LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 305, 19 August 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Native Farming The first can of cream from the Tikitere native development area reaehed the Ngongotaha dairy factory yegterday. Horohoro settlement is also supplying the factory. with cream from 70 cows. Ministcrial Tour A radio message received in Rotorua from Sir Apirana Ngata, Minister for Native Affairs, states that the tour of the islands has been most enjoyable and that he has benefitted in health considerably. The party left Raratonga on the return voyage yesterday. Alteration in Hockey Team To-morrow, a Rotorua representative hockey team will play a Waikato side at Hamilton and will leave the Aard office at 9.45 a.m., returning after the match. M. Morrison having advised the selectors that she is unavailable, her place in the team has been filled by the inclusion of ,G. Swinton (Shamrocks) . Government Assistance As a result of representations made by the Rotorua branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association for assistance towards the fares of an unemployed man with a wife and ten children, to Hamilton, where he has been offered a position sharemilking, the Unemployment Board has consented to provide railway transport for the family, the fares to be repaid out of earnings. Fine Ambassador Evidently Mr. P. N. Rundle, manager of the New Zealand Olympic Games team, has been doing his duty in boosting the attractions of New Zealand, as he has been distributing publicity literature and has been described as the finest ambassador New Zealand has had on the Pacific Coast. Writing to the chairman of the New Zealand Olympic Council he advises that the president of the International Olympic Committee, Count de. Bail-let-Latour, will be visiting New Zealand shortly and will spend a few days in Rotorua. Inspection of Works During the present week, several members of the Rotorua Borough .Council paid an official visit to the various works in progress within the borough. The object of the inspection was to obtain personal knowledge of the improvements being effectej in streets and reserves. Tangis in Progress Two tangis are in progress in the district at the moment. One is being held at Whakarewarewa for the late Rangi Taia Natana, a young wahine, wbo died yesterday. The other is being held at Hinemoa Point for the late Anita Haukiwaho an elderly wahine who also expired yesterday. Many Maoris are gathering to pay their respeets. Death of Mr. E. Douglas Tayler News has been received that Mi\ E. Douglas Tayler, late Director of School Music in New Zealand died at San Francisco while on his return journey to England. A Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and an associate of the Royal College of Music, th'e late Mr. Tayler was appointed Directoi* of School Music in New Zealand in 1925 and during his term of office did much to raise th'e standard of musical knowledge in the schools, He resigned his position, owing to ill health in June of last year. Malcolm's Sale is still in full swing and the public of Rotorua are being offered a range of boots and shoes at prices that never before have been touched in this town. All stocks must be cleared to make room for incoming goods, and prices are no object to us; we must have the room. If you haven't inspected our display yet, now is the time. You will find plenty to please you. Malcolm's Shoe Store, Tutanekai Street* Warm nights this winter with one of our quality hot-water bags. Guaranteed best English manufact'ure. Inspection invited. — Len Fisher, Ltd., Chemists, Fenton Street.* 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 Men's Shoes, all fittings and prices to suit all. Our x'ange 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. *