LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 44, 14 October 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Unemployment "Doss House" As a result partly of the eompletion of forestry operations for this season and partly of the redueed scale of local body relief work, the Rotorua unemployment night shelter is being taken advantage of by an increased number of men from other eentres. During the week between 20 and 25 men have oceupied the shelter. Strangers are required to register with the police and are then entitled to a ticlcet for tea, bed and breakfast, and the police state that a certain amount of difficulty is being experieneed in getting men from other districts and for whom there is no chance of work locally, to move on after the first night. Lake Front . Petition A special meeting of the Rotorua Borough Council will be held on Friday, at II a.m., to coqsider what action is to be taken by the Council in connection with the Rotorua Ratepayers' Association's petition to Parliament regarding the use of a elosed road on the lake front. The Council has been advised that the petition is expected to come before the Parliamentary Petitions Committee on ! Tuesday next. i Recoi-d Lambing A record lambing pereentage for the Rotorua district has been secured by Mr. W. Hickey, of Reporoa. A fioek of 434 Romney ewes produbed 545 lambs, a pereentage of 125. In one paddock alone 198 lambs were docked from 121 ewes. This pereentage is exceptionally high for this district, where the average in good seasons is in the vicinity of 100 per cent. P.W.D. Retrenchments Under the Government retrenchment scheme, eight employees of the Public Works Department under the Rotorua District office are to be put off. Two of these men are permanent employees with 35 years' service and are to be retired on superannuation. The remaining six are semipermanents.

Fire in Plantation A small scrub in the railway plantation was responsible for a call tq the Rotorua Fire Brigade shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The outbreak, which oceurred ntear the engine sheds, was confined to a small pateh of undergrowth and was quiekly under control. Windiest Spot in the World. One of the windiest spots in the eivilised world is Pali Pass, near Honolulu, where a motor road crosses a mountain ridge. In consequence of numerous aeeidents' to pedestrians, the authorities have strung a steel cable to aid those traversing this natural wind tunnel on foot. Trade winds blow constantly, often at i00 miles an hour. Motor vehicles may round the corner against the wind only in low gear. Walkers are often unable to move against the wind.