LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 229, 4 September 1939, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Meeting Cancelled. The meet-inti; cal led by the Opotiki .Branch of the N.Z. Farmers’ l nio'ii. lor Wednesday next, has been eaneeded, owing to the .situation which has developed. Temperatures. .North Island temperatures at 9 a. in. on Saturday were generally cooler, with Tiritiri and Cape .Maria returning 55 degrees as thy top figure., and Opo'tik,i 45 as the lowest. Choral Society concert. Owing to the change in the international situation the Opotiki Choral Society lias revised its programme to include a number of items mere appropriate to the occasion. Remarkable Rifle Recurd. Even the most expert full-bore riflemen find possibles difficult to obtain ; double possibles seldom come their way, and many a noted marksman has gone! through bis rifle-shooting career without having achieved a treble possible. When it comes to the matter of a quadruple possible, well, most riflemen will consider it is something that is not done. And yet, O. V. Daly, hon. see., Woomargama and District Rifle Club. N.S.W., competing - recently in a club event of seven shots at eaeii 300, 500. GOO and 700 yards, registered a full point score at each range. In the history of world rifle shooting, and for a one-dav shoot. Daly’s performance- is believed to be unique, especially for the ranges and conditions indicated..