THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, September 20, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 238, 25 September 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Monday, September 20, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Card Evening. A card, evening Jias been arranged -for'Wednesday evening in the Labour social rooms. Postponement. The spring flower show to have been held by the AYaiota hi Women’s Insti--tnte lias been postponed indefinitely. Centennial Committee. The usual monthly meeting of the Centennial Committee lias been postponed! until Thursday. October 2tS. Social. \ An excellent programme has been arranged for the social to be held at the .Methodist Church on Wednesday night. Cricket. • The annual meeting of the -Woodlands Cricket- Club will be held! in the Woodlands Halt on Monday next, at 7.30 p.m. All interested are invited to attend. Annual Smoko. The annual smoke concert and presentation of trophies in connection with the Opotiki Rugby season, will take place in the Lyric Hall on Saturday. 30th. September. 90 Temperatures. North Island temperatures on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock were: Opotiki -58 degrees. Auckland 1 , Tanranga and Gisborne -37. Wellington 7>3. and Napier -475. Challenge Accepted. The challenge recently issued by the management committee of the Opotiki Rugby Union for a seven-a-side Rugby match during Recreation Week, has been accepted by the committee of the Opotiki Cricket Association. The game" will take place on Saturday, October 7. Red Cress Society. • An announcement appears in today's issue that clas-os in connection with the Red Cross Society will commence this week. • ■ First- aid classes will be held in the Parish Hall on .Monday evenings and home nursing classes in the Mission Hall on Wednesdays evening. Both classes are to be held between the hours of 7 and 8 o’clock. CaKit for the Waikato. The first of several large mobs of cattle from the Gisborne district, passed through Opotiki fast week on •the way to the .Waikato. It- is stated that there is already a good demand for most types of cattle from the Waikato, where farmers are anticipating a good season.

Change in School-room. Thu .Methodist Sunday-school room will net I»e used in future tor classes from tin* Opotiki District High School. The classes hurt* been moved to> the building recently occupied by Messrs. T. S;,, Johnstone and Co., the alteration in the classroom taking place as i'rofu to-day. Beneficial Rainfall. Seventy points of lain fell in the borough during the week-end and already there has been a noticeable* improvement in the growth of pastures and garden plants. I’ni'ortuuately the wind is from the south and this will have a bad effect on dairy stock. A report irem Gisbm tie states that dairy production in that district is lielow last >oar’s low figure, stock not yet Inti ing recovered from the effects of the exceptionally cold winter. Opotiki High School, At last week’s meeting of the Auckland Education Board, authority was received from the department- to proceed with plans-and specifications lor a new building at the secondary department of the Opotiki Distric t High School. The proposed building will he on a new site. Preliminary plans prepared by the Education Board provide for a structure of one storey.containing four main class rooms as well as a laboratoiy, library and an arts, crafts and commercial/room.

Recreation Week. “Recreation Week” will commence throughout New Zealand on Saturday next. On Tuesday, 3rd. October, proceedings in •Opotiki will be enlivened with a grand concert andt community sing in the Regent Jfjla 11. On Saturday week. October 7th. a monster sports day will take place at the reserve. to lie followecj, in the evening by a dance, arranged bv the Old Pupils’ Association.