LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 83, 28 November 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Labour Party Address. Mr. H. E. Holland, Leader of the Labour Party, will address the electors of Rotorua, at a public meeting in the Lyric Theatre this even'ing, commencing at 8 p.m. Mr. Holland had a Very successful meeting in Hamilton on Thursday evening when large numbers of people, unable to get into the hall, were turned away. Dunlop Tennis Shield. At 1.30 this afternoon the Rotorua Lawn Tennis Club meets the Ngongotaha Club at the former's courts in the Government Grounds, to contest the first round for the Dunlop Shield. This trophy is played for by all the clubs in the Bay of Plenty Sub-Asso-ciation district. Allocation Increased. The wages allocation for the Rotorua" Unemployment Relief commit tee has been increased to £500 for the coming week — the highest' figure which has been reached for some timo — and it is hoped that with the increased amount available, : it will be possible to keep all the unemploy1 ed men in the district working until Deeember 19. Under ordinary circumstances, next week wOuld be "silent", but a special eff-ort is being made to give the unemployed an-op-portunity of earning some money before Xmas, the period from Deeember 21 until January 2, is to be delared "silent" in order that tlie men have an opportunity of undertaking the harvesting work which it is expected will be available at that period. Lorry Goes Over Bank. An accident which might have proved serious occurred yesterday afternoon at about the thirteen mile peg on the Tanupo Road when a ton lorry left the road and crashed over a steep bank to land upside down with the eab smasbed to smithereens. The driver of the lorry was extremely fortunate in coming through the accident with only scratches on one arm. The wreck was pulled back on to the road and brought to Rotorua by a service waggon. Qddfellows' Competition. At a meeting of Geyser Lodge, No. 50, I.O.D.F. held recently, a competition in ritual charges was held. Bros. Bould, Lewis and Libeau entered for the Conduetor's Charge and Bros. Libeau and Oldham for the Chaplain's Charge. Bros. Dibiey, Ready, and Coulton from Star of Ngongotaha Lodge, and Bro. Queenin from Geyser Lodge, acted as judges. The poifits for the Conduetor's Charge were awarded as follow: Bro. L. G. Libeau ritual 98, floor work 80, gen4 eral speaking 95; Bro, Lewis, ritual 65, floor work 95, general speaking I 75; Bro. Bould, ritual 80, floor work 80, general speaking 90. Bro. Libeau was declared the winner. The points awarded for the Chaplain's Charge were Bro. Oldham 98, Bro. Libeau 95, Bro. Oldham was declared the winner and special mention was made of Bro. Lewis for the manher in which he had carried out the Conduetor's Charge. New Chums at Bowls. A challenge bowling match will be played on the rinks in the Government Gardens to-day at 2 4).m. | between teams composed of memj bers of the Public Works and the j Tourist Departments. All the players in the two taems are new to the game, this being practically their first outing. The winners of the contest are to be presented with a handsome home made trophy known as the Kerosene Cup. The teams are as follows: Public Works, N. Steel, F. Barnicott, L. Clark and W. Bulcraig (skip). Tourist Department, J. Brownlie, T. Hage, W. Young, jnr., and C. Roberts (sldp). It is understood that a serious match between these two bodies will be played at a later date. Street Collection. ? A last reminder. is given by members of the Rotorua Relief Committee and others assisting in the drive for unemployment funds that ladies willing to assist in to-day's street collection will be very welcome. Ladies willing to assist are asked to call at the Borough Couneil Chambers any time after 9 a.m. Need For Relief. The Rotorua Relief Committee has received a generous offer from the Rotorua Municipal Band to devote j the proceeds of tomorrow night's com- { bined concert to the relief funds. The urgent necessity for funds is emphasised by recent investigations made by the committee which disclose that there are in the town 97 families consisting of a husband, wife and three children who are subsisting upon £3 3s 6d a month. In addition there are 132 families of a husband, wife, and two children subsisting on £5 5s a month. When you are making up your Christmas list don't forget to include a few of these choice gifts from the Central Book Shop. Gift packages of stationery and envelopes to match, Christmas greeting cards, calendars, a good selection of Christmas stationery, the latest Waterman's fountain pens, and also-a choice seleafion of the latest books by popular authors. (M. and B. Dorset), Central Book Shop, next Grand Theatre* A few sp^ecials at Brown's Shoe Store for golf, sunburn lrbar canvas shoes, crepe soles, regular heel; ladies' felt slippers, 1/6, 1/11, 2/9, with padded sole and cozy heel, 3/11 and 5/6; all leather slippers in red, brown and black, 5/11 and 7/11; children's sandals, first grade, from 2/11; men's smart shoes and working boots at money saving prices. Tutanekai St., next Aard* 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. L'en Fisher, Ltd., Chemist, Fenton Street.*