LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 319, 5 September 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Improving Footpaths Last week Rotorua Borough Couneil workmen were engaged in retarring the sidewallc ,on the shopping side of Arawa Street and it is understood that prior to the summer seasori other streets in the business area will be similar ly treated. Ohinemutu Bath Arrangements have now been completed to connect up the hitherto vacant bath in Ohinemutu with the hot water supply. The work has been delayed pending the approyal of private property owners for the carrying of the water through their sections, AHeged Forging A Maori named Tommy Thomson, employed by Mr. Colin Smith, of Kawaha Point. was charged before Mr. F. W. Wilkie, J.P., on Saturday morning with forging his employer's name to a cheque for £40. On the request of the police a remand was granted until Friday next. Bail was allowed in accused's own recognisance for £100 and two sureties of £150 each. Corner Widened Several months ago, negotiations were entered into between the authorities and the native tribal chiefs to ascertain if the corner of Ranoif Street and Lake Road, just past the hospital hill, could not be cut back. Some large guin trees were growing on the strip of land and they proved an obstacle to the adjustment of the electric current service. The Maoris, however, regarded the land as sacred, 'as it had been used as a . burial ground, and were reluctant to have it disturbed. Objeetions were eventually overcome and the trees cut down to make way for the lines. The excavation work is ilow proceeding and fortunately it has not been necessary to disturb the burial ground. The widening of the road at this point will he greatly appreciated as the corner was by no means a safe one. A Maori's Warning Angry at the attentions another man was paying to his wife, a Maori husband at Te Puke, paid a visit to the miscreant's house at 11 p.m. on Saturday with a stick of gelignite, and after depositing the explosive under the house, lit the fuse. Although no great damage was done to the building, as the gelignite had not been packed, the occupants were naturally considerably startled. Friendly Hockey The end of season feeling was evident.in hockey circles last Saturday, both the Taniwha and Reporoa teams defaulting to Mamaku and Shamrocks respectively. However, a friendly match was played between the last mentioned two teams, the result being a win for Shamrocks by two goals to nil. Rural Vigilance It is usual to hear advantages of the telephone extolled, but not so on the Opotiki County Council. At the last two meetings when discussing the difneulty of keeping stock from straying on the road it has been mentioned that one of the chief difficulties was the telephone, for no sooner is the ranger seen in the distance than his arrival is phoned from one end of a valley to the other and lo and behold when he rides up that valley which has been reported as full of straying stock, not a single head is to be found on the road.