OPHIR NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21217, 24 December 1930, Page 6

OPHIR NOTES.

(From Odb Oww Coreespondskt.) OPHIR, December 22. TOWN WATER SUPPLY. Aa important event in connection'with the Ophir township water supply occurred oa December 14, when the two h.p. oil cngine and separate pump, which have operated for the last 19 years, were replaced by a-third h.p. electric motor and combined pump. In the presence of several members of the Water Supply Committee the engineer-manager of the Central Otago Power Board (Mr A, E. -Ellis) started the motor at 4.45 p.m. The almost noiseiß?, operation of the new plant was in striking contrast to the old one, of which the exhaust could be heard throughout the town. The party then proceeded to the concrete storage reservoir, which is 7 1 • i. e l L above , the town level, and into which the water poured from the supply P]Pe just 30 minutes after the starting of the engine. A measurement of the discharge showed only 110 gallons ner hour, instead of the 400 gallons (Stipulated, but after some adjustment the supply was increased to 410 gallons per hour. PERSONAL. j nd , drs H- C, Craig and family removed three days ago into theit new residence on Booth’s Point, the remodelled church which for over SO years was the principal Roman Catholic place of worship m the Mauuherikia Valley, Mr I. Larruth, building contractor, has succeeded fairly well m the difficult job of transforming a very plain and solid atone church into an eight-roomed modern residence with all conveniences and a tenfoot wide veranda the full length of the eastern side. . Mr H. J. Snndle, headmaster of Blacks bchool, left for Dunedin last Saturday lor a short holiday and Mtfis M. beryice, assistant, for her home in Invercargill. The school residence just before the holidays underwent a thorough and somewhat long overdue interior-renova-tion by the workmen of the Education Board. THE WEATHER. With the exception of a cool snap from December 13 to 18, the weather this mouth has been fine, though somewhat on the warm side for the first month of summor. The average shade temperature fop the last five days has been 67ideg and in the sun 117.2 deg. * g