LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 289, 1 August 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

; Snov/ At Taupo. Motorists retm-ning from Taupo 'report that there are still vestiges of last weelc's snow storm remaining on the Tokaanu road. On the outskirts of Taupo near the Terraces Hotel, traces of snow are still lying whhe near -Opipi cemetery snow is [ still across the road. Stocking Lake Waters. | O'fficers of the Internal Affairs Department will shortly commenee liheratihg trout fry for the winter stocking seasori. At the present time 600,000 fry are- being handled in the department's hatchery at Fairy Springs, and will be liberated in Lake Rotorua next week. Theft of Coat and Rug. On a charge of the theft of a coat and rug from a motor-car in Rotorua early in June last, a young man was arrested by Constable A. J. Kelly last night and taken into custody. This morning he will appear at the Magistrate's' Court to be

charged with the offence. Iitjurad Schoolboy The Auckland Grammar School boy, I. A. N. Steele, who was admitted to the King George V. Hospital on Saturday afternoon suffering from a fractured right clavicle, sustained in the Rugby football match against the Rotorua High Sehool, was reported j last night to he making satisfactory j progress. He will he discharged from the hospital to-day and will return to Auckland with the other members of the team. Less Local Unemployment. During the past month very little fluctuation has occurred in the number 'of unemployed "in the Rotorua district, and the figures for the past week supplied by the Certifying Officer for the district (Mr. A. M. Robertson) indieate that a drop of 16 has occurred on the number registered as at July 15. The total for the past week was 570, comprised of 87 single men, 312 married men with up to two children, and 171 married men with three or more children. Injured In Accident While motoring through from Rotorua to Auckland on Saturday afternoon, Mr. L. Crawford-Watson, of the staff of the "Morning Post" met with an accident near Pokeno when, in attemnting to avoid another motor-

ist on a bend, his ear mounted and capsized over a bank. Both cars were considerably damaged ^ind Mr. Crawford-Watson sustained a broken collar bone and two broken rihs. Valuable Dinner Service. Among a quantity of old silver sold at Christie's, London, recently, was Princess Beatrice's dinner service, 5000 ounces in weight, the work of Paul Storr over a century ago, which brought £1668. Warm nights this winter with one of our quality hot-water bags. Guaranteed best English manufacture. Inspection invited. — Len Fisher, Ltd., Chemists, Fenton Strebt.* | Golfers. See our rubber Golf Shoes for the days when the grass is wet. They keep the feet thoroughly dry and are very reasonably priced. Gentlemen's shoes, 15/6; ladies', 13/6. We have a fine assortment of Mep.'s Shoes, all fittings and prices to suit all. Our range of children's shoes also will meet the approval of parents requiring a strong shoe at a reasonable figure. Try Brown's, Tutanekai St., next time you buy. * Sale time is the wise buyer's opportunity. It is then that shoplceepers have to reduce stock in order to make room for the new season's importations. Wise buyers have secured many wonderful bargains at Malcolm's great clearing sale of shoes and boots, but there are still splendid lines going at less than cost. Call and get your bargain today.*