LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 94, 11 December 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Blue Bath Pool Nearly Ready The smaller pool in the new Blue Baths building will be ready for pse by Saturday, December 19, said Mr. F. Barnicott, Public "Works overseer, when in conversation with a "Bost" representative yesterday. The plastering of the walls and floors is now | completed and to-day work will be commenced on a temporary lining for the bath to make it spitable for use until the tiles arrive from England to finish it permanently. A temporary ticlcet office is now in course of construetion and two temporary walls are still to be erected, which will then eomplete this pqrtion of the building. The lighting arrangements have yet to be installed, but in the event of these not being on hand in time, temporary lights can easily be connected for the time being. Rotorua Water Supply

Now that the hot weather seems definitely to have established itself many gardening enthusiasts are doubtless busy with the hose. It is here that several little acts of selfish- . ness, generally caused through ; thoughtlessness, occur. When the supply of water is not charged for by , meter, the hose, when in use., must ? be held by hand. Many consumers, ; however, fix the hose and leave the j water running for an indefi- ! nate period thus committing a ! breach of the water supply j by-laws as well as decreasing the general pressure and depriving those . on a higher level of any supply whati ever. A little more thought and j care on the part of consumers would ( doubtless eliminate this latter inconvenience. Plunket Society Activities A guessing competition — estimat- ; ing the amount of grain in a bottle. 1 — was organised by the recently es- ' tablished Plunket Society toward the | cost of new scales for the use of the | society. Mrs E. Collins was the winj ner, estimating 1075, the. eorrect ; count being 1080. The prize was a water colour painting by H. H. Pulleine and frame presented hy Mr. S. King. As a result of the effort the. amoitnt of £2 10s net was realised. Alterations at Land Board Office Internal building alterations are at present in hand at the Maori Land Board offices in Arawa Street to relieve the present overcrowding of the staffs of the various departments. 1] The alterations are not extensive, but will, when completed, considerably improve the facilities.

Shipments of Wool Now that the shearing seaspn is well under weigh the railways are reeeiving increased business in transporting the wool to the cities for sale. About 200 bales, mostly from the Galatea area, have already been sent from Rotorua by rail and further consignments are due. after Christmas. Last year's clips leaving the town by rail came to approximately 300 bales, but as a result of the new settlements being opened up in the district, a larger total shipmept is expected for this season. Use for Street Grass. The grass which grows along the sides of the streets in Rotorua, and on the Marine Parade, and which was , recently cut, is now dry enough for stacking and is being taken to the ! Borough Council's pound where it will he used for feeding impounded stock | and the council's horses. Most of this j grass makes excellent hay and as | little as possible will he wasted. N.Z. and the Empire. "There is no doubt that our new Government will ,be forced by the unemployment problems to seek a solution on lines that have been adopted by Britain," said Mr. I. Woolf, retiring president of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association, at its annual meeting. "Our salvation depends upon a prosperous Empire, and just as much as we should purchase in the Empire instead of from the United States, so should Britain cease to purchase Soviet wheat qnd butter and her food supplies for the navy from foreign countries.

H.ospital Overcrpwded Considerable overcrowding in the Matamata Cottage Hospital was revealed in the report of Dr. T. L. Paget, Inspector of private hospitals, tabled at yesterday's meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board at Hamilton. Dr. Paget remarked that the hqspital , was in a most satisfactory condition in other respects. Reeords of work done showed that from January 1981, to September, 105 maternity cases had been admitted and 119 medical and surgical cases, mostly of a minor nature. 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 mateh, Christmas greeting cards, calendars, a good selection of Christmas stationery, the latest Waterinan's fountain pens, and also a choice sele^ion of the latest books by popular autbors. (M. and B. Dprset) , Central Book Shop, next GtOPd Theatre* i. Those Christmas gifts. Everyone feels that their money must be expended on useful articles this year. What could be more ideal than a cosy pair bf slippers. We have a splendid variety of gentlemen's leather slippers at 6/11, 8/6, 12/6; ladies' finest grade slippers from 3/—; and also children's slippers flnely priced from 1/6. We have also a fine. range of tennis and sandshoes, which would make excellent and acceptahle gifts. Brown's, Tutanekai Street, next Aard Motors* 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 partieulars qn, Len Fisher, Ltd., Chemist, Fenton Sfr.eet,*