LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 92, 9 December 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Car Stolen A dark blue Morris minor sedan car, registered numher 15-887, was stolen between 8 p.m. on Monday and 8 a.m. yesterday from Hinemoa Street where it had been left parked outside a boardinghonse. The car was on j hire from an Auckland rental firm, j and had been driven to Rotorua by | Mr. Harold Prentice, of Auckland, j Mr. Prenfice was viSiting Rotorua ,on j his honeymoon and at the time it was stolen, the car still had the. festive shoe tied to the spare wheel at the hack. At first it was thought that the car might have been removed as a practical joke, hut a thorough search yesterday failed to reveal its whereabouts. , Improvements at Whaka Rapid progress is being made with the beautification of Tyron Street, Whakarewarewa, where the grass islands are now being curhed, and planted with shrubs.

Carnival Organiser Arrives The ofiicial organiser for the Christmas and New Year carnival w;eek in Rotorua, , Mr. E. M. Finlayson, will arrive in Rotorua to-day. He will take np his duties immediately. Motor Camp Reservations Abont twenty reservations have already been made for sites at the Rotorua Borough motor camp for the coming season, which is an increase over this time last year. - It is expected that the numher of campers this year will exceed the figures for last season. Another Popular Dance As the anniversary dance held by Mr. Epi Shalfoon in the Majestie Ballroom, proved so successful last week-end he proposes organising another similar evening for next Saturday. An added attraction will be an exhibition dance by Miss Gay Thomp- | son, of Sydney, and Mr. Colin Shorter, of Hamilton. Sealing Te Ngae Road Bitumen sealing has been commenced on the oiled section of the Te Ngae Road. The form of surfacing which is being carried out by the Public Works Department, is inexpensive, costing about one shilling per square yard, and is particularly adaptable to the district. Progress with Bridges The contractors for the building of the bridges on the Horohoro block, and also the bridge across the Manganiako River are pushing ahead with the work. In all cases the concrete abutments to carry the spans are already in place, and it will not be. long before they will be ready to carry traffic. . Roading at Ngakuru Exceilent progress is being made with the roading of the Ngakuru block. About twelve.miles have already been eo.mpleted, of which some four miles have been metalled. This work is a portion of the roading programme set down for this season. Chinese at Work. A Wanganui businessman who returned from a visit to Ohakune said that he was astonished to see the amount of work the Chinese were doing in that district, in the way of vegetable growing. They were responsible for getting hundreds of acres stumped and put into cultivation and were getting' exceilent returns. He saw one Chinaman engaged in what looked at first glance like a buekjumping competition. He was driving a tractor, to which a plough was attached, breaking up the land for the first time. It was pretty rough, but John stuck to his task and kept the tractor forgirig ahead in spite of all the bumps. He did not even take the trouble to look round to see whether the plough was in or out of the ground. Curious Fact. , At first consideration no one would dream that the sun could be seen in New Zealand and Erigland at the same time, yet such is possible at certain periods of the year. Some little time ago an ex-official of the Post and Telegraph Department was commimieating with England hy Morse through the ageney of a short-wave wireless set, and for want of something better to say he mentioned that it had been a beautiful day in Wellington and the sun was just setting in a blaze of glory. The reply came: "It is remarkahle that the sun is just setting with you, as the first rays of the rising sun are now shining on my set." The date was September 22. On another Occasion the ex-official was having a Morse talk with a short-wave operator in Texas and chanced to observe that rain was descending in torrents. The Texan replied: "That's just too bad; we haven't had a drop of rain for five months, and all crops are ruined."