LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 431, 16 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ngongotaha Sports With the object of encouraging sport in the district a meeting will be held in Ngongotaha on January 25 to consider a proposal to amalgamate tbe two existing clubs. This course was decided upon at a meeting of tbe Ngongotaha Recreation Reserve Committee on Wednesday evening. It is proposed to bold a big meeting of the combined clubs on Easter Monday at which there will be professional and amateur ehopping contests, horse events and foot and novelty races. A special effort will be made to ensure the meeting being a success. Heavy Weather at Maketu Reports from Maketu state that the weather „is very heavy there and tbe spring tides exceptionally high. The flood waters of the Kaituna River have eaten away a large portiom of tbe left bank in the proximity of the new cut put through some. time ago. Though the river bas not yet reached the cut it is probable that in the event of more rain it will do so. Hay Crop Undamaged The Arawa Trust Board farm at Maketu was fortunate in having just completed the harvesting of its hay crop prior to the downpour of rain this week-end. None of the crop was caught in tbe paddock by tbe boisterous weather. GoocJ Bags at Hamurana Three rods, including Major L. Isitt of Auckland, took 28 fish on the fly in half a-day's fishing at Hamurana yesterday. The largest was 51b. and the average for the 28 311b. With the exception of five fish all were in excellent eondition. The fly used was the Yellow Matuku and this was taken very greedily. All the fishing was done from wading and it is evident that there are plenty of trout in that locality. Injured by Airgun Pellet Whilst testing an airgun at the Rotorua Police Station Constable A. C. Shilton, of Rotorua, had tbe misfor-

tune to be struck in the right eyeball by a ricochetting pellet. After receiving medical attention be went to Hamilton to consult a specialist. The extent of the injury is not as yet ascertainable. He is at present an . inmate of the Hamilton Hospital. Qkataina Scenic Board In connection with the artiele which appeared in the "Morning Post" on Saturday, urging the necesSity of the early functioning of a scenic board to control the Lalce Okataina area, it is pleasing to note that word has now been received by Mr. H. Tai Mitchell from the Under-Sec-'retary for Lands asking him to convene a meeting of the board and to have a chairman and secretary elected. This meeting will take place on January 27. Southern Cross Those intending to take. pleasure flights in the Southern Cross on Tuesday afternoon may now make advance bookings for flights at Brents. Charitable Bequests Sir Thomas Lipton, "the world's 'best loser," who did more than anybody to cement Anglo-American friendship, died without a living relative in the world. His immense fortune went to the "poor mothers of Glasgow" and other charitable bequests. Gibbon's View ."There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages and to magnify the evils of the present times." This was written by Gibbon (1737 to 1794). Doubtless he would write it aga!in today. Demonstration Abandoned The poor attendance of unemployed who gupported the proposal for a mass demonstration in Hamilton on Saturday led to the original plan being abandoned and instead a deputation of six waited on the secretary of the Waikato Hospital Board, Mr. E. G. Johnson, asking that Hamilton be placed on the same basis regarding allocation as the four cities. Mr. Johnson agreed to place the matter before the Unemployment Board with a favourable recommendation. Relief for Farmers In an endeavour to relieve the position of the farmer, the board of directors of the Morrinsville Co-operat-ive Dairy Company, Limited, passed a resolution asking the Government to arrange for an immediate internal conversion loan to allow a lower rate of interest, payable by the State, to be reflected in lower internal costs. It was suggested that the greatest possible relief which could be afforded to farmers at present would be a reduction in all mortgage interest on land to not more than four per cent., and a reduction in overdraft rates to not more than 5 per cent. New Number Plates A chocolate coloured base with white lettering has been chosen for the number plates of motor vehicles for the 1933-34 registration period. The plates will be issued in May, the 200,000 required for the Dominion being already in process of manufacture. Rotary Club Luncheon The first weekly luncheon of the Ro torua Rotary Club for the present year will .be held at the Tea Kiosk in the Government Grounds to-day. The speaker will be. Rotarian Cohen, sometime mayor of Palmerston North who has recently returned to the Dominion from an extensive trip through Central Europe.