LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 320, 6 September 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

High School Cadets All members of the Rotorua High School Cadet Company who have not fired their musketry practice during the holidays, are requested to parade at school at 9 o'clock this morning. Off The Track _ Apparently unaware that their action was in any way unusual and the cause of considerable consternation to shopkepeers and passers-hy, two women in riding clothes unconcernedly led a hox^ss lalong the footpath in Tutanekai Street yesterday afternoon. It was not until the greater length of the street had been traversed, that a well-known businessman and borough councillor had the temerity to stop the " procession. Baad Quartetfes Competing Four quai'tettes fropa the Rotorua Municipal Band and three from the Boys' Band leave on Wednesday to take part in the band contests at Whakatane which are open to all Bay of Plenty hands. Assiduous practice has been put in under the haton of Lieut. Tregilgas and supporters do not expeet them to return emptyhanded. To-night through the kiiid offices of the proprietors of the Majestic Theatre, the qnartettes will hold their final rehearsals in the Lyric Theatre. Main Highway Improvements Unemployed labonr is being utilised to some good purpose on the Ro-torua-Hamilton main highway some seven miles out from the town where gangs are engaged in improving the corners this side of the Tarukenga railway crossing. The corners are being1 eased and the road widened hy building up the haunches. Benching work is also greatly improving the j visibility on what f ormerly were prac- , tically "blind" bends. This is an ex- | ample of soundly utilised labour. Danger to Motorists Constituting a very serious men- : ace to motorists and, in fact, to all traffic, stray stock are numerous on the Mamaku Hills section of the Ro- : torua-Hamilton main highway. Yesterday in the space of two miles three bulls, five cows and 17 young stock were counted by a passing motorist. It is high time a visit from the ranger was made to this district. Most of the animals were of the black Jersey type and are particularly dangerous at night time.

The Return. of The Horse An unusual sight these days of motordom was seen on Sunday on the Mamaku Road when a mob of about 80 draught horses, ranging from foals to foux*-year-olds, in charge of three drovers was met. The mob, most of them unbroken, are en route for the Waikato where there is a very definite demand for draught horses, from Gisborne. The mob looked quite fresh and had settled down to steady travelling, having become quite roadwise. The drovers said that there were two further mohs to come through shortly. Chance for the A. & P. Society A sug-gestion made hy Dr. H. Bertram at the Rotary Cluh luncheon yesterday as to tlie advisability of estahlishing a central bureau in Rotorua where visitors and residents could see for themselves the varied products which the district is capahle of producing might well have some interest for the Rotorua Agricultural and Pastoral Society. Dr. Bertram pointed out that whereas every centre in the United States had its hui'eau to display its local products, there was none in Rotorua, a place in which tourists were apt to overlook all but the scenic wonders, and to remain in ignorance of the remarkable fertility of the soil. Free Aeroplane Ride A free aeroplane ride will he the prize for the Monte Carlo waltz at the Peerless Hall on Saturday evening next, September 10. The winning couple will have the pleasure of viewing Rotorua from the air, bnt all . present will have the pleasure of dancing to Tattersall's Old Tixhe Band*