LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 251, 14 June 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Costly Stoppages "Talk about cheap earriage! Why every time the brakes are put on a train, bang goes a fiver!" said a speaker in favour of road transport at tbe meeting of business men last night. ' " Dismal Pi-ophacy ''The railways are done for" said a speaker at the business men's meeting last night. "In a f ew years' time the engines will ' be dumped in the sea to make anchors for aeroplanes." Address at Rotary , A very graphic and interesting description of the Soudan was given at the Rotorua Rotary Club's luneheon yesterday by Mr. P. Evan-Wil-liams, of Khartoum, Egypt. In his talk Mr. Williams briefly referred to many of the more important aspeets of the country, making particular reference to the Assouan Dam irrigation scheme and the agreement it entailed with Egypt concerning water rights. He also described the government and trade of the country. Combined Band Concert Preparations are in hand for a combined band concert, which will he held at an early date. It is proposed to devote the proceeds to the boys' band fund. The musical director (Lieut. E. Tregilgas) is now busy coaching the boys, and a good programme of instrumental and vocal items is promised. There are now 31 playing memhers in the boys' band, while five or six are working hard to qualify. Work for Single Men Definite arrangements have now been made to employ a large number of single men on relief work on the State forest. The officer in charge has been instructed to talce on 120 men from among the registered unemployed, and local men will he given preference. The conditions will he those of the usual relief camps and the men will receive 10/a week and keep. The Unemployment Board has issued definite instructions that men, not classed as medically unfit, who refuse the work, will be struclc off the register. Traffic Round-up After allowing over a weelc's grace, the Rotorua Borough trafiic authorities on Saturday undertook definite action to round up the large number of motorists in the district who have delayed renewing their current year's driving licenses. These were due for renewal on the first of the month, but until last week-end less than half of tlie total licenses in the district had been re-issued. Traffic officials were stationed on all main routes into the town, and in the course of a few hours a very large number of names and particulars had ' been noted down for futur-e action. A proportion of the drivers answering to these names and particulars will appear in the Magistrate's Court next Monday to pay for their delay. It is reported that a large number of licenses are still outstanding, and that immediate action will in future be taken against drivers who are still using their last season's licenses.

Goal Post Padding When the matter of providing efficient padding on the goal posts at Arawa Park was discussed at last night's meeting of the Rotorua Rugby Sub-union management committee, one member explained that the padding did not last because horses pulled out the straw stuffing. Several remedies were suggested to cope with this difficulty, including greasing the outer covering to make ifunappetising for the horses, or filling the pads with sawdust. It was finally decided to provide detachable pads which could be talcen off after the matches were concluded. Ladies' Golf. Following is the draw for the seeond round of the Rotorua Ladies' Golf Club's eclectic handicap to be played tomorrow afternoon: — 11.0, Mrs. Kelly v Miss Blaclc; 11.5, Mrs. Redhead v Mrs. Fenton; 11.10, Mrs. Tapper v Miss Hall; 11.1-5, Mrs. Herrold v Miss D. Gordon"; 11.20, Miss Hewitt v Miss Murray; 11.25, Mrs. Clay v Miss Hawlcsworth; 11.30, Mrs. B. Smith v Miss K. Gordon; 11.35, Mrs. P. J. Sherriff v Mrs. Eortune; 11.40, Mrs. Hay v Mrs. J. Speer; 11.45, Mrs. Wallis v Mrs. A. Smith; 11.50, Mrs. Ormshy v Mrs. Johnson; 11.55, Mrs. Budd v Mrs. R. C. Smith; 12.0, Mrs. CaiT v Mrs. Walden; 12.5, Mrs*. Bunyard v Mrs. Jones; 12.15, Miss Snodgi-ass v Mrs. Goudie; 12.20,

Mrs. Spedding v Mrs. Worthington; 12.25, Mrs. Manson v Mrs. W. H. Speer; 12.30, Mrs. Pai-ata v Mrs. Bayfield; 12.35, Mrs. Finn v Mrs. Haymes; 12.40, Mrs. Blencowe v Miss Corlett; 12.45, Mrs. Hitchcock v Miss Carnachan; 12.50, Mrs. Butler v Mrs. Wackrow; 12.55, Miss Moon v Mrs. La Trobe Hill; 1.0, Mrs. Robinson v Mrs. Dingle; 1.5, Miss Clark v Miss La Trobe Hill; 1.10, Mrs Roe v Mrs. Randerson; 1.15, Miss Glass v Mrs. J. Sherriff; 1.20, Miss Searell v Mrs. J. D. Davys. Players not on the tee at advertised time, must go to the end of the draw.