LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 156, 24 February 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No^. 3 Transpprt Djstrict .. So far as caq be ascertqjned, l\ir. John 'MeQulloch, of* Whakatane is likely to be the third member of the recehtly-appointed South'" Auckland No. :3 Tpansport Licensihg Authority. As qnnounced in our is'sue of yesterday,= Messrs. I F. J. Fafrell (Hamilton): arid E. L. Walton (Ngatea) will be the two. pther members Pf the board. Mr. McCulloch is a very welb kpown business man and farmer in the Whakatane district. The new authority will have charge in tl)e. ; Rotorua district, which is inclucjed' |r. ,th"e No. 3 transport area. The boafjl Will hear all applications- for Jicenses urider the new Transpott Act. , Bre^ich of |iealth Regulations In the Rotorua Magistfatp's Court dn Mdnday, Lionel ' Dixop and Cq., Were charged, on an in'fprmation lAid by ' the borough health inspector, with a breach of fhe health regulations in respect of the skle Qf meat. 'The rpagistrate, Mr. S- L. Paterson, S.M., entered a cpnvictjon, and iined defendants £1 with 10 h costs. Motqr PamP Fermits . Although there has been a very encouraging vblume of ^rafRc at the Rotorua borough motor pamp during the h'qliday seasbn, the pfevailing bad times have been reflected in the numb'ev of permits issued. To date, these show a decrease against lasfe year's figures, of between 30Q and 40Q. Visitors,; however, have geen very favourably impressed with the improvemeiits which have recently been made at the camp, and several motorists with a wide experienep of camping siteS in both islands, have expressed thp opipiqn thht the Rotorua camp is qndoiibtedly ptte pf the hest and most cbnveniently equipped in New Zeaiand." Ngongotaha Fishing Aiiglers have been particularly successful in the Ngongotaha area during the past few days and some good catGhes have been recorded, Fly fishing for hajf a day, Golonel Mellor and Mr..Rendall, oi Wellington, took eight good fish, whil© another party, trolling from the launch "Heather" secured 15. Messrs. Harley, Baker and Sharpe, Ahierican * visitors to Rotorua, took 3 similar number for a day's fishing, the catch including an excellent 5Alb fish. A Limit Bqg Fishing at Hamurana last week, Golonel Blakely took a limit bag for a day's fly fishing. All the fish taken were in good condition and were a very even lot. Important Conference A New Zealand conferpncp of the representatives of the bond holders irn Timberlands Woodpulp (New Zealand), Limited, is fo he helfi in Rotorua next week and will continue from Monday qntil Thursday. Over 140 representatives from all parts of the Dominion will attend, and conference deliberations will extend over four dayfe. Mr. H. A. Horrocks, Dominion attorney for the company, will probably preside. ' Distinguished Visitors Two distinguished visitors to Rotorua this week, will be the Earl of Wemyss and Lady Angela St. ClairErskine, who are expected to arrive here pn Thfirsday for a brief hbliday visit. The earldom of Wemyss was created in 1633 and the present Lord Wemyss is the 11th earl. Australian Skiers. A team of Australian skiers, headed hy Mr. Tom Mitchell, a silver tnedallist, whP pepresepted Australia at Murren, in Switzerland, two years ago, will come to New Zealand for' the winter sports in July, Mr. Mitchell stated at the conclusion of his last visit to Mouiit dook'that the Tasman glacier compared more than favourably with Switzerland, and at some time in the future big ski-ing meetings would be held at Mount Cook. The visit of the Australians will do much to improve the standard of the sport | in the Dominion. Bitumenising Street Intersections Workmen are now engaged bitu- j menising the unpaved po'rtiori of the | street sprfape at the intersectjon of Haupapa and Tutanekai Street. The i iptersection qf Haupapa Street with Amohia Street is also being prepared to receivp the bitumen. All other principal intersections will be bitumenised in tQWU, us rapidly as posCalls on Relief Funds The heavy calls which fiaye been made upon the fupds of the Rotorua unemployment relief committee have again almost depleted the balance available, and arrangements are being made to stage a public entertainment which will to some extent restore tfie fund?. Sipce dpiy of last year, tlje committee has piid- out over £400 for relief purposes and this does nof by ajiy mpqus regresent the total value of the relief which has been given throUgh the committee, the Women's Club, and private generosjty. Juat arrived: A good selection of the latest novels by the leading authorsj Ganpat, Rosita Forbes, Jane Rngland, Fhjlip Macdonald, Cornelius Vanderbilt, jun., Geoffrey Farnol, and ipany ptherg. Join our lending library, 5/- entrance and 3 d per copy. Spfecjal arrpngeipents made for visitors. GentraR.Book Shop, Tutanekai St. (®f. and B. Ilprsett)* Something New and Surprising in Rotorua for the next two- months. Brown's ghoe Store are ofFering each week six special lines of seasonhble goods at prices which will surprise and "tempt the most hardened bargain. hunter. For details of this week's surprjses see our spepj.al afivertisemep't eyery Thurs. and Ftiday in this paper, Don't Rioney saving ' bargins. Romenrber, Brown's Sho.e Stoye. iij f uianekai Street ber tween Wilbert Matk's, Draper and the Aard IV|otop Serv^ces-* Baby's weight. Keep a reeord of Ra.b/s' progress free. We inyite you to malfe use of our up-to'-date scale? amd Pfesent you with a card to keep particulars on. Len Fisher, Ltd., Ohemist, -Fento'n Street.*

A Lesson from Waikato. "The Waikato is an object lesson tp the rest of New Zealand of how land should be developed," said Mr. E. J. Howard, M.P., when speaking at a meeting of parents and unemployed boys at Christchurch against a proposal to absorh the boys in farm work. "The Waikato has certainly shown us the way to do things," he added, "but I hope we will not sidetrack ourselves into thinking that the land can absorb many boys." Lost: A Train. When the driver of a train from Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, steamed into Marlow Station, recently, and, leaning out of his cah, saw there was no train behind hirn, well — what would any driver have said? Not only the driver, but also the fireman and peqple on Marlow Station platform were surprised when thg engine arrived — by itself. Now picture the other little group at Bourne End — the people in the train, women with their shopping baskets, men reading evening newspapers, all waiting patiently for their six minutes' journey to start, The guard blew his whistle and gave the "right away!" signal. And off went the engine. But, by an oversight, the train and engine had not been securely coupled. People ; shouted to the driver to stop, but he isn't used to being shouted at to stop. Less than a quarter of an hour later the engine returned, the coupling was made secure, and the passengers, their little journey unexpectedly enlivened, made a real start. Personal Thrift. A case of personal thrift has come under the notice of a Timaru Post representative where a well known Temuka family had come to a "dead end" and had to leave fheir holding jwith very little to show for a lifetime of hard labour. After looking round for a plqce to settle on, they foupd a small cottage with about nine acres, a few miles from Temuka. Here ; they set to work to eke out their in- ! sufficient reserve by growing vegetables. They now have rows of but- ' tef-beans, which, if put in a straight line, would reach nearly one mile. These beans are now maturing for picking and fhe owners have a market for a large proportion of the crop at 5d ^er lb. Beer Fed to Bafiies, Beer, held in higfi respect by many nations, attains its highest position among the Balobedu, a tribe of the northern Transvaal, according to a report supplied to the Times. In mild form it is fed to babies, a ceremonial brew figures pn all important social and tribal occasions, and a quality brew from sacred barley is used in aR religious funGtions. There is a "beer qf p.eape" that is drunk when quafrels are settled, Beer can be used as coin to pay doctors or harvest workers or the tanners of hides. It is poured out as a sacrifice to bring rain. If it is consumed socially there is a Sef ceremoniql, and the beer cannot be drunk until it is talked "about." Beer parties are frequept but they are apparently quite orderjy affars. The ruler of the tribe is a woman.

Police Identification Parades. "What happens when you have an identification "parade ?" was a queSr tipn ,D6tective Fell was asl^ed by counsel in the Wellington Supreme Gourt. "Men of the same age, height and description as the accused are picked up on the street and placed in a line," repliefi tjie detective, "The accused is asRed to take tjp a position anywhere in the line, ahd each witness is broiight out and asked if he can see the accused there, and if .00 tp touch him. After pne witness has identified the accused, «ot fai'led, the accused is always given the option of changing his position in the line befpre the' next witness is brought out,"