her sons-in-law. Messrs Paddy Abbot- and W. Frew- a, brother, Mr. Jack Pile, a brother-in-law. Hr. Joe Greaves avid a nephew. Mr. Charles Clark. 'J hese relatives had either taken part in the South African or the Great War. 'I wo ether nephews, Messrs. Eddie Y\ atson, of Otahuhu, and Cecil Rawson. of Gisborne. were unable to be present at the dinner. ■ 4 Surprise for Visitors. “The first thing in - Ne\G Zealand which I think impressed) the • visiting South Africans who are travelling by the Dominion Monarch was the wooden houses,” said Mr. H. Botha Reid. Master of the Supreme Court. Capetown. oil arrival at Auckland. “ I hey are completely unknown in South Africa, and. while we,disliked them intensely at first, we must admit that they grow on one and are very picturesque. Next were the wonderful harbours at Auckland and M elliugtou,” said Mr. Reid. “We have nothing to compare with them in the Tnion. Thirdly, there was the tremendous agricultural productivity.