THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, November 10, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 257, 10 November 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Friday, November 10, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shipping... I v.'-';.v .i' :;.-. • The o.v. Waiotnlii loft Opptiki for Auckland yesterday*- afternobn. Opening of Tennis Club Postponed. The opening of: the Tip Top Tennis Club has been postponed, until Saturday, November 18. on account of the unfavourable weather conditions. City Cricket Team. The City cricket team to play Otara oh Sunday is as follows:—H. Smith, O’Sullivan (2), Hawkins, A.shdowu, .Lake,. Serjeant, J. Smith,, Wrigley, Fowler, Shalfopn. ‘ V.;,:.. ; . ■ i Motor Cycle Sports. Should weather conditions be favourable. motor cycle sports will be held on Hukuwai beach on Sunday morning, commencing at IT o’clock, A large field is anticipated. Temperature^. North Island temperatures at o'clock yesterday morning were as follows:—Gisborne 03 degrees, Cope Maria Van Diemen, Opotiki and Fast Cape. (54, ' Napier 02, Auckland, and Taiirnngu 01 and Wellington 50. Additional Flower Classes. The following additional classes have been included for the quarterly show to he held by the Opotiki and .District Horticultural Society:—Large bowl flowers, yellow or blue, any variety ; small bowl mixed flowers, any foliage; best posy; specimen any other varii'ty. Court News. •v At the Opotiki Police Court this afternoon before Messrs. F. .1. Short and C. Pipe, J.P’s, Wairepa Tangira, a native residing at Te Kalin, was charged with unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 10 years. The accused plcadlcd guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court at Auckland for sentence. . A Mystery Plane. Circling Whakatanb" at. a great height on .Monday morning, a ’plane apparently caused a groat deal of mystery to residents who communicated! the "presence of the piano to the I*, ami T. authorities. The same plane visited Opotiki on Monday afternoon and after about ten minutes landed on the local aerodrome. A big load ot benzine was taken on hoard before night and oil Tuesday morning the plane was again in the air and disappeared in the direction of Whakatane. The machine however returned shortly afterwards. Hying above cloud level and disappeared in the direction of the Wash Cape. Later the plane Hew over Opotiki at a tremendous height. Although many people thought the machine was a twin-en-gined Lockheed owing to the twinrudders. such was not Die case. r .l lie plane was fitted with in-line engines and tin' landing wheels were not retractable wheels.