LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 74, 18 November 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Allocaticn Increased The Unemployment Board's allocation for Rotorua has been increased for the coming week by £45 to £485. This will enable the Rotorud Committee to employa number of the single men who for some weeks past have reeeived practically no relief work. Clover For Ensilage An exceptionally fine crop of cowgrass and white clover is how being cut for ensilage on the property of Major Herrold, Clasrton Boad. This . is unusually early for this district, and is an outstanding example of the productivity of the pumice soils, given favourable weather conditions and sound farming practice. More Money Needed. During the present week work is being given under the unemployment scheme in Rotorua to 92 men having more than three depending on them. These will receive for the week the sum of £2 ls 2d. 132 men with up to three depentants will earn the sum of £1 5s 6d. One married man will only receive 18s. and another 15s. Of the single unemployed men in the town 24 were given work and their earnings work out at 10s. for j the week. This absorbs the total j grant reeeived from the Government for unemployment in the district. There are more unemployed in the town, but as there is no more money available, these men cannot be given work. It is easy to understand from these figures why the local Unenxployment Committee is calling out for more money and is making an appeal to those who are more fortunately situated. Fewer Cars A Rotorua motorist who has recently been touring in the Bay of Plenty district states that between Gisborne and Opotiki, and indeed . on all Bay of Plenty highways there is a marked falling off in the number of private cars on the road. He stated that on a fine Sunday when normally there would be a large | number of cars on the move, he : passed only three or four automobiles ! on a stretch of 50 miles of main road. I

| Weekly Press Shield I The Rotorua High School miniature ' rifle team on Saturday scored an average of 85.3 in a shoot for the Weekly Press challenge shield, of which the school is at present the ; holder. This trophy is open for com- ■ petition among all secondary schools | in the Dominion, and was won last j year by Rotorua, with an average of j 85.2. The final result of this year's competition will not he known until the beginning of next year. lndividual scores of members of the Rotorua team in Saturday's shoot were: — W. A. Frost, 93; R. Brooker, 87; W. Higgins, 87; R. Dawson, 87; W. Dorset, 86; D- McNab, 86; G. Hampson, 85; K. Park, 84; A. Robertson, 83; B. Cooper, 75. New Silent Policemen The silent policeman in the centre of the intersection of Ranolf Street and Malfroy Road has been removed and four new ones have been placed in the centres of the roadways leading to the intersection. This measure was taken to obviate the necessity of making a sharp turn when taking the corner from one street into the other. High School Concert Arrangements are well in hand for the Rotorua High School annual concert, which is. to be held on Friday, November 27, in the Majestic Theatre. Tickets are available from Miss Macdermott's, and also from the school pupils. Shearing Started. Already some of the farmers in the Ngongotaha district haVe started shearing operations. This is rather earlier than usual, and is another indication of the early season which is being enjoyed in this district. Closing of Mails. Complaints regarding the action of the postal authorities in closing the afternoon outward mail at 3.45 p.m. instead of at 4 p.m. as previously, have been made to the "Post" by business men who point out that as the mid-day inward mail is not distributed in some parts of the town before 3.30 p.m., business men in many cases are left with only a quarter of an hour in which to deal with Urgent eorrespondence requiring a reply by return mail. Not Slang. Hiking is not slang. It is an old English word which has disappeared from the dictionary, but which still survives in some English counties, Leicestershire and others. Its origin is doubtful, but is probably common with that of "hie" from the AngloSoxan word "hegian," to hurry, to pass over quickly. The word appears in verses dated 1764. "'Tis tinie indeed to hyke away." A new selection of bobks from Nelson's Edinburgh Library has just arrived. Call in and look over the titles; you are sure to be interested in many. These are the latest and of a very high class. — Central Book Shop (M. and B. Dorset), next Grand Theatrfe.