OPUNAKE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13, 11 May 1906, Page 6

OPUNAKE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Opunnke is not the worst place in the world. Our . Wather is much x tho same < as. that of any other West Coast placeno better and no worse. Our people are warav-h-earted . and generous, ever ready to "-take in*' the S9tt<ang«r. and to "do for him."' Xn^his, however, we do- not claim, to 'any better than our neighbours. Theire te, thpugjh, one institution, which, we . consider, stands far away above what other, towns can boast of, and that . is: our "town' caws." Now, a "•town cow* is one ' the cyvrtrer i>f ' wWich pays a •sthalV annual npi'tiai, amV^in/ return i the cow is all owed, to, giraiao in the! streets. Please dc not. .imagine . that i grass grows, on our main streets. I mean the 'back struts. This animal is 1 ndT ordinary, cow. Ste- is a sly and cunning .cre&iure. , She will iVatch the', family to church, &\\d tihen , proceed quietly and systematically, to break down tha fenc? and-'to raid the cabbage ; p&tch-. '■ ' At 'Tijg'hlt "9}ie VfUi . recline at leisure across the footpath, making no- . at-tempi to rao.v© until an unwary resident/ hurrying homewards, falls .sprawling., Then s^fcinakes frantic' efforts to get up, frequently planting " her foot on' some isoib part of th'o unhappy citizen's body. It may be that Opunake has a ir^piu't-ation for "vocabulary"/; put it down to the . cow." x * The f boiiball season , oipened here on Saturday last, when the Opunake seniors plaiyeK^and dre\\^v with the Jslit<ham boys. Tlioug-h willing, ik\& gaifi"e < did not provide a good expo'ri'tdori of football. Both teams, howe-ver,' were gwen,' an& .sonnegood ? garaies should be played ibetwem ' them before tV season is over. Things 1 ■scholastic ai^e locking* up. On Tuesday evening-, tih-e ChicS Inspector of ( Schools met the local School Committee, and discussed the advisability oi starting evening, technical classes here. The members of the Committee were ouxiewri'mb.us'Jy <A tha opinion that such cilasss'S would sucoe©d, and the matter has, it is understood, been left in their, hands to doal with. '