LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 213, 3 May 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Fax-mers' Fielcl Day Under the guidance of Mr. C. R. Taylor, of the chemical division of the Department . of Agriculture, a party of 60 Tokoroa and Putaruru farmers on Friday, visited the Upper Atiamuri station where experiments in connection with the Department's bush-sickness investigations are being conducted. The conduct and nature of the experiments were explained to the visitors, who were impressed by the results already obtained. After leaving Atiamuri, the party proceeded to Ngakuru where they were conducted oyer portion of No. 1 block and the Agricultural Department's demonstration farm, by the fields instructor for the Rotorua district, Mr. C. S. Dalgliesh. Pastures were look•ing particularly well at the time, and the visitors were particularly interested in the farming methods adopted and the development work carried out for the settlement of the block. Stationary Aeroplane Considerable interest was taken by a number of Rotorua residents yesterday afternoon in the antics of the Rotorua Airways 'plane, which for nearly 10 minutes remained practically stationary over the town. On inauiry it was learned that the pilot, Mr. R. Matheson, was demonstrating to one of his passengers the operation of the slotted wing safety device and was stalling the machine so that the slots would open. First Hunt Meet The first meet of the newly formed Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club will take ^lace at the R.M. corner in Rotorua, on May 7. As a considefable number of new members joined the club at the recent annual meeting, it is expected that the first outing will have a record following. The second meet will be held at Ngongotaha on May 14. I Mr. W. R. Blow Injured Mr: W. Russel Blow, New Zealand Government at Sydney, who with his wife was reported by cable to have been seriously injured in a motor collision in Sydney on Sunday, is well-known to older residents of Rotorua, wbere he was for many years manager of the local office of the Tourist Department. Much sympathy will be felt for Mrs. Blow in connection with the death of her father, who was killed in the accident. Mr. Blow has been in Sydney almost the whole time since he left Rotorua. Checking Biash Sickness An invitation has been issued to farmers and others interested in the treatment of bush-sick country by Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser and Company, Limited, of Auckland, in co-operation with the Farmers Co-op-erative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, to visit the Crossing Esate Lichfield, near Putaruru next Thursday at 1.30 p.m. The purpose of the invitation is to demonstrate and explain the results of two seasons' experiments with ewes and lambs of soil treatment designed to control and if possible eradicate bushsickness in affected areas and an interesting and instructive afternoon is promised. Rotorua Licensing Committee The annual (and quarterly) meeting of the Rotorua Licensing Committee will be held in the Rotorua Courthouse on Tuesday, June 7, at noon. Applications for hearing at the meeting must be lodged with the clerk of the committee at Rotorua at least 21 clear days before the meeting. Game Shooting Season In common with other districts of New Zealand the game shooting season opened throughout the Rotorua acclimatisation district yesterday. According to the calendar, the season opened on Sunday but under the regulations, shooting was prohibited on that day, and actually activities commenced yesterday. Saies of shooting licenses are reported to be well up to those of last season and guns j were operating on most of the promising waters yesterday. Although act- j ual details-are at present meagre, j some good bags were taken yesterday, ! and the presence of a truck load of j grey duck for despatch by rail, be- j fore the departure of the afternoon train, gave evidence that very many of the bags had had large surpluses. Theft of Tools Some time during the week-end a shed erected adjacent to a partially erected house on Otanga Road was broken open and a lcit of carpexiter's tools, the property of Messrs A. Crosslet and P. Munro, was removed. Messrs Crosslet and Munro were employ ed as carpenters and were working on the house on Saturday mo -ning. After finishing work, they locked the tools in the shed, but on roturning yesterday morning found that the shed had been entered and the kit removed. The tools stolen are valued at approximately £10. Road to Napier Open Road communication with Napier was restored everywhere yesterday, says a Press Association message, though in some places a temporary deviation is necessary. The road from Napier to Taupo via Rissington was opened at 4 p.m., but the direet route will be closed for a week or more yet. The main Napier-Wairoa Road will probably be opened this morning. Residents of Rotorua are invited to inspect the new winter f ootwear now open. at Brown's Shoe Store. You will not be pressed to buy. Our smart up-to-date goods at reasonable prices sell themselves. We are only too pleased to show you our range of goods, so don't hesitate, walk in and see for yourselves the value that is building our business. — Brown's Shoe Store, Tutanekai Street (next Marks') * Warm nights this winter with one of our quality hot-water bags. Guaranieed best English manufacture. Inspection invited. — Len Fisher, Ltd.,