THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, June 28. 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 200, 28 June 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday , June 28. 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping. The m.v. Otimai will leave Auckland for Opotiki to-morrow and, is expected to arrive here on Friday evening. Football. The City third grade team will hold a practice, at the reserve on Thursday night (to-morrow) at 7 o : cIock. Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 a.in. yesterday were as follows: Auckland and East Cape 49 degrees. Tauranga 43. Opotiki 46. Gisborne 44,. Napier 40. and Wellington 51. Bobby Calves. The attention of farmers is drawn to an advertisement appearing in today’s issue concerning the collection of bobby calves. Mr. W. Stevens will start collecting on Monday, July 3. Clearing Sale. A clearing sale on behalf of Air. Charles H. IHrown. will be conducted on the farm at Waiotahi on Friday. 14th. July. Particulars are advertised in today's issue by the New. Zealand J/oaii and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Transport Licensing, Messrs. H. O. Drake. A. IV. Turner, and W. Hislop, president, vice-presi-dent and/ secretary respectively of the Opotiki Carriers’ Association, and A. W. Huff, president of the Whakatane Carriers’ Association, are attending a sitting of the No. 1 Transport .Licensing Authoritv in Gisborne.

Flowering Plum. An unusual sight in the row of ornamental shrubs planted in St. John Street, is a flowering plum in full bloom. The tree is well laden with pretty pink blossom from top to bottom. and the flowering of the tree at such an unusual time has resulted in residents evincing considerable interest.

Coed Standard of Rugby. ••’'■'Footballers from Gisborne who played fn the curtain-raiser in Opotiki on Saturday witnessed later a sub-union ■ districts between Opotiki and jApanjui;..■■vrihjieh ;areas are under the ; jnipe iv i sic-n '6f • the .Bay of Plenty union : (states-': the.’ J^erjild). The standard'; of play in tfus fixture was surprisgood, end wordcl Jiave- done c-reil-lt^to,..fuib-union. districts wbicli the '■’footballers have mote of meeting •Herald also referred t 6 the ccutYol of the game exercised.)by; Mr. Htita- Hawkins.-' : Vy£t'£&fy :+■

• • .-'in; l&ntel; ■ -‘t? East Coast Bridges. _ / Two bridges whic-h will complete the link between Cape Runaway ap<t Opotiki. oil the Const- scenic routss are scheduled for construction .shortly. and tenders are being called for them. Bach will comprise two. spans of 40ft., and will bridge' the Waiokaha and Mangatoetoe streams, which are between the two main rivers, the Raukokore and Whangaparaoa. Arrangements are being made to bridge the last of the streams between Cape Runaway and Hicks Bay, and when ' that section is completed the road will be an all-weather route between Gisbtu'ne and Opotiki. The Maraebalca bridge has recently been completed and is now being used.