LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 201, 18 April 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Fire Call to Baby Car The wail of the fire siren at 6.55 on Saturday evening drew a large crowd to the corner of Pukuatua and Fenton Streets, but many were the murmurs of disappointment when the people found that all. the excitement was caused by a small puff of . smoke issuing from under the bonnet of a baby motor-car. The wiring of the car had apparently fused, and the bi'igade was called • as a- precaution. The inCident had its amusing side, and many a humorous remark was passed as the fire-engine drew alongside the diminutive object of its mission. Proposed Golf Course Good use for practice purpo^es is at present being made hy golfers of the ground to the west of the Government Gardens, whei'e the Tourist Department ultimately intends providing a nine-hole golf course. The grass which was sown last year has taken well and having been recently cut, gives an idea of what the finished course will look like. During last week coloured flags were placed round the ground to conform with thc proposed plan, red representing the holes, blue the tees, and white indicating the direction of the fairways. Some considerable time will elapse hefore the course is completed, but when it is, it should be very popular with tourists and beginners, as well as providing considerable revenue for the Tourist Department. Motorist's Narrow Escape . Presence of mind and quick action on the part of a motorist prevented what might have been a serious crossing accident on Saturday afternoon. The motorist was travelling north along Ranolf Street at a moderate pace and failed to notice that the train which is due shortly after 3- p.m. was approaching the level erossing until he was himself within five or six yards of it. It was then too late to pull up and there was no hope of erossing safely in front of the train. He therefore swung the wheel sharply and ran off the roadway into the hlackb'erries, the car coming to rest in a depression within a few feet of the railway line.

When His Teeth Grow Longer. The other evening a pedestrian coming in to town met a small boy also walking to town and attracted by a bright torch with which he was lighting his way, got into conversation. He was, it appeared, on his way to a practice of the Boys' Band. His diminutive size prompted questions and the pedestrian was informed that he was seven years of age and regularly attended the band practices, three nights a week to listen and learn. His ruling passion obviously was to become a member and questioned on the point enthusiastically confessed his ambition. "I'm going to be allowed to learn to play the cornet," he said, "when my teeth grow long enough." Butter-fat Pay-out The New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limifced, advise that the following are the rates of payment for butter-fat received at the Company's factories during the month of March, 1932. In each instance the rate quoted Ts for sup-erfine butterfat; — Butterfat for buttermaking, iOd per lb; butter-fat for cheese making, 11 per lb, payment will b'e made to ' suppliers on W ednesday. Week-End Golf The first of the two handicapping rounds played by members of the Rotorua Golf Club for the readjusting of handicaps for the new season was completed on the Arilcikapakapa Golf Course on Saturday. No indication wTl he given concerning altered handicaps until the conclusion of the second round, to be played during the coming week-end. The best scores returned on Saturday are as follows: — Ahderson, 8, 74, 66; G. Pott, 11, 80, 69; E. Fenton, 14, ;83, 69; Worthington, 12, 85/ 73; S. E. Carr, 2, 75, 73; N. Smith, 8, 82, 74; R. C. Sihith, 4, 78; 74;' Col. Mellor, 24, 98, 74; E. La Trobe Hill, 12, 86, 74; E. Barker, 12, 86, 74.

Shooting Trip in South. Mr. C. D. Smith, of Kawaha Point, who in company with Mr Richards, jnr., of Rotorua, has been on a' deershooting expedition in the South Island cold lakes district has returned home. Mr. Smith reports that excellent sport rewarded their journey and a number of fine heads were secured. - - •

"Broody Goose" "The farmer has been described as the goose that lays the golden egg," said a delegate at the Waikato Farmer s' Union annual conference at Hamilton.' "The trouble is the goose has gone broody."" As Told to Americans The mariner in which news is sometimes exaggerated was instanced When a report of the rioting in Auckland on Thursday was being hroadCast hy a Los Angeles, Califorhia, station. "A message has been received from Auckland (pronounced Owkland), New Zeajand, sfatirig that a mob of 10,000 uriemployed took charge of the city last night, and broke all the windows," the ahnouncer said. "The police and "military authorities were powerless, and the riot was not quelled until the Navy was called out. The riot was started hy four girls, who threw -stones through a jeweller's window and told the men to carry on. At the time of cabling it was stated that' the 'Navy was firing' over the heads' of the mob."