LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 217, 7 May 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Transpori Licenses "If you are looking for a strict interpretation, you may be hoist with your own petard," -remarked the chairman of the No. 3 District Transport Licensing Authority (Mr. E. L. "Walton), to counsel yesterday, -when a ruling was asked for regarding the .aperation of licenses under the new Act issued by the board. The chairman stated that licenses granted at the present sittings should he taken as coming into operation on March 1. Orphans' Club At a well-attended meeting of the committee of the Rotorua Orphans' Clnb held on Thursday night, arrangements were made in connection with the annual meeting of the. club which will be held on May 19. A number of important proposals were formulated for submission to members, and it is hoped that there will be a full attendance to consider these matters. Fishing at Taupo The number of anglers operating in Lake Taupo waters is steadily becoming fewer, although those who remain report good hags of fish all in excellent condition. The rivers are low, not having been affected at all by the recent rains, and the lake level is still dropping. This condition makes fishing in the rivers very difficult, especially as the shallow water causes the fish to become line shy. Good catches,- however, have been taken from the Tongariro River, where most anglers are landing seven to eight fine fish a day of an average weight of about five pounds. Clearing Watertables The maintenance staff of the Rotorua Borough Council is at present engaged in clearing and tidying the watertables in many of the streets, to the west of Whaka Road. Seddon Strfeet and Malfroy Road have already been completed, also a portion of Whaka Road, and now work is being carried out in Grey Street. It is proposed to commence work in Ruihi Street next. Excellent Potato Crop A gang of unemployed relief workers is at pi'esent engaged in digging the potato crop in the relief workers' community garden near the Rotorua cemetery. It is estimated by the borough engineer, Mr. F. C. Bunyard, that this plot of several acres, will yield a crop of 50 tons. This of course, includes eating, seed and pig tubers. The turnip crop is also looking well and some of the roots are already being used for consumption. Maori Museum Further attention is being devoted to the proposal to constitute a museum of Maori carvings and curios in Rotorua and a suggestion has been made that a sub-committee of the Maori Arts and Crafts Board should he set up to ohtain information as to suitahle exhibits to form the nucleus of the collection. The matter will he brought before the Minister of Native Affairs, Sir Apirana Ngata who will probably he visiting Rotorua in the near future, It has been suggested that the museum might he established in the new Maori Arts and Crafts building at Ohinemutu. Popular Master Farewelled - The pupils and staff of the Roto-. j rua High School, before dishanding : for the term vacation yesterday fareI welled Mr. C. A. Nohle, who has reI ceived another appointment on the staff of the Whangarei High School and will not return to Rotorua after the holidays. During his term at the school, Mr. Noble has been a very popular member of the staff, and this feeling with one of regret at his departure, was expressed at the function. On behalf of the pupils, the head boy Norman Hinton presented Mr. Noble with a handsome table reading lamp accompanied by the good wishcs of the school for his success in his new sphere. A Maori Unemployment Native unemployment in the Rotorua district is still presenting a difficult problem, although as a resu'lt of a stringent comhing of the registrations, a substantial reduction has been effected in a number on the list Until quite recently, between 300 and 400 men were employed in relief work ' on the various Maori development schemes, but thxs number has now heen redueed to approximately 150. It is not antieipated that any further relief measures will be undertaken until the bugeting of the native Department for the year i announced. Band Annual Meeting Members of the Rotorua Municipal Band held their annual meeting last evening ^rnd entertained as their guests the Mayor, Mr. T. Jackson, and members of the Rotorua Borough Council. After formal business was concluded, the evening took the form of a smoke concert. Unemployiment Position Rotorua unemjployment registrations for the week closing yesterday, are practically identical with those for the previous week. When the list closed yesterday a total of 624 men were registered for Rotorua, Ngongotaha and Mamaku, this figure be:ng only one more than the total for the preceding week. Of the total, 180 singlejmen were registered, 276 married men with two children or less, and 168 married men with three children or more. Five hundred and sixty six men were registered at Rotorua, 37 at Ngongotaha, and 21 at Mamaku.