LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 425, 9 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Godwit Season The godwit shooting season in the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society's district opened on Monday. Birds aro nunierous on the tidal flats hetween Tauranga and Bowentown, but they are' very wild and no large bags have been recorded. Rotorua Team's Success Playing at Te Puke during the New Year holidays a Rotorua Bowling Club team, comprising Messrs. McDowell, Budd, Butt and Dr. Bertram, were successful in winning the Francis Cup. The team went through the competition without suffering de- 1 feat, Tabb's Opotiki team. being the runness-up. Arrested for Drunkenness ■Arrested by Constable Kelly on Saturday afternoon at Lake House Hotel, a man is to be brought before the court this morning charged with drunkenness and also with a breach of his prohibition order. Sensational Motor Smash A sensational motor. smash oecurred on the concrete streteh of roadway between Ellerslie and Panmure at 1.30 on Saturday aftenoon, when serious injuries were received by a Chinese, Lin Gin, aged about 25, the driver of a motor lorry. A Big Dredge A big pontoon dredge built for the Matakitaki Gold Dredging Company is to be launched in the water in the adjoining excavation at Murchison in about a month's time, and is expected to be ready to commence operations in the main river some three months ] later. The dredge is 110 feet in j length, says the "Nelson Mail," and 1 the work in progress has attraeted | much attention, as it is being carried j on only a short distance from the cen- j tre of Murchison. Except for the I buekets, practically all of the dredge j has been made in New Zealand. i Australian Actress's Divorce Mrs. Caroline Ellen Bartlett or ' Wyatt, better known as Carrie Moore I the original "Merry Widow" and a j former favourite of the Australian stage, before the Registrar in Divorce, in Sydney recently, asked for alimony at the rate of £25- a week, until the hearing of her suit for judicial separation from her husband, j Vernon Bartlett, better known as Jack Wyatt, importer and manufacturer. The registrar granted alimony at the rate of £12 a week and ordered arrears to be paid in weekly instalments of £5. Mrs. Bartlett, in an affidavit, said she had been accustomed to spend £500 a year as a dress allowance. j | Rough Water Owing- to the windy weather ex- j perieneed lately trolling p'arties on i Lake Taupo have been experiencing ! difficulties. A launch has been kept | busy towing boats to home and saf- j ety. A party of students had a par- , ticularly rough experience in Stump ' Bay. Stormy weather over the holi- | days has made the conditions unfav- I ourable for angling, yet campers and ; others all seem well satisfied with the sporl around the lake. Knowledge of Bowls A new hook on bowls provoked in- j terest on the Paritutu green, New I Plymouth recently. "All We Know About Bowls" was its title and the authors were six of New Plymouth's leading bowlei's. The hook proved most popular and was eagerly sought after. But when the would-be readers opened the hook they found it eontained only blank papers. A rare tribute to the authors' knowledge of the game! Early Mushrooms No douht as a result of the warm rains recently experienced, mushrooms are making an appearance in the Rotorua district, and last week seve.ral baskets full were gathered in the vicinity of Te Ngae. Amateur Athletics The weekly evening sports meet- | ings of the Rotorua Amateur Athletic 1 and Cyeling Club will be resumed on j Friday evening next at 6 p.m. when ' the following events will be contested: I 100 yards, 75yds hurdles, 880 yards, j discus, broad jump, half and three j miles cycle; 75 yards and broad jump j for ladies, relay race for club, P. and j T. and ladies teams, each of four. Pro- ! grammes setting out the events for the January-February series will he available on Friday evening. The exeeutive of the club meets on Tuesday (to-morrow) evening at 8 p.m. Win- j ners of orders or trophies in the club's i first series of competitions or Boxing Day may colleet same from Mr. A.1 De Luen.