LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 109, 30 December 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Man Missing' The absence of a young man, Hope Russell Howe, who has been missing from his home in Devon Street since mid-day on Monday is occasioning some concern, and a search has been instituted by his relatives and the : police. Howe left a-truck, which he j was in the habit of driving, at his I home, during the morning of Monday and was last seen at Ohinemutu about noon on that day., The missing man is 5ft. 7in. in height with f air hair and a tanned complexion. He was wearing tan shoes and walks with a slight limp. Value of Carnival Week The wanderings of a pressman amongst the crowds of visitors to Rotorua during the past few days have served more and more to confirm the impression that the organisation this year on a comprehensive scale of the Christmas and New Year Carnival has done more than anything for a long time to enhance Rotorua's reputation as a holiday resort. Almost without exceptions of pleasure, past and anticipated f all from the smiling ! lips of visitors obviously pleased ' with what has been done for their en- ■ teftainment. ! Twelve Pounder Landed. Fishing at Tarawera, which has been particularly good since the beginning of the season, has f allen away j a little during the past week, so -far as the size of the bags is concerned. | The fish are in excellent condition, j however, and some very well weighted fish have been taken. What is believed to be the heaviest fish taken locally during the season was caught in the lake last week-end, when a 12-pounder was landed, by a member of a trolling party. Post Office Busy. The Rotorua Post Office reports that j business in both the telegraph branch - and the postal branch has been unex- ! pectdly brisk during the holidays. A : falling off from the figures recorded last year was expected, but despite j the depression, the revenue to date is | very little if any below that of the j similar period last year. ! Animated Scene. | The new Blue Bath continues to ati tract crowds of happy bathers daily j and nightly and the Tourist Departi ment must be extremely pleased with j its instant popularity. On any afteri noon or evening the pool is well worth J a visit, if only to see the whole-beart-ed way in which the bathers enjoy themselves. In their multi-eoloured . costumes they make a most attractive picture as they dive and swim and play about in the water.

j Grim Reminders j That there were a few months ago j at Porirua Mental Hospital 147 exI service men patients. paying the greatj est penalty of war that a man can [ suffer — loss of reason, will come as a shock and grim reminder that the aftermath of war is still with us. It falls within the activities of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Assoeia- ! tion as champions of the Digger to : pay fortnightly visits to this hospital I together with the Red. Cross Society I to provide comforts in the vay of cigarettes, tobacco, sweets and literature to these sufferers. Unfortunately this numb'er is increasing as the strain suffered during the Great War becomes more and more evident with i the advancing age of the Digger. : These visits and comforts are greatly ' appreeiated by the Digger patients, as ; they bring a little ray of light into their darkened lives. Hotel for Cats and Dogs A luxury "hotel" for stray doys and cats, equipped with private eompartments and baths, which cost £14,500, has been formally opened in Chicago. On the first floor are cages for dogs and stalls for horses; on the second are private pens for dogs. There are two gleaming white bathtubs and bars of fragrant soap on the first floor. Three hundred and fifty dogs may be accommodated. Odd Smoking Methods A study of tobacco and its uses has led a scientific expedition of the Field Museum of Natural History into the wilds of Africa and as far as the Island of Madagascar. Antelope horns, gourds of many species, crude bamboo pipes and a hole in the ground partly filled with water are a few of the aids to smoking devised by the natives, according to the report of the party. They report that the plant is now chewed, smoked and snuffed all over the Dark Continent and on the neighbouring Island of Madagascar, although tobacco was not introduced into Africa until many years after its discovery in America. Some natives were seen to smoke tobacco through their flintlock muskets. They filled the priming-can with tobacco and drew the smoke out through the muzzle. All Africans smoke, or at least use tobacco in one form on another.