THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, September 1, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 228, 1 September 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, September 1, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temperatures. Tiritiri returned the highest temperature, 37 degrees, at North Island stations at 9 a.m. yesterday. Other stations ranged: down to 33 degrees at Gisborne and 31 at Napier, to IS at Opotiki.

Printing Prioas. Opotik|i business-people have been recently circularized by a Wellington firm. Jt is interesting to note that iii eivery instance the prices quoted are above. Opotiki printing prices, in '.some"’eases the difference being very marked.

Large' Eel Caught. Air. Brakewell, while fishing with a light hook and line cm Air. J. Jvclly’s property at Tirohanga, landed a large ec*l. weight 15V pounds. The eel was 4it. 7in. in length, the girth being 1-1. ins. Shipping. The m.v. Otiinai arrived at Opotiki early this morning. 'J'he Waiotnhi will leave Auckland to-morrow for Upotiki and is duo here on Monday morning. Shooting Trophy from Opotiki. A week-end shoot held at Tatapouri, Gisborne, under the auspices of the Tokomaru Gun Gluh. had as its main feature a ccni petition , lor a trophy presented'by tint Opotiki cluh. 'This competition. was won outright hy S. G. Glennie, with a- score of If), tire, winner showing excellent iunn throughout the contest. Ruatcria Men Respond. Ail announcement that 35 young men resident in the Riiatoria area had offered 'their services as a unit of the Wellington East Coast Alountod Rifles Regiment, and that all were pieparod to hud their own horses for training purposes, was maefe at the reunion of returned soldiers hold in Ruatoria on Friday evening. Airway Passengers. Passengers by Union Airways’ planes between Auckland and Gisborne included the following:—Alesdames H. A. Harvey, and A. Hall, Misses J. Salt and 1. At. Boyle, Messrs. 9. Morrow and. T. Rile, from Gisborne to Opotiki. Airs. J 3. Kenlu'dy. from Opotiki to Tauranga. Air. J, Pile, from Opotiki to Auckland. Air. J. Alexander, A IT. J. Stevenson, Aiisses J. Sinclair and P. White, from Auckland to Opotiki. . Gisborne-W!o*uihcra Railway. The railways working account shows that the four weeks’ operations cm the 1 Gis borne-Alotu horn line •• for- the period ended July 22 produced a total revenue of £2190, compared with £2,*213 for the corresponding period lastyear. The expenditure was £2521. as against £2330 for the four weeks in 1938, and the deficit on the operations was £331. compared with a deficit c l £1(57 for 1938. Third Crad3 Representatives. The following players will represent the third grade in the curtain-raiser to be played against High School Old Boys to-morrow; Pull-back, E. Brown; three-quarters, Thompson; Goldsmith. Sheeran; five-eighths. Warren, Lake: half, Talbot: iorwardfs, Chat-field. Beattie, Abbot, Stanbricige. Collins. Rhodes. Fleming. Emergencies: backs. Perfect, Aloore, Abbot; forwards. G. Shalloon. Pearson. Wsek’s Holiday Lest. One of the effects of a recent award ciuering domestic workers in hospitals will be that Cook Hospital employees will enjoy only one week’s holiday per annum, instead of two weeks as recently. The attention of flu belaid having been drawn to this fact hy Air. V. A. Harries, niaiiagingsecrotary, Mr. I). W. Coleman. AI.P., oxpiessecl the opinion that the hoard should not penalise its employees by cutting down their holidays. The chairman. Air. Al. T. Traflord, held that the emulo.veos must take the award as it .stood, and, cm a motion. which Air. Coleman submitted, to the effect that the fortnight’s holiday he continued. a majority of the Inpird supported the chairman. Alesdanles -V. E Ber and E. R. Scott- voted with Air. (fofenmu. .