LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 279, 20 July 1932, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Band Concert. • ■ There, are good prospects of success for the concert to be given on Sunday evening in aid of the Rotorua Boys' Band. In addition to the junior and senior bands, St. Michael's Maori Choir will contribute to the programme, and an excellent musical entertainment is assured. Whakatane Band Contest. * It is probable that both the Municipal Band and the Rotorua Boys' Band will be represented at the Whakatane hand contest in September. It is understood that quartettes from the bands will enter the competition, but the finances of the boys' band will need strengthening to make their visit assured. Road Improvement Works Considerable progress is being made by the gangs of men who are carry- i ing out road improvement works be- I tween the Okoroire turn-off and Tirau on the Arapuni Road. Two fillings are almost completed and another is halfdone. Motorists who value their springs, should exerciss caution in

>assmg over tne ueviations au pre- j :ent in use. , 5 0 . i Mearly a Triple Catastrophe. * The squealing of brakes and far- ^ irom-muttered ohjurgations heralded a. very narrow escape from a triple jiotor smash in Tutanekai Street last avening. A motor van, ■ driven at a ' fast pace, was passing down the street ' when, without any apparent warning, it turned right-handed into Haupapa Street. Two following cars jammed on all brakes and managed to pull up 1 within a few inches of the van. The subsequent wrang'le interested the passers-by. Tuis In Towb The tui usually is a shy bird which prefers to sound its rich note in forest fastnesses. During the past few ' months, however, p'assers-by and rasidents of Hinemoa Street have been charmed by the notes of two of these rare birds which had made their home in a gum tree on one of the street frontages. They seem, however, to have disappeared suddenly and have not been seen or heard for the last two weeks. Drysdale Cup Matches. The second round of the men's , Drysdale Cup competition will be played on the Arikikapakapa golf course this afternoon. Following is the draw: — 1.40, W. Pakes v. S. Smith; 1.44, A. Walden v. A. French; 1.48, Brooker v. A. Angas; 1.52, W. Kusabs v. Redhead; 1.56, E. Fenton v. Col. Mellor ; 2.0, Simons v. Kinninmont; 2.4, G. French v. P. Angas; 2.8, Carruthers v. Shalfoon; 2.12, Robinson v. A. Moore; 2.16, R. Miller v. another. N.Z. Publicity Film The weather yesterday morning was ideal for the purpose of filming the Blue Baths and the many bright coloured costumes worn by the hathers should prove one of the most attractive sections of the publicity film which will shortly be released ahroad by the Tourist and Publicity Department. Many "shots" were taken from all points of the bath building and in addition views were also photographed of the various buildings and scenic spots of the Government grounds. ; Railway Board's Dec'ision ^ Advice has been received by the stationmaster at Rotorua (Mr W. Thompson) that the Railways Board h'as decided that the manure store at present being erected in the station yard adjoining Fenton Street shall be painted cream. This decision is a result of representations made to the board by the Rotorua Borough Council, which considered that the painting of the shed in brown would create an eyesore 011 one of the busiest gtreets of the town. -..Ts4's? A Narrov/ Escape. To be driving peacefully and to have the bowl . of his pipe blown from the stem by the $ullet of a rifle while he was enjoying a smoke. was the experience of a motorist from Rotorua one day last week, says the Waikato Independent. What the intentions of the armed individual might have been are not known, but the driver did not wait to inquire. He stepped on the accelerator and broke all speed records for ten miles or so. 1 On investigating the remains of his pipe, he discovered that the bullet had glanced off and lodged in the hood of his car. Dresscutting Demonstration. Rotorua ladies will be interested to know that the representative of the McCabe Academy of Dressmaking will give a free demonstration of dress-cutting in the Lyric Theatre on Monday afternoon next at 2.30 p.m. The Academy is the largest institution of its kind in the southern hemisphere, having branches in London, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington, and teaches women folk to cut and make any style of frock to fit any figure entirely by simple measurements. The demonstration v/ill be conducted by Mr. Hudson Stanley, who has just returned to New Zealand after a tour of England and Ameriea, and a very interesting afternoon is promised to all who attend. Whilst in Rotorua Mr. Stanley will give. personal tuition in dress-cutting and designing. An advertisement appears in this issue.