THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, August 18, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 222, 18 August 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, August 18, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temperatures. Tempura tim'.s yesterday morning showed a welcome rise over the whole of the North Island, figures as 9 o’clock reading as follows: Gisborne (30 degrees, Fast Cape and Napier 59, Tauranga. 58, -Auckland and Opotiki 57, Gape Maria Van Diemen 52, Wellington 50. Basketball Draw for To-morruw. Following is the basketball draw lor to-morrow: Old Girl A. v. Old Gilds 15. Kia Ton* v. High School A. High School 15 v. 'IV Jluia. Old Girls will play at 1.30 p.m. to enable the players to witness the Shield football match. Other matches will be played as early as possible. Gisborne High Beats Opotiki High. The Opotiki High School Rugby team visited Gisborne on Wednesday to play a return match with the Gisborne High School’s second Jiltccna The Gisborne hoys won by 2U points to ].(>. The Gisborne teams only seored one try to Opotiki’s lour, the winners securing nearly all their points' Irom goa Is.

Shortage of Bicvcle Racks. The fact that 143 bicycles are rid-, d’eu to the GisborYic* High School daily by the pupils, by the rector, Mr. JT. in reporting to the Board of Governors on the shortage of bicycle* racks at the school. He said that. 235 boys and 208 girls rode bicycles to school daily and there were* only 213 racks lor the hoys and 120 lor the girls. High School Team. V The following players will represent Opotiki lI.S. in the tlift'd grade match against Woodlands to he played tomorruw at a curtain-raiser to the big Shield game : Full-back. Koopu : three-quarters. Kunirangi. Hollard, Mansell ; five-eighths, Sheeruu, brown ; half. Medley; forwards, Patterson, Ball. .Murray. Pearson, .Itbodes, Shalloon. Murray. Kunirangi. Emergencies. Bennett. Donnelly. “Recreation. Week”. In a letter to the secretary pit the Opotiki Physical Welfare and Recreation Committee, the Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs expresses the wish that a ‘‘Recreation Week” ho undertaken towards the*, emll of the winter sports season, the programme to contain. not only out-door and in-door sports, hut recreation activities such as music, dramatics and hobby shows. The proposed dates tor the activity are from the 29th. September to the 7th. October. Business Notice. It will be of interest to the ladies of Opotiki to know that Miss Berlei expert eorsetierre, from Berlei House Auckland, will he at the “Economic” fiom September lltli. to lOth.. when expert advice on the correct foundation garments for all figures will he available free of charge. Included in this free service*' will bo advice and fitting of surgical and pest operative garments for men and women. Write, ring cr call for appointments as soon as possible at the “Economic”. N.Z. Money in Australia. Mr. C. F. W vide, secretary of the Opotiki 1.0.0. E., lias received the following letter from the*, grand secretary. 1.D.0.F.. Sydney:—“ I. am in receipt of your favour dated, lltli. inst., in which you enclose a 10/- New Zealand hank note. You express the opinion that we may have trouble in cashing same and your prophesy has certainly 'tinned out to In* correct, as we have* found out that it.is just about as valuable in Sydney as a German mark would be in Loudon. It is impossible to cash tlu* note here. I got into touch with the Bank ol New Zealand in Sydney and they told me that the only thing tha.t I could do was-to return same to the party who sent it and ask them to take out a niniiey order. I am therefore returning the note herewith and shall he. glad if you " ill kindly forward a money order lor same in due course,” •