LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 274, 14 July 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Oddfellows' Lodge At the eonelusion ' of the M.U., I.O.O.F.,- lodge meeting on Tuesday evening a very enjoyable card tournament was held. There was a very fair attendance of members and the prize donated by P.G. Bro. F. Munro, was won by Bro. "W. Heley. Forestry Work A draft of 50 single men are expected to arrive from "Wellington today for the State forestry camps, in addition to the 30 who arrived at the beginning of the week. It is anticipated that another 50 unemployed men will arrive from Auckland next week. Motor Vehicle Inspection The inspector of motor vehicles under the Transport Act, Mr. Thomas, arrived in Rotorua on Tuesday for the purpose of testing the various passenger cars and busses licensed in this distriet. He commenced work yesterday upun the Rotorua Motor Transport Company's fteet. Borough Council Meeting Owing to the absence from town of the Mayoi*, Mr. T. Jackson, and' the presence of Cr. G. Urquhart at the monthly meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board in Hamilton, the meeting of the Rotorua Borough Council was postponed last night until this evening. Washout on Dalbeth Road The Rotorua county engineer (Mr T. S. Robertson) in his report to the Rotorua County Council yesterday stated that a washout which occurred last month on Dalbeth road had now been repaired. He considered that had the settler concerned opened up th'e eulvert when the flooding occurred the damage would have been avoided. Hockey Boundaries Extended The efforts of the Rotorua Ladies' Hockey Association 'to control the game in the Bay of Plsnty dstricts have finally been approved by the New Zealand Women's Hockey Association.

Th'e boundaries now allottea to Rotorua include Whakatane, Te Puke, Opotiki and Putaruru in addition to Mamaku, Ngongotaha and Rotorua as at present. Portable Benzine Bowsers Consideration on an application by Mrs IC. Davies of Ngongotaha to place two portable benzine bowsers on the footpath in front of her store was deferred by the Rotorua County Council yesterday and the matter placed in th'3 hands of the engineer and a committee with power to grant the request if it was found that th'e action was

legal. A. and P. Account At the last meeting of the Rotorua A. and P. Association Committee an account for £65 was passed for payment to the Rotorua Motor Transport Co. The secretary states that this does not mean an increase in rent payable to the company^ as the sum includes the fares of judges to and from Whakatane, hire of a motor car and rent of the secretary's office.The actual payment for the show building was £50. Husband of Late Maggie Papakura ( The death occurred recently at Ox- j ford, England, of Mr. Richard Charles Staples-Browne the husband of the late Maggie Papakura, the well-known Rotorua guide. The deceased gentleman was well known to returned soldiers as the Adjutant of the No. 2 j New Zealand General Hospital, at i Walton-on-Thames which brought him ] in close contact with members of the j New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. j Mr. Staples-Browne, who remarried, j was predeceased two years ago by his 1 first wife, Maggie Papakura. Learnt His Lesson. An unusual accident befell a New Plymouth motorist who was travelling through the Mimi Valley recent- ! ly. He was driving at night in heavy j rain and, consequently, visibility was had. At a dangerous part of the road his lights suddenly fused. The motorist feared that he might run over the cliff, but he was able to bring his car to a standstill without mishap. Then, in order to investigate the trouble, h'e jumped from his seat — and landed in the river 20 feet below. His car had stop.'ped right on the edge of the cliff and he had not been able to see the danger. Another two feet and the car with its occupants would have plunged into the river. The motorist received painful, though' not serious, injuries. Next time he is determined to look carefully before he leaps. Not True to Label. It i£ an accepted story that some years ago a farmer in the Stratford

distriet painted one of his pigs prior to exhibiting the animal at the Stratford Agricultural Show. An account of another deception practised by a pig breeder was given by Mr. W. B. Grant, who is well known in his eapacity as judge at shows in Taranaki, in the course of a discussion at the meeting of the Taranaki Pig Breeders' Association recently. Mr. Grant said that a "Large White" sow which had taken a first prize at the New Plymouth Show and was afterwards sold had been prepared for exhibition and had deceived the judge as well as the buyer. All the hip was found to he eovered with blaek spots, but these blemishes were temporarily removed by rubbing.