THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, August 14, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 220, 14 August 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, August 14, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temperatures. North Island temperatures at 9 n.m. on Saturday yen': Auckland 63 degrees, Tauranga 55j| Opotiki 51, , Hast Gape -oh. ‘Gisborne, and Napier 50, and Wellington 46. Shipping. 'I lie ni.v. Waiotahi lias been sheltering at -Olliya, dor several "days add is waiting lor the sea toAnoderate -Before coming on to Opotiki. The Otimai wliieli was unable to- enter Wliakatane, Inis* also Injun sheltering at Oliiwa. v | ’G FootbaH Practices. ~ln preparation for the Shield game to he played at Opotiki 'on Saturday be twee ii Opotiki. (holders) and Koturua (challengers), team practice will he held oil Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 o’clock. The junior representatives will also practice on the same' nights. The juniors will travel to Rotorua on Saturday to meet Rotorua (holders) lor the Shalloon Shield. Ccld Conditions. Very cold conditions prevailed at Opotiki yesterday and to-day, accompanied by a cold westerly wind. A party of Opotiki motorists, journeying from Aiiekiandi to Opotiki yesterday. encountered a snowfall on the Makamu hills, snow falling almost as far as Rotorua. A heap of the snow gathered by the party, was brought to Opotiki in the car. Members of the pait\ enjoyed snowballing on the M’amakti hills. Shaifuon Shield Coes Back. Tljjp executive of the lhiy of Plenty Rugby I’niou. alter considering Rotorua’s protest regarding the playing of .McCracken by the' Rangitaiki subunion, ruled that the Shalloon Shield was to be returned to Rotorua. It is ui idlers tom! that the Rangitaiki executive directed that McCracken should not he played, hut that it was found necessary to put him in the team at <!ic> last moment to lill a vacant, position. First Meeting in 42 Years. A happy re-union Look place in Nuhnka recently, when .Mrs. Syd Christy met her sister. .Mrs. Julian, Cast Coast, who was passing through the township. The two sisters had not met- tor 12 years. .Mrs. ( liristy having gone to America when she was young and l married there. afterwards settling in Nuluika. Smoking in Theatres. ‘•You can imagine my surprise to he sitting in theatres where full justice was being done by smokers to pipes and cigarettes during pictures and a play. It was the first- time I had seen it in my life.” commented .Mr. !!. J. Lancaster, of 'Glen Oroua. to a Palmerston North reporter, when he said this had been his experience at Tamwrrth and Rrishane during his iceint visit to Australia. Kiwis at Opcnae. While pig-hunting on the property of Mr. A. J. .Macrae. Oponae. in the Waioeka Valley, an Opotiki spoilsman located a kiwi in a hollow log. Mr. .McGregor, who found the hud. described it as young and in good condition. This is the second occasion on which the kiwi has been seen in this locality, and it is hoped that the species may thrive in the Waioeka, where fern and scrub-covered hillsides oiler excellent cover. Mew Zealand Money Unwanted. “They will not look at New Zealand money. I never look mine out of my pocket,’’ declared .Mr. 11. J. Lancaster, who lias returned from a visit to Australia, to a Manawatu Stauda id reporter. He added that some business men in Australia hail commented that it was dliflicuit to secure aei. urate informal ion concerning internal . conditions in New Zealand. Living costs were, however, dear in Austi alia, with Lhe except ion oi fruit. to Disappear. dime brings with it. many changes, and even tlm traditional puttee worn by members ef the territorial lone will soon he dispensed with. The The puttee has had its day and its .niee e will he taken by a neat webbing inklef. supplies of which are expected *D arrive from iKltighmd soon. In alopting the anklet, the New Zealand uircs.will fall into line with the pracire in Knglnnd. where the anklet is eriirularly popular. Mounted fro ops ,viM retain ruling breeches and puttees.