LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 135, 30 January 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"Te Arawa" Returns. The Rotorua Airways Puss Moth cabin monoplane fTe Arawa," returned to Rotorua yesterday from Auckland, piloted' by Flying-Officer R. Matheson. The 'plane made a fast trip leaving Auckland at 1 p.m. and reaching Rotorua at 2.30 p.m. During the past three weeks, the machine has been undergoing an extensive overhaul and adjustment at Hobsonville Air Base, and is now in ex:cellent order. Flying-Officer Matheson made several passenger flights afteir his return. Power Wires in Amohau Street. Workmen are at present engaged putting up a line of poles carrying electric power wires on the northern side of Amohau Street. This will ih the long run save a lot of unnecessary wiring, as residents on that slde of the street now receive S&heir electricity by wires across the street, or even in some cases from Eruera Street. Retail Traders Meet. A general meeting of the Rotorua Retail Traders' Association was held on Thursday evening when a large number of members was present, all trades being represented. Apologies were received from Messrs E. T. Harris and Garriock. The president, Mr W. R. Harris, extended a welcome to Messrs Johnston, Jones and Kelly, new members. A letter inviting members to jo.in "the Auckland Retail Confections Association was received and the secretary was instructed to reply. sending best wishes only. On the motion of Messrs Spear and Ewert, a letter is to be sent to the Borough Publicity and Amusement Committee congratulating it on its arrarigement for the entertainment of visitors during the Christmas and New Year Carnival. i Additions to Infant School. Notification has been received by i the Rotorua Primary School Committee from the Education Department that their application for additions to the infant department at'the school, which is overcrowded, will have to be held over until early in the next financial year. The Department stated that the present hnancial stringency did not permit of expenditure in such a direction just now. Schooil Cricket Pitches. The pitch which was used for yesterday's trial cricket matches iti Ro- j to'rua, was the last which will be pre- j pared by the' ex-custodian of ' the Rotorua High School, Mr. J. McDowall. | Mr. McDowall laid down the ground \ and has prepared and mainthined

j the pitches since the foundation oi j the school. His knowledge of pitch , I preparation has been of the great- " | est value to Rotorua cricket and his I services will be greatly missed, in this as well as in many other directions. Pairs Bowling Tournament. A pairs tournament was held by the Rotorua Bowling Club on the rinks in the Government Gardens yesterday. j Five games of eleven heads each were played and A. Budd proved the winning skip'with 4.| games to his credit. J. McDowell was the winning lead with 4i games. Another interesting ' match, outside the tournament, which resulted in a close finish, was that between A. Jones, J. Blencoe, "Scotty" ' Wiiliams, Dr. Bertram (skip) 25 and i R. Miller, J. Aitken, T. Kelly, D. Heard (skip) 23. Senior Pupils Return to School. I Numbers of senior pupils at the | Rotorua High School are returning to school this year owing to the difficulty of finding work. Since the Minister of Education's appeal to parents to keep their children at school as long as possible, matriculated students all over New Zealand, who would normally seek work, are returning to school for one or more years extra | tuition, and in Rotorua this tendency is just as much in evidence as elsewhere. Imgroved Packing Case. An invention which may bring a considerable fortune to the inventor, Mr. Edward N. Neary, a 22-year-old resident of Manunui, and to Mr. D. M. Simmons, who is arranging finance in regard to marketing the article, was demonstrated before a Taumarunui "Press fepresentative recently. The invention is an improved packing case, absolutely without nails, and capable of being taken down and re-assembled for use over and over again. | Small Profit. A meat exporting firm operating in the Hastings district is offering 17s

per iuuiD ror ox oeei, wnicn is equal to £6 16s for a bulloek weighing 800 1b. Even at this price graziers will make a small profit on all forward cattle bought recently, but purehases made two years ago will still show a large loss. ' The fact of a certain number of cattle being bought for export during the summer and autumn praetically assures a fair price for jbeef during the late winter and spring.* '