THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, August 9, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 218, 9 August 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, August 9, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

3rd. Grade Practice. City 3rd grade .players', arc 1 requested to attend on the reserve on "Thursday night. Whit- Butterflies. Odd white butterflies have been observed in the district during the past lew days, in spite of tire very cold conditions. Shipping. The m.v. Waiotahi was unable to enter the Opotiki harbour to-day on account oi the heavy sea running in the May. The boat is expected to arlive to-morrow should the weather be favourable. Trade Union Rally. .\ meeting which should be of interest to trade unionists will be held in the .Labour social rooms on Thursday night, when Mr. E. Miller and Mr. K. Whitlow, members of the Auckland Trade Council, will speak. Temperatures, North Island temperatures at 1) a.m. yesterday, ranged from do degrees at Auckland! and Tirit-iri, amt oi at JCast Cape; to dL at ‘Gisborne, dO at Wellington. 47 at Taiiranga, • and 4d at Tatipo<. Children’s Ball. 'the children's plain and fancy dress bali. which will be held in the Lyric Hull to-night, should be an outstanding success. A large number of folk dances will be presented by the Convent pupils, and adults will take the floor at 9.30 p.m. Cchccifihildren Watch Court. A number of High School pupils, bt the charge of their teachers. visited the Opotiki Courthouse yesterday morning. and were interested observers oi Court procedure. Unfortiinaioly, from the point of view of the children, the calendar was a very light one. being mainly confined to traffic offences.

Flying Instruction. It is uii(torsinull that there is every prospect of flying instructio-u being given from the Opotiki aerotirome in the near future. At a meeting o*f the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Hoard it was decided to make no ground charge tor planes lioing used for instructing pupils in Hying, in Opotiki district. .Pupils from the Wlmkatano district will also have the same facilities extended to them. Borough Rates. The question of considering the borough rates was deferred at the monthly .meeting and a special meeting was arranged for last week. As some of the councillors were absent it was decided to bold another meeting last night, when only four councillors put in an appearance. It was decided to tin to arrange a meeting for tonight. as it was considered a full attendance was essential to discuss such an importaht matter. Primary school Football. A match between teams representing tin* Opotiki and Whakatnne Districts’ Primary Schools, will he played on the Reserve, Opotiki, on Saturday next, commencing' at 1.30 p.m. On the following Saturday the. Opotiki primary schools’ representatives will journey to Rotorua, where they will compete in the annual school tournament. The Opotiki team has been selected as follows:—P. Alooic (Omnramutu). C. Reid (Opotiki), J. Ranaipia (Din.), W. Matthews (Convent). P. Stewart (O.). R. Hedley (().). J. Parkinson (().). R. Batey (Kutarere). P.. Rankin (O.), M. Hoare (Woodland's). .P. Hayes (Oin.), G. Aloi'cll (().). J. Tamati (Oin.). 'lye (Oin.). J. Stewart (().), W. Graham (0.), Alarajah (Waiotahi), A. Reeves (Waiotalii). N. Ranaioia (().). The team was selected hv Air. Ik Davies.