THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, September 29, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERA

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 240, 29 September 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, September 29, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERA

Temperatures. , North island tern pern tures at 9 o’clock yesterday morning were: Cape Maria. Van Diemaii, -s(>, Wellington 55. Gisborne 53, Opotiki 52. Napier 50. Rugby Smoko. Rugby players and supporters are reminded of the annual smoke concert and presentation of. trophies will be held in the Lyric Hall to-morrow evening, commencing at 8.30 o’clock. Special Farewell: Owing to the very short notice given, the. R.S.A. and Orphan's jC'lub will combine with the Rugby Union in their smoke conceit to-morrow night to give the volunteers leaving for training next'week a farewell evening. \ N.Z.’s We'r Effort. New Zealand’s first overseas war effort is-to provide 650 pilots and 050 observers and air gunners every year while the war lasts. These are to he despatched immediately they are trained. ' Concert ar.d Cair.munity Sing. In anticipation of a very crowded house at the big ‘‘Recreation. V eek concert amil community sing, to be held in the Regent Hall next J uesdav. a box plan lias been opened at Cresswell’s so that patrons may bo sure of a good seat. Air Passengers. Passengers by Union Airways’ plane' between Auckland and Gisborne included the following: Mr." S. MlVrrow. Gisborne to Opotiki; Mrs. I. J. Caesar. Messrs. R. J. Elliott and L,. ..Gordon. Opotiki to Auckland; Messrs. G. Murray. W. Murray and T. 1.. Steele, from Auckland to Opotiki : Miss M. Martin, Messrs. 51. Shaw and R. Shipley, from Opotiki to Gisborne.

Making fcj:. Concrete Pipes.At tilt*' niq'utlrly meeting oi tin.’ Opntiki 3?oi migh Council,, mo::, tors wore immiiinous in the opinion that the council employees .should not Imre to conic under llie special award when malditg only a lew concrete pipes for the council’s own use. ft was stated that during wo-; weather the men could ho usefully employed in making con(fete pipes, hut, because of iim higher '■.ages iindei tile award, it would net he an economic proposition to make tiie pipes. Cows 0.1 Streets. As from to-morrow night, all cow licenses for grazing on the boroAgh streets will he permanently withdrawn. Cows have been licensed to graze 011 the borough streets for a lengthy period. A .substantial amount has ’ been received! each year by the council in decs and this loss will now have to lie made good from rates. The action of the Main Highways Board practically forced the council’s hand in deciding that the cows would have to go. While many residents will regret the .withdrawal of the licenses, many others .t ill welcome the change, on account of the damage to fences and gardens. Jean Batten's Book. Miss Jean Batten has numerous friends in Scandinavian countries. She has lately ‘I teen visiting Copenhagen, firm which centre she flew to Sweden in her own aeroplane, and stayed there with friends (wrote a London correspondent on August from Sweden she went to Finland to. make contact with other people whom she knows. She returned to Stockholm and flew on to Oslo on her way back last week. New Zealanders will be interested to know that her book, “My. Life.” has been translated into Swedish—it which it has met with' a good demand—and lately it has been published' in French after appearing in sci ini form in Petit Paiisien two months age. A pnition of the bonk is being printed in the lorm ot a 'school reader for .voting Germans. i lie success of this book in languages oilier than Fnglish .goes to prove Miss Batten’s oit-repeated statement that flying, 1 i let* ait, is international.