THE Opunake Times Established 1894 Office: Fox St., Opunake. TUESDAY* AUGUST 24, 1948. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opunake Times, 24 August 1948, Page 2

THE Opunake Times Established 1894 Office: Fox St., Opunake. TUESDAY* AUGUST 24, 1948. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Competition Winnm. Competition winners at the Rehekah lodge social afternoon on Saturday are published in <~ur advertising columns.

Police Station Tenders. Tenders are now called for the erection of a. combined residence and office, garage and lock-up at Opunake, all particulars of tender being advertised in this issue.

A Suggestion. Build up that extra energy with Barra dough’s prime ox beef from the Waverley district. “Mr. ' Jigg’s Choice I P corned beef and cabbage ’_ is another tasty suggestion from Barraclough’s, who also supply' all small goods. Phone 15 today *

Not So Long, In the last century, so-called Tong families’ were the rule; anything from eight to twelve children was quite normal, though they did not live nearly as long a s we do today. But the children born then, and their descendants, have not produced Tong’ families; on the contrary, today, the average family ■ onsists of only one or two children. (Charlotte Haldane speaking mi the population of Britain in the BBC’s Far Eastern • Regional series “Aspects of• Britain.”!

Money for Taxes. New Zealanders paid £67-9-2 a head in taxation in the year ended' March last, against £63-16-1 a head in 1946, the last year in which war taxation was levied. The total amount collected was £122,275,911, an increase of £9,156,865 over that of the previous year and over three times the total for 1938-69. Of the total revenue from taxes £63,581,244, or £35 1-7 a head, was obtained from direct taxes on income, including social security charge. This was equal to 52 per cent, of the. 'total amount collected, compared with 56.5 per cent, in the previous year.

• r v; ij, iri Olympic Fervour. Shall boys can be seen hurling home made javelins in the public parks to the danger of the passion citizenry; stocky stockbrokers who have commuted to town on the 8.20 every morning for years ’ now put on an extra Olympic spurt and, by breaking all existing world j records and occasionally even vaulting over the ticket barriers, now catch the 8.10; and such are the ad-, vance bookings that the chances of actually seeing all these young ladies and gentlemen of the disunited nations tearing about in shorts are flimsy. (Alan Melville speaking in the BBC’s North American Service series ‘‘‘Britain Sports ' :rrJ Ss This Us?

Mr. Savage is still Prime Minister of New Zealand, according to an item in London’s Sunday Express. Announcing that the Kino and Queen would leave on their Empiie tour at the end of November, at the earliest, the paper added: “Mr, Chifley and Mr. Savage, Prime 5 Ministers of Australia and New Zealand will fly to London in the next two or three months to discuss arrangements with the King and Queen if their domestic political commitments permit.” Ignoring the differences m rail"' gauges of Australian State- railways, the different gauge ■ Again iil New Zealand, and the difficulties of shipping, the paper gravely states that an “important question” will he the provision of a special train for the 11 oval tour, the construction to be paid for entirely bv the two Dominions.

For Coughs and Colds— Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. W. E. Woods Lid., Lambton su«y, Wallinflton.

Oarcco Tonight. A modern and old time Dance will be held in the Drill Hall tonight. Bob McTaggert and his orchestra with two vocalists will be featured (from the Kwam Bro. Show) and a good night is assured.

Card and Sports Evening. Men of the district are invited to a card and sports evening at the Masonic Hall next Friday evening. Proceeds go towards the Development work on the [Recreation ground—a very worthy object. A full and pleasant evening’s entertainment is assured. Roll up !

Underwear 1 Factory at Stratford. An application to lease the brick part of the' old Stratford primary school building was received a‘t a meeting of the Stratford , Borough Council recently from a firm which stated that it wished to establish a factory for the manufacture of underwear in the town. The council agreed lo enter into negotiations with the firm, which . stated. that after .most towns in the North Island had been surveyed, Stratford was chosen as the most -suitable site for the enterprise. It was stated that the firm would employ about 60 persons and pay wages to the, extent < f £.16,000 annually.

Repartee. I remember overbearing a conversation between two workers from rival shipyards on the Tyne. On the stocks at one of these shipyards wa s a mighty and magnificent passenger ship, while.the other yard was buildin o four small war vessels. “Wot cheer Jack,” hailed the worker at the large passenger boat yard, cheerfully, “when are ve goin’ to get them four rowing boats finished?” The other replied with a snort of disgust. “We’re frightened to let them pass that damned great ugly hulk you’re building. The sight of yon thing wad make all four warships sink.” (Walter Hiericx describing “The Tyneside Shipyards’’ in “As I See It” in the BBC’s Pacific Service.)