OPUNAKE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1930, Page 11

OPUNAKE NEWS

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The Pa tea bowlars played Opuhake on Wednesday. The weather ywas rough. So far the mid-week has been noticeable for unseasonable bowling weather. Four rinks played, Opunako winning by 27 points. The annual concert in aid of - the Presbyterian. Church funds on Thursday night was not so well attended as on former occasions. The concert .was well up to the mark and those who attended were more than pleased with the performers from Hawera. The following gave musical,, elocutionary and dancing items: Mesdames Sunderland, Webber and Deyman, Misses Evans, Thompson, Sturrock, Whitelock and Laurent, Messrs Simpson, Laurent, McCormick and Pacey.. accompanists were Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Sunderland and Mr. L. Pacey. From a dairyma'n’s point of view the grass season is not a good one. The cold weather in the early spring has been followed,by a succession of winds. The early grass had been kept back and the cows were able to graze, it down as soon as it grew. Grass in hay paddocks is running to seed quickly. It will not be surprising if the total output of dairy produce from this district will be less than that. of . last season.' The cottage garden potato crops are looking well; the cold weather has, kept blight away. The average in small plots is larger this season in the town district. The euchre party in St. Patrick’s Hall '

in aid of the annual Christmas tree treat for pupils of tho Convent School was well attended. The winners were: Ladies’, Mrs. D_. Thomas 1, Mrs. I. M. Guild 2, men’s Mr. R. Cairns 1, Mr.. A. McCormack 2. A lad nhmed William Magee met with an accident at the Opua School last week. He cut his leg, necessitating five stitches in the wound. Mr. Leslie Des Forges is laid up with a severe.’ attack of pleurisy. The Town Board's policy for years has been to have a few heaps of stone ready for out of work inquirers, and often a season went by without any stbhe being broken. This season men are . eager to break stones, and some of them have not tackled such work before. .' Fai’m-work is backward owing to bad weathen A few sunshiny days wilt mean an increase of work on the farms, Mr. Geo. W. Rogers has been visiting Christchurch.