LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 146, 12 February 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

, Alleged Failure lo Ac'count . Before Messrs, T. Sfoane and H. Tai Mitchell, J's.J?., ih the Rotorua Magistrate's Gourt yestprday, Rob'ert ; Clive McQhe'en, aged 37; a native of Scotland, was charged with failing to account for £60 received from Percival Rogers on account of Delmore Williams. Accused was remahded to appear at Auckland on January 15. ! Horses Arriving In preparation for Saturday's and ; Monday's racing, a number of horses afrived in Rotorua yesterday by rail , an'd motor float. Owing to other; meetings which are eng&ging the atte'htion of owners, the grea'ter proporti'on of the horse's for Saturday's fi'e'lds, Will hot arrive uhtil to-day. High Schbol BAVracks The Rotorua High Sch'ool Uadet Compahy wen't into barrhcks yesterday morhing for five days ihilitaby ti'aining'. Stm'day will be visitors' , day, ahd aiTangehaents have now b'een ■ definitely made for C'olonpl Duigah, D.S.O., N.Z.S.C., O.C. Nofthern Command, to visit Rotohua that day, tb' present the "Weekly Press" bhallenge sbield ahd medals Woh by the school shooting team. Colon'el Duigan will be at the c&mp betVveeh 3 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. on Sunddy for 'the ceremony. All parents and friehds 'of the school are cordially invited to be present. "Weekly Press" Shield The "Weekly Press" challenge shield, which has now been won hy the Rotorua High School two years in succession, is at present displayed in the window of the Rotorua F.ur-, nishing 'Comphhy's premises in Tu-j t'anelchi Street. The shield will re-' main there until Saturday evening, when it will be r'emoved, in readiness for the presentatibh to the shooting team by Colonel J. Duigan, D.S.O., O.C. Nofthern Command, on Sunday afternooh. Amateur Athletic Sports The second of the February-March ! series of evening sports meetings ari ranged by tbe R'otorua Amateur AthJ le'ti'c ahd Cyclihg Club will be held 1 atcthe High School gfouttds oh Frij day, February 19, at 6 p.m., and in- ' tending competitors should note that I entries close with Mr. A. de Luen, Hlhemoa Street, or Mr. R. G. Webb, j Rotorua High School, on Tuesday j next, at 5 p.m. The events to be de- [ pided are: — 100yds. handicap, 440yds 1 handicap, one mile handicap, throw- ; ing the discus, hop, step and jump, j -220yds hurdles, half-mile cycle, one j "mi'le cycle, 100yds ladies handicap, | ladies' bro'a'd jump, ladies' relay race.

New Telephone System Tested A temporary switch-over on to the new branching multiple telephone ^witchboard for the purpose of testing, was made by Rot'orUa exchange ofticials at about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and proved most successful. A certain amoiln't of difficulty was encountered at first by the exchange staff, as the new board has many different features from the old one and 'took -time to master. Few subscribers, however, were aware of any change in the systefh. After the test, the exch'ahge Was swit'ched baclc to the old board so that final adjustments could be made and any faults rec'tified. This c'ontinUUl swit'chiiig about and the noise of workmen in the exchange room has made working coiiditioiis Very diffi'cUlt fe'cehtly for the staff, but it is not expected that it will be long befofe work is fin'alised and the new system permanently operating.