LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 196, 12 April 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Rotorua Theatre A building permit has been issued by the1 Rotorua Borough CSuncil in connection witK a' proposal to erect a new talkie theatre in Hinemoa Street, Rotorua. " Old Fountain Removed ,\u ,?• t%ii$ -""j •* > ;-•* ••»'.; - The dilapidated fountain which for ; some tifne has' detracted greatly from the attractiveness of the Government Gardens iii fjie area ' alongside the Sana'torium enclo'sure is now being remoVed. '' A huniber of men were engaged'yest er'd'ay' in ' bf e aking up the concrete f onndations, whicbi were badly craeked and iii a ihost unsightly con'diti'oii* prOparatory to re'irioVal. Prohibition Order Issued On the wife's application, Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Rotorua Efa.gistrate's Court yesterday, issued ' a prohibition order against a nian named Jnmes Dennis Foley. The wife stated that ' her husband h'ad been drinking consistently and had beeh ahusihg her as:a result Of his drinking habits. Foley did not appear to answel" the application.

S.qcondary School Boards Mr. R. B. Nesbitt, chairman of the Rotorua High School Board left last evening to attend a conferen'ce of secondary school boards with the Minister of Education, 'the Hon. R. Masters, in an endeavour to* satisf y Gabin'et ' 'that sec'ondaTy ' School boards should not be aboliShed. ' *'l Father's Redress I'l suppose your father will have to pay and he can take it out of your Hide," remarked Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, when convdcting a schoolboy for riding a cycle on the footpath, and ordering him to pay 10/- costs. I Labpur Party's Attitude Mr. F. Langstone, M.P., member . for . Waimarino, will address a pnblic meeting from the band rotunda in the Government Gardens, Rotorua on Sunday afternoon for the purpose of explaining the attitude of the Labour Party toward the political problems of the day. Pr'imary School Committee Nominations for the Rotorua Primary School Committee closed last evening at 8 o'clock with the chairman of the committee, Mr. C. A. Clarke. There are nine seats on the committee and as only the required number of nominations was received, an elections will not be necessary. L .The whole of the retiring committee has been re-nominated and will in due course be declared re-elected. They are Messrs C. A. Clarke, A. T. Butt, ■ L. Ewert, N. M. Keane, N. B. Hunt, •W. J. Kurney, H. C. Smith, H Wilkinson and J. W. Wehber.

Gold Rumours Rumours of gold discoveries in the Waimana district have been current ,of late. The roadmen working on the Stanley Road are said to have unearthed some quartz, while fresh finds in the Urewera Country are also repofted (says the Whakatane Press)'. Our inquiries' ,-into the matter have ' so far failed to elicit any important inf ormation on the subjeet. Artificial Silk From Flax ' "There is nothing new under the j sun!" Dr. Brown, a scientist, has recently given a demohstration at the Dominion Laboratory of the ftianufacture of artificial silk from New Zealand flax. It may be iiews to many readers, acnd to Dr. Brown, that more than a "quarter of a century ago a bale of flax was sent to Japan from a mill in the King Country, operating not many miles from Te Kuiti. The flax was shortly afterwards returned in the shape of beautiful hanks of artificial silk, together with a piece of material Woven from the flax, which seemed equal in appearance to the flnest silk. The propri'etor of the mill had the material made into a gowii for his wife, and it was for a time the admiration of her :friends in Hamilton. Prerogative of British Subject " Amexample of the prerogative of a British subject to petition the King was provided recently wheh a woinan residing in the Waikato, having a .grievance against the actions of a local body, wrot'e to his'Majesty setting out her vi.ew of the case. A reply was received from the . secre;tary to the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, stating that the matter had been referred to his Excellency and that the petitioner would he communicated with later. * .

True "Kettle of Fisb" An invercargill party who chose the Otapiri River banks as the venue of a picnic on Easter Monday experdenced a'n 'unusual incident which is causing some amusemeiit among their circle of friends (says the Southland "Times''). In 'place of the cotiventional billy a kettle was taken out to heat water in and was duly dipped titi the river arid an eXcellent dup of tea was" made. Later in the afternoon a further cup of tea Was desired and the half-full kettle was emptied prior to refilling. To the amazement of all a smail boiled trout canie out' of tKe lcettle, having evidently hfeen captured when the first kettlefiil of water was scooped out of * the river. Itis not' yet' "known whetjier the Acclimatisatioh Society propose to take action for the'ille'gal taking' of fi'sh. The unfortunate'fish was undersize as welll