LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 312, 27 August 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cyclist Injured While riding home along the Whaka Road late on Thursday night, Mr. E. Dabb, hairdresser, of Fenton Street, was knocked down by ,a passing motorist. He was conveyed to his home by the motorist, hut on Friday morning it was deemed advisable to send him to King George V Hospital for treatment. Total Decreasing A small decrease of six has taken place in the local unemployment position during the past month. Figures obtained yesterday from the certifying ofl&cer for Rotorua (Mr. A. M. Robertson) show a total of 564 registered for the past week. Included in this total are 68 siiigle men, 314 married men with up to two children, and 182 married nren with three or more children. Dancing to Radio A feature of the dance being h'eld by the Arawa .Rugby Football Club at Ohinemutu to-night will be the introduction of dancing to music received by radio, which will be used in conjunction with the "K" Boys' Orchestra. Although the object of the dance is to provide funds for the club's team to challenge for the Maniopoto Cup at Te Kuiti, the committes's first object has been to provide a high class dance and an entertaining evening is assured. Speaker at Rotary Mr. Len Barnes, director of the 1YA Broadcasting Station and a member of the Auckland Rotary Club, will be the speaker at the Rotorua Rotary Club's weekly luncheon on Monday next. Mr. Barnes' address on "A Peep Behind the Scenes of a Broadcasting Station," should prove an interesting subjeet. Military Ball A forthcoming ball which is attracting considerable interest is that of the Rotorua section of the 1st Battalion Hauraki Regiment, to he held in th'e Majestic Ballroom on Thursday, September 8. Both old time and jazz dancing will he provided by Epi Shalfoon's Melody Boys' orchestra. The object of the dance is to create a fund for the provision of comforts for members of the regiment when in annual training camp. Late Mr. W. R. Cochrane Since the death of Mr. W. R. Cochrane, who was found dead in the Soda Pool in Kuirau Reserve on Saturday last, several old residents of Rotorua have informed th'e "Morning Post" that although the deceased gentleman led the life of a recluse and was somewhat eceentric, he was by no means miserly in his dealings with other people. To those with whom he had business dealings, he was serupulously h'onest and lenient and many poor people benefitted from his kindly actions. His mode of life was evidently not applied to his dealings with other people. Overheard at the Links Veteran: "As the years roll on, I realise all the more that I improve at the nineteenth and deteriorate at the eighteenth." Schoolboy Howler A pupil of an Opotiki school was recently asked by th'e master to make a sentenee with the word posterity in it. This was the result: "A man had a large posterity which he inherited •from his ancestors."