LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 191, 6 April 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Vagrancy Charges Charged with being idle and disorderly persoris in that' they had no suffieient lawful means of support, three young lnen named Geoffrey Alb'ert Douglas Speakman, Gregory Meehan, and Ernest' Robert Murray, appeared in the Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesterday morning before Mr. W. L. Richards, J.P., and on |;he application of the police were remanded until .Friday of this week. No Local Donations Asked. The committee of the Rotorua A. and P. Association, at its meeting on Monday evening, decided that th's year it would not solicit donations for winter show purposes locally. "Young Art Unions." "We don't approve of art unions," remarked a member of the Rotorua A. and P. 'Association coihmittee on Monday evening, amid laugh-ter when it was decided that the Association should not encourage the conduct cf guessing eompetitions ' during the show. "Not young art unions, anyway," rejoined another member aniid general appreciation. The Association recently benefited to the extent of approximately £6000 through an art union. School Committee Elections The annual meeting of householders for the purpose of electing primary school committees for the ensuing year, will'be'held on Monday, April 18. The meeting of Rotorua householders will be held in the school at 7.30 p.m., and nominations close at 8 p.m., on Monday, April 11. Wednesday Cricket The following will represent. the bakers at the Government grounds at 2 o'elock this afternoon in a cricket mateh against the Geyser Cricket Club: — T. Johnstone (capt.), F. Richardson, S. Johnstone, J. Neeson, K. Price. B. Riehardson, B. Graeff, C. Graeft', T. Lawrence, D. Lawrence, L. Simpson, J. Maskery, G. Land. Interesting Cricket Bat One of the most interesting autographed cricket bats in the worid is at present in Rotorua. It is the propefty of Captain E. W. Ballantine, the well-known English cricket writer and authority, and contains the names of over 400 famous criclceters from 1877 until the present day. The bat was originally the property of that great old cricket stalwart, Vietor Trumper and was last used by him pn the historic Old Trafford ground. Inscribed on the bat, among others, are the names of the members of both the New Zealand cricket teams which have played in England and- the names of the eleven who met the South Africans on their recent visit to the Dominion. In order to accommodate all the autographs, the bat has been ingeniously sawn into six "pages" which fold together compactly.

Settling Ngakuru Pastures on both Ngakuru No. 1 and No. 2 blocks are in excellent eondition at present and the preliminary development work has now been advanced to such a stage that it is practically certain that No. 1 block at least will be put up for ballot this year and the individual settlers established on the land. The No. 1 block covers an area of £2200 acres and will be divided into nine farms. One of these, however, will be retained by the Agricultural Department for demonstration purposes, so that eight will be open for selection. About 1100 acres of the block are in pasture at present and the farms will vary from 150 to 200 acres, of which about 80 to 100 acres will be in grass. The No. 2 block, which covers an area of 12,000 to 14,000 acres is not developed to the same extent as the smaller block, but good progress is being made with the work and most eneouraging results have been obtained in the establishment of pastures. Only Useful Needle "We do not want our girls to grow up with the belief that the dnly kind of needle that is useful is the one -that fits the gramophone," said a school committeeman at Te Awamutu, when consideration was being given to the subjeet of instruction in sewing at the schools. Life-Saving Championship A meeting of the Te Puke subcentre of the Royal Life-Saving Society was held recently, and it was decided that the Auckland head centre be approached to arrange for the holding of an Auckland provincial seven-men team championship at The Mount, Tauranga, between Christmas and New Year, in conjunction with a swimming carnival, which will be arranged. Record Egg-Laying. A world record for egg-laying has come to Stratford with the success of Mrs. R. R. Cannon's team of three White Leghorns, whieh laid 943 eggs in 52 weeks in the Taranaki Egg-lay-ing Society's eompetition. The first world's record established at Normanby was Te Kawau Princass' 361 regulation eggs an4 three soft-shelled ones in 365 days. Te Kawau Princess was a Black Orpington owned hy Mrs. D. M." Waddeil, Waitara, and was later sold to an American buyer at a threefigure price. Shop where the wise people shop and go home satisfied as our customers do. They khow cakes when they eat them. Graeff Bros., where quality and attention built our business* Just opening at Brown's Shoe Store, Tutahekai Street, new and smart styles in ladies' shoes for Easter. Cosy Arctic slippers and slipper boots for father, mother and the family. A special line of matrop's shoes at 21/-. These shoes are bujlt on an exceptionally comfortable last and are a faithful copy of an expensive well-known English shoe, in black glace and patent* Baby's weight. Keep a record of Baby's progress free. We invite you to make use of our up-to-date scates and present you with a eard to keepi p'afticulars on.' Len "Fish'er, Ltd.*,