ARAPUNI AND PUARENGA

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 294, 6 August 1932, Page 6

ARAPUNI AND PUARENGA

C. J.

TUCK.

(To the Editor-). Sir, — I, with many others in Rotorua, would like to thank you for your leader of August 5 re Arapuni. All who take an intelligent interest in that con-mcan-obstruction, ru.st reoliso lha{ to continue throwinT I'.u; U'-y i'.tu -V,: % rmd irss, w1-? i ir ro! id hv '«• • : i-. hvti r ;v. : . o . Eoj)ec ri!.v L- th • , j.\ pointe ! Hr A C T'hompso i demonstrt . Oi , o l;r Furkett thal there was a subt iranean river under - neath the turbines. Any of your readers who doubt th. power of Mr. Thompson should get him to demonstrate them; they are uncanny, whether the rod is in his Or. other y.>ople's hands, so long a*; he makes contact. When he suggests that the Council should erect warning notices on the Paurenga area, they, knowing his ability, will nc doubt accede to his request at once, for there is .real danger to those unacquainted with this area, and Mr. Thompson is no scaremonger. I would suggest that Mr. Thompson be taken over this area, and demonstrate to the Council where the danger spots from this underground river ara. — I am, etc.

Rotorua, 6/7/32. Maoris in the Wanganui districi ivill have to be married according tc European law to qualify for reliei work, according to a recmt decisior of the Wanganui Central Ununployment Committee. Maoris in the King Country have found that the same conditions apply to them, and couples who have been married according tr Maori tribal law for A3 long as thirty years are now taking out regulatior marriage registrations. Several "remarriages" took place recently, anc1 it is stated that another score is anticipated.