LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 56, 28 October 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

British Election Returns. Advice has been received from -the Press Assoeiation to the effect that the cabled results of the polling in the British General Elections, held yesterday, will not be received in New Zealand before 2 a.m. on Thursday I and Friday morning. High School Sports The annual athletic sports of the Rotorua High School will be commenced on Saturday next, at the High School grounds, when the girls' events will be contested. On the following Wednesday the boys' sports will commence at 10 a.m. As no formal invitations are being issued this year, a general invitation is extended to parents, former pupils and friends to be present on these days. Signs of Trade Recovery There are indications in many directions of a growing confidence in the future. The timber industry, which has been as hard hit by the slump | as any in the Dominion is a fairly re- | liable guide to the general situation 1 , and the fact that arrangements have : been made for the early re-opening of 16 rnills in the King Country i which have been closed down for some 1 considerable time, may safely be taken as indicative of the better time prevailing in trade generally. Expensive Motor-Cycle. Two youths, Douglas Sutherland McKenzie, and Clinton McAsey, were iined in the Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesterday on separate charges of riding an unregistered motorcycle. The same machine was used in each case. McAsey was caught by the borough traffic authorities and a month later McKenzie was also caught with the machine still unregistered. McAsey was fined £1 with I costs 12/- and McKenzie £2. ,Mc- | Kenzie was also fined 10/- with 12/- ' | costs on a charge of riding the machj ine without a license. 1 Inquest To-day. j . An inquest will be held this after- : noon into the circumstances surround- ; ing the death of Colin Dinsdale, a ] two and a-half year old child who j was killed a fortnight ago when he was struclc by the Auckland express j at the Te Koutu level crossing. Hit Telegraph Pole. A Rotorua labourer, Richard Lillas, I who was the driver of a car which i collided with a telegraph pole in front | of the Geyser Hotel on September 23, ; appeared in the Rotorua Magistrate's ! Court yesterday before Mr. S. L. Pa- ; terson, S.M., and pleaded guilty to 1 a charge of negligent driving. He was : fined £1 with costs 10/-. No Heavy Traffic License. On two charges of operating lorries without being the holder of a heavy traffic license, Frank Lowe, an Ohinemutu contractor, entered a plea of guilty in the Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesterday and was fined £2 on each charge. ! Motorist Escapes. j The Borough traffic oflicer was well on the trail of a speeding motorist on the Whaka Road yesterday and had climbed up to something over 60 m.p.h. when a valve was torn out of one of the rear tyres of his car. Travelling as it was at a high speed, it was a difficult matter to hold the machine to the road and while the driver was busy looking after this, the quarry disappeared over the horizoh in a cloud of dust. ! Old Pnpils' Interest in Sports The keenness of the former pupils of the Rotorua High School to support the sehool's annual athletic sports meeting is demonstrated by the number of entries already to hand for the various events. In the old girls' events six have entered for the relay race, eight for the tug-of-war, six for the 75 yards championship, and seven for the 75 yards handicap. Post entries will still be received. The entries for the boys' events are not yet obtainable. Brown's Boot Shop wish to annonnce the arrival of new merchandise each day to complete their stocks of ladies'jVmen's and children's shoes. Also several lines of cozy slippers. All of this merchandise was bought on a falling market, assuring the keenest of prices . Brown's Boot Shop, next to Aard Motors, Tutanekai Street.* Library. — New books are arriving direct from London regularly for our Lending Library. Terms, 5/- ar.d 3d per book. Special arrangements made for turists. Centrai Book Shop (M. and B. Dorset), next Grand Picture Theatre, Tutanekai St.* 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.*