LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 September 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Good Pasiur.e Growth Pastures in the Bay of Plenty district are in spleftdid growth at the present time and should be further as- j sisted hy the rain over the week-end. Indieations for the dairying season are regarded as particularly promising and both dairy and beef cattle are in exeelbnt fettle. Interesting Broadcast Of considerable interest to residents of Rotorua and tourists, will be ?. broadcast talk on "Tourist Resorts" which is to be put over the air from hYA Christchurch, on Tuesday evening at 7.45 p.m. Band Ccncert Postponed Owing to the unfavourable weather conditions, the programme of muric which v/as to have been given i v the Rotorua Munieipal Bancl pn Stvnday afternoon in the Government Grounds was postponed until a future date.

Make Themselves Heard Aceording to Mr. T. Anderson^ selector for the Rotorua Rugby Subunion, his experience has .shown that piayers who devclop the lustiest voices in the social gat-togethers off the field, usually perform equally lusty woi-k on the field. Mr. Anderson informed the gatliering at the complimentary dinner tendered a visiting Waipa side on Saturday evening, that in future he would giv.e due weight to the "voice qualification" in making his selections. Boy sofranos, it is understood, will not qualify. Car and Truck Collide When Mr. David Moore was baclcing his car out of a .private garage in the vicinity of Lake House Hotel early on Saturday evening he failed to see the approach of a Chevrolet truck driven hy Mr. William Wilson, with the result that his car collidcd with the truck. Little damage resulted to either vehicle, the car having its righthand rear mudguard slightly crumpled. Catile on The Move Two big mobs of cattle, mostly Hereford and Polled Angus steers. are passing through the district from the Piast Coast stations to the Waikato. The beasts are in good condition and appear to be travelling well. The majority are three-year-olds with a sprinkling of younger sorts. Aceording to the drovers there are three more big mobs totalling 1500 steers duo to come through in the course of the next month. The improved outloolc for store stock in the Waikato is the reason for tliis movement. Bsaatifyinrj Tirau An energetic band of Tirau residents headed hy Mr. E. H. Cucksey have embarked on a programme of bsautifying in connection v/ith the tnwnship. Unsightly corners are te be tilled and planted in shrubs and fiowers, and the approaches to the township made attractive. The idea is one which might well be emulated in other localities.

Earthquake Relief Fund The first entertainment to be arranged in Rotorua towards the relief of distress resulting from the Wairoa earthquakes will be held in the Dixieland hall on Wednesday evening, when the management will hand the proceeds of an old time dance to his Worship the Mayor (Mr. T. Jackson) for the henefit of the fund mentioned. Tlie Wonderland Band will supply the rausic for the dancing and with the assistance of the public the fund should henefit to a substantial extent. Capsized Near Waikaremoana A party of Auckland motorists travelling towards Rotorua on Saturday evening had a narrow escaps from serious injury when the sedan car in which they were travelling left the road and droppad down a 25 foot bank about 10 miles on the Rotorua side of Waikaremoana. Although the car capsized it sustained very little damage, the hood being pierced and the rear bodvwork slightly dented. None of the passengors were injured. Flax MIII Re-opens It is reported from Te Puke that the fiax mill at Te Kopu, on the Kaituna Itivei*, will re-open in a few days, The Tauranga Power Board will supply current and worlcmen are engaged putting the mill in order.