LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 11, 4 September 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Postponed. Owing -to th'e material which was, to have been in hand for the playreading evening .. of the Rotorud branch of the,, W.E.A. not having made its appearaifce, to-night's meeting of the branch has. been postponed. Rugby Match Abandoned. • ! " At ; five of clock "thi$" evening, the Rotorua Rugby Union were advised by ' the Frankton senior club, that their team- would be unable to visit Rotorua on Saturday, as. . arranged. The junior team, however, would make the trip; An endeavour is bding made to arrange a match with a Te Puke team to fill the va'cancy in the programme. v Golf Semi-Finals. y The semi:-fiflals in the golf toufnament, played off yesterday." morning, resulted as followsr — Veteran's Cup: W. D. Ross defeated C. Redhead 5 and 3; aiad E. H. Liddle defeated F.' W. Wilkie, : 3 and 2. Haridicap Tournamenfc : H. Uorton defeated G. Worthington, 2 up, and J. M: Somerville defeated E. Hutchison, 3 ahd 1. Cats, Not Sulphur. *" In the niajority of places, if unpleasant odours begin to emanate from that; mysterious bourn .underneath the house from . .which sometimes the family pets do not return, the smallest riiember of the family is usually sbnt. uhderneath to 'bring out the carcase. In Rotorua, however,1 sulphur being what it is, unusual odours are usually taken as a matter of course. • The other day, however, men who were working in a shed in the Government Gardens, after orie of their number had been placbd on the sick list with. a touch of what was considered to be carbon monoxide gas, decided. to pull down the shed from "berieath which • this new and' p'ungent ' addition to Rotorua's scented breezes, was proceeding. They expected to find a sulphur vent, but what they aetually did'find was two ancient and defunct * cats. The moral of this simple tale is that a cat, when dead, by any other name will smell as sweet. • ' Bread Upon the Waters. The child may be father to the man but. "nowadays, even as a child, he can often teach the paternal: parent a trick or two. Earlier in the week it was discovered that the. small dam at the outlet to the lake on the Arikikapakapa links had-' been brolcen, allowing water from the lake to flood the small stream which meanders across the course, and which is so well and unfavourably known to divers unfortunates who, pulling, slieing, fozzling, or committing any of those other iildiscretions to which golfers have been given from time immortal, have lost their balls in the creek with valedictory 'remarks suitahle to the occasion. At first it was thought that- perhaps the, miniature inundation had been caused as a joke, until the sinister rumour spread abroad that if it was a joke the only persons in it were the caddies. As long as golfers have lost balls, caddies have. f ound them and therein lay the explanation of the phenomenon. When the creek went down, the harvest that had gathered. in the. meantim'e was to be garnered. ; More Conliented. "Money here is aetually pretty tight, but people do not make quite such a song about it as they do in New Zealand. They are really more contented, and do not consider their lives a desert waste because they do not possess a motor-car and a ' 12valve wireless * set; The average tradesman's wage is about £3, rather under than over, and they have to work pretty hard for it," states -a letter from a New Zealand business man who arrived in Plymouth, England, recently. - - For your ffiends who are going away, one' of ' the latest novels from the Central Book Shop's (M. and B. Dorset) large selection would make an- appreciable gift. Also a very complete selection in our lending library. — Tutanekai St., next Grand Theatre.* Riding is cheaper then walking. Save your boot leather and ride in comfort by buying Rototua Bus Co.is •12-ride coneession .cards to Whaka, 1/-;.. Only ^a penny a ride*. , . .... . Baby's weight. Keep a record of Baby^s progress free. We invite yoU to make use of our up-to-date scales and present you with a card to keep particulars on. Len Fisher, Ltd;; Chemist, Fenton Street.*