LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opunake Times, 16 July 1937, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Public Trustee’s Visit On Monday next present and i intending clients wishing' to interview the Public Trustee will be afforded the opportunity between the hours of 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. at the Power Board building. Crib Winners A good crowd was present at the Bowlers’ Card Party on Tuesday evening when the contest was - hjsc and the evening enjoy a ole. '!’Br* prize was divided by Messrs. 1. Padich and C. Crawford with S wins out of 10 games played. First Representative Match Football enthusiasts are reminded that Auckland will meet Taranaki at Mew Plymouth tomorrow when a great contest should he staged. In view of the • ritieism levelled at the selectors during the past few weeks, it will he interesting to see how the Taianaki fifteen shapes. Sale of Huge Bullock Estimated to weigh about 1500 lh., and standing about level with the ton of the cattle stalls, a huge white Shorthorn bullock was sold for £l7 at the Westfield stock yards on Wednesday. The beast was six years old, and had an undefeated record in the Auckland provincial show rings. It was an attractively finished animal, raised bv Messrs. Pile Brothers, of Onotiki. Several large steers were sold la St September for similar prices, which were then reported to he the highest for over three years. Buyers also showed interpM in the sale of a Hereford heifer weighing about 10001 b., but as it was"ton fat for butchers’ requirements it realised only <£7.

Dairy Meetings During the next fortnight a number of annual meetings of dairy companies in this district will take place commencing with the Oaonui on Saturday. Cape Egmont will be held the following week followed by the Ihaia (load, Kahui and Opua Road.

Consistent Record In the last four years, Miss E. Trotter has figured in the final of Tufton Cup. On two occasions she as fought it out to the 19th hole Mid once to the 18th. This is a most meritorious record in golf mh! probably her consistency will he rewarded on the next occasion. Basketball Team The following players will represent Opunake against Cape Earnout at Opunake on Saturday: P. Smith (captam), 13. Olliver, A. Mitchell, Z. Sorenson, F. Parsons, J. Humphries, J. McCullura, 0 Murdoch and J. Humphries. Sales Commence

The shop windows are bearing big notices announcing the commencement of the annual sales. Bargains of every description are displayed and coming at a time when quite a lot of money will he in circulation in the district, the retailers can look forward to a busy time. Brightening Up

In keeping with the progress maintained in Opunake, the Magnet Store has been given a new coat of paint and the result is quite attractive. Well dressed windows and a spick and span appearance- is the sure way to build up business and customers are tin- first to notice such alterations. Song Service The monthly song service at the Methodist Church on Sunday evening will have special interest as the soloist will be the Rev. J 3. Gina, native minister from the Solomon Islands, who is spending a week’s holiday in Opunake. Rev. Athol R. Penn will conduct the service and will sneak on the question, “What Shall We Do With Our Freedom?” George 111. Coin Found The discovery of a George 111. shilling,-dated 1812, was made by Mr A. J. Pcnalligen when digging in his property in Auckland. The coin, which was found in volcanic soil about a foot below the surface, was in a remarkably good state of preservation, although! it may have been in the ground for the best part of a century. Sutter for the East Indicating the possibilities in the East for New Zealand produce, the first consignment of butter to be taken bv the recently inaugurated South Pacific Line will be loaded at Auckland by the Maetsuycker to-day. The shipment consists of 50 boxes for Saigon and Singapore. The line’s second consignment of apples, 700 cases, will also be carried by the Maetsuycker. Value of Good Films “There is nothing more important than good films and, if the producers put out bad ones, it is our own fault for not insisting on something be’tter,” said Mr G. T. Hankin, staff inspector and representative of the English Board of Education, m an address at the New Education Fellowship con ference at Auckland on Wednesday. “I look for a film in which there is a reasonable story, in which reasonably human characters act in a reasonable way, and in which sentimentality does not drip, drip, drip like water on a stone.”