LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 253, 17 June 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dance at Convent. Another of a series of Jazz and Old Time Dances and *500 Tournaments will be held at the Convent School this evening, good prizes and supper heing provided. Valuable Assistance. The president of the Rotorua branch of the Whakatane Plunlcet Society, Mrs. F. W. Wilkie, reported at the annual meeting that the Rotorua Motor Transport Co. had very generously assisted the movement by taking the nurse to and from Whakatane free of charge, whenever the company had a spare seat in one of its cars. ■ The committee, said Mrs. Wilkie, were extremely grateful for this concession, as, otherwise, a large surn of money would have had to be raised to meet this expense. Athletic Club.

At a meeting of the Rotorua Athletic & Axemen's Club on Wednesday evening there was a good attendance. ,A statement of accounts with regard to the recent sports meeting was presented and considered very satisfactory. But in Ariew of the prevailing depression considerably larger prizes had to he offered this year to induce entries, with the result that profits were accordingly reduced. The total receipts from the meeting were £355/13/-, and of this amount £90 was spent locally upon administration, and £222 upon chopping prize money. In view of the success achieved at the last two meetings the club has decided to continue with the sports as a winter feature, a decision which will no doubt be appreciated. All accounts were passed for payment. Rohbery from House Thefts of two sums of money have been reported to the police. This morning Mrs. L. Smith, of Whaka Road, went out to play golf and left her purse confaining the sum of £4/5/- in a drawer of the kitchen cupboard. When she opened the drawer about three o'clock in the afternoon she found the purse and its contents missing. Further investigation showed that a five pound note had been extracted from a purse belonging to Miss I. McKenzie, which had been left in the same place. The house was not locked up during Mrs. Smith' s absence. Motor Collision. While heavy rain was falling at 4.30 this afternoon, a motor collision occurred upon the Ngongotaha Road, about three-quarters of a mile on the town sido of Fairy Spring. A truck, driven by Mr. George Garland, of Rotorua, was approaching town when, in passing a stationery car it met a car driven by Mr. George King, of Kaharoa, and a smash resulted. The front of the car was damaged and two passengers on the front seat with the driver were injured. Mrs. Taylor received cuts on the face and bruises and Mr. Eugene Brain cuts on his fact. In both cases the injuries were caused^ by flying glass from the broken windscreen. Mr. Garland escaped being hurt, but it is not known what damage was done to his truck.

Preparing Hatcherles. Acclimatisation activities in the Rotorua district have been very quiet during the past few weeks, according to the Conservator of Fish and Game (Mr. A. Kean), and a heavy rainfall is required before there is any appreciable run of trout in the streams and rivers. The hatcheries in the Rotorua and Taupo areas are being prepared in readiness for the arrival of the first batch of ova, but it is not anticipated that a consignment will be received before the end of the month. Motor Services Interrupted Owing to the violence of the storm yesterday afternoon regular motor services between Rotorua ai d Wlakatane Were disorganised. The R. v£. car which left here at 4.45 for Whakatane was delayed for some considerable time on the road and conditions were so bad that the return car for Rotorua did not attempt the journey. Warm nights this winter with one of our quality hot-water bags. Guaranteed best English manufacture. Inspection invited.— Len Fisher, Ltd., Chemists, Fenton Street.* Residents of Rotorua are invited to inspect the new winter footwear now open at Brown's Shoe Store. You will not be pressed to buy. Our smart up-to-date goods at reasonable prices sell themseives. 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') * Sale! Sale! Sale! A business man, like a plant, requires trim ming back now and then to give the roots a chance. We are trimming down our stock, and oifer exceptional value in durable lines. We are making our prices exceptionally low to meet the hard times. Bargains are offering in every department, and keen shoppers should inspect our stocks. Malcolm's Shoe Store, Tutanekai Street.*