THE Opunake Times Established 1894 Office: Fox St., Opunake. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1947. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opunake Times, 1 August 1947, Page 2

THE Opunake Times Established 1894 Office: Fox St., Opunake. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1947. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Art Unaffected by War. "Tn this country total war did not mean any crushing of the human spirit or freedom of expression in the arts. In Germany •uid Japan, even before the war, v/riters were oppressed, persecuted or driven into exile. -But here, even while bombs were falling, we did our best to cliefish the arts of music, . writing and painting." ("William Plonier'talking on "English Writers and Writing" in the BBC's Far ern Service.) New Australian Florins. New Australian florins, containing little more" than half the usual quantity of silver, are now in circulation. Because of the alloy used the new coins have a different ring- from,.those longer in circulation. The Federal Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, stated that the silver content of the new florin had been reduced from 92-f per cent to s"o*per cent. The issue was provided for in the Coinage Act passed during' the last session of Parliament. Coins of other denominations with a reduced silver content would be issued later. The main reason for the change was the price of silver, which,liad risen to 4/84 a fine ounce from the pre-war value of 2/7 j. Progress at Karapiro. Good progress is being made at the Karapiro hydro-electric station and it is hoped that the second turbine will be brought into service between the end of August and the middle of September. Construction is even a little ahead of the first estimate 1 , which was that the turbines could be installed at six-monflily intervals. The first unit was brought into use early in April. The three units which will finally be installed at Karapiro will each be of 30,000 kilowatts. The third turbine is already at the stage of installation and will be brought in next year. "Peek-a-800 Revue." "Flowers of the' East," mystery and glamour of Egypt. Colourful arid attractive at the 'Teek-a-800 Revue." Be Prepared for Coughs, Colds— Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. W. E. Woods Ltd., Lambton Quay, Wellington.

Piunket Meeting. ' Mr. J. D. Conaglen presided over a large attendance of members and mothers at the Annual, Meeting of the Opunake Branch and sub-branches of the Plunket Society, which took place in. the Dri.ll Hall yesterday afternoon. A full report will appear next issue. . Small Good Suggestions. Always acceptable on any table and especially for social functions are Barraclough's saveloys," Cheerios and luncheon sausage. Tripe, Pork brawn,, pork sausages or. Pressed tongue are also suggested as a change. Phone your meat order today — No. 15. * -Veterinary Service. Mr. G. Feaver, chairman of the Opua Road Dairy Co., referring to the company's association with the recently formed Opunake Veterinary Group in his report at the Annual Meeting, emphasised that farmers were ..fortunate in having _ the services of a senior veterinary surgeon, but at the same time he appealed to suppliers' not to call, for the vet. unnecessarily as Mr. Flodin now has about 19,000 cows under his care in the district. Niticraal Savings. Excellent progress in National Savings was again recorded last week, when 324 places, representing 92 per cent of the areas for which quotas have been .allotted, . attained their individual weekly quotas. In the Nelson postal district all local annual rmotas have "now been obtained. Investments continue to be made at a high level in all districts of the four principal cities, each with a National Savings quota allotted on a population basis. Dunedin has again this year over-subscribed its annual quota of £260,000 in advance of Auckland, Wellington and. Christchurch. One hundred and thirtyfive local annual quota successes have been recorded since April 1 last. Of these 70 are places in the North Island and 65 are South Island towns.