LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 383, 18 November 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Increased Activity. On several oceasions last week considerable activity was apparent at White Island and many times jets of steam were seen to rise to a great height.' JBuilding Three bridges bave recently been completed by the Public Works Department in the Ngakuru Block and on the Ongaroto Road in the vicinityof Atiamuri. Contractors have also> commenced work on another at the 20-mile peg on the. Atiamuri Road. Offxcers Retrenched Consequient upon the decrease in the work of the Public Works Department in Rotorua, four officers;.in the clerical and stores branches tfiis week received notiee of their rer trenchment. The officers concerned have been holding temporary appointments, but some have been on the staff for a number of years. During the past eighteen months the staffing of this section of the department in Rotorua has been reduced from 18 to six officers.

Noxious Weeds. The Rotorua Borough inspector has been instrueted to take a'ction to clear up all noxious weeds in the town and institute prosecutions if necessary. Large Diecrease in Output. Some idea of the drop in the output of the four timber mills feeding the railway line between Mamaku and Putaruru can he gained by the fact that during the last four years fh'e output has dropped from 7.734,320 feet to 2,834,562 feet, and that the men employed on relief works in this district are almost entirely unemployed millhands. New Sawmill. A new sawmill is being erectedi in the Mamaku Bush on the north side of the Cambridge-Rotorua main highway a short distance west of the Kaharoa clearing. In order to preserve the scenic beauties of the bush on this important tourist route, it is understood that no trees are to ha felled within ten chains of the roadway.

Assisting Relief Workers. . As a xesult of representations made to the Unemployment Board pointing out the diffieulty of many relief workers in making a quarterly payment:of the 5/- unemployment levy, a circular letter has been sent to all postmasters ,by the Commissioner of Unemployment, Mr. G. C. Godfrey, authorising the payment of the levy in th'ese cases by unemployment tax stamps. This will enable the- worker to purchase stamps of srnall denomination at any time and attaeh them to the back of the current coupon until the quarterly j amount has been made up. It was ascertained yesterday that authority i to follow this system has not yet I been received hy the Rotorua Post- j master, Mr. A. M. Robertson, from ' the Postmaster-General.

Gifts for Carved House. Mr. Troughton Clark has given the following pictures to the Rotorua Borough CouUcil for use in the carved house at Whakarewarewa: Visit of H.R.H. Prinee of Wales, 1920, Visit of Duke and Duchess of York, 1927, Old Warriors series, Maggie Papakura, Bella Papukura, Mita Taupopoki, Dances, Ceremonies, Tangi, Children, Weaving, Tattooing, Carving, Mother and Child, Tamati Waaka Nene. The council accepted the gifts and thanks are to be expressed to Mr. Clarke, bnt at present the house is not in condition to receive them as no caretaker has been appointed.

A Good Issue. The sporting community of the Dominion is well catered for in the current issue of the "New Zealand Free Lance." Trotting and racing attraetions at Addington and Riccarton are pxominently featured. A fine full page photograph of Harold Logan, the brilliant trotter, and two half pages of Silver Scorn and Fast Pas- • sage, all suitable for framing, are I also presented. Another prominent j feature of this issue is the opening of | the new Stratford-Main Trunk rail- j way, an event which Taranaki has j awaited for thirty years. Four pages j are devoted to pictures of this great t event and the opening of the road up ] Mt. Egmont. Coneluding scenes at | the New Zealand Golf Championships, | and Canterhury's Metropolitan Show j are also given prominence in the pic- ! torial section. "Russia's Sinister Monk" is the title of this week's ihstalment of the "Memoirs of a Modern Seer/' hy 'Cheiro.' In this chapter 'Cheiro' reads Rasputin's hand and tells of his terrible fate. Further particulars of proposed New Zealand Rubber Mills ref err.ed to in yesterday's issue can he obtained from P. Kinninmont and Co., Rotorua*

LADIES: You should inspect our smart tan shoes. This line at 12/6 a pair represents the best value offering in Rotorua to-day. The quality is excellent and the models are very natty in either eourt or strap design. You can depend on satisf action at Malcolm's. The leading boot and shoe store, Tutanekai Street, near station.* Spring time is tonic time. Fisher's Iron Tonic is beneficial in, all nervous and depressed conditions and poorness of blood. Suitable also for children* Golfers. 5?ee 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 Meirs Shoes, all fittings and prices to suit all. Our range of children's shoes also will meet the approval of parents requiring a strong shoe at a reasonahle figure. Try Brown's, Tutanekai St., next time you buy. *