Opiki

Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 59, 11 March 1943, Page 3

Opiki

(From our Own Correspondent.) * he ® ch ° ol picnic was held in fine weather after a wet morning. Large numbers of parents and children spent a happy day. The school committee had a organising races for the cliildien while the ladies’ committee served lunch and afternoon tea. Residents regretted to hear of the loss ° n Frlday evening of the new bungalow recently erected by Mr. Tanfw’VrCam^ bell Roa<l ' 11 is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Tantrum were absent in Shannon at the time, and the buiidins and contents were a total loss. Mrs S. R. Young, of Cambridge, has returned home after spending a holiday Mrs w n s Mr ' R ' Yom ’ e and daughter, M. A. Hudson, in Opiki. Mrs. Young was accompanied by her son, Pte. Arthur Young, who is convalescing after a period i the Rotorua Military hospital. Pte. J a °,“ ns . the flrst Opiki boy to bo invalided home from the Middle Bast. Sergt. Lewis Henderson, R.N.Z.A F is now an instructor in the K.C.A.F. School near London, Canada. ata now three Opild airmen in England in the R.N.55.A.F. Bomber ComSnh wmV J j° k Clal *tdge, Sergt.-Pilot B Y hite and Ser St. Bernard Cooksley, o ,r, ;'.'f- tlnian AUen Po “d Stationed in I lji. Eleven soldiers are with the N. in the Middle Cast, while Ptes. George Gregory, Eddie Kay aua Jerry Young are prisoners of war. Johnny u I,ks la Still reported missing.