LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 494, 30 March 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

•Street Llgkting A resident of the suburbs has called on us and asked that we appeal to tKe borough council to see that the qtreet lights are turned on earlier than at present. He pointed out that summer time has "gone west" for a time and that the sun is timed to go (west at about 5.50. The lights last 'night were not thrned on until about_ ten minutes to seven o'clock, so that there is quit© an appreciable space of darkness to be lit up. Shoplifting Before Messrs W. L. Richards and T. Sloane yesterday a young woman (whose name was suppressed) appfeared charged with the theft of a pair of shoes valued at 30/-, the property of Henry Robinson, boot seller, Arawa Street, and a wristlet watch, valued at 15/-, the property of A. V. Merriman, jeweller, Arawa Street. Accused pleaded guilty to both charges and was admitted to one year's probation. Senior Sergeant J. Carroll told the court that the girl had been out of work and staying with friends. She apparently wished to appear well dressed and yielded to temptation. Nothing else was known against her;1

The court decided to make it a condition of the probation that she return to her parents at Turakina. 'Rotorua Winter Show Schedules are now available on application, for the forthcoming Rotorua Winter Show, to he held. in the new show pavilion, Fenton Street. Applications for space will he rec'eived Until Thursday, April 20. Special efforts are heing made to make this year's fixture a worthy commeinoration of the opening of the new building and iall indications point to a most successful exhihition. Horses in Training » Perhapfe due to the increased' interest in racing several gallopers are in ; training in Rotorua at present and it is understood that a trotting trainer will commence operation here next week. Wild Pigs Shot A party of deer stalkers who returned to Rotorua, yesterday from the Urewera, Col. E. G. Fraser and Messrs Higginson and Anderson (Okoroire), report that wild pigs are plentiful in the Urewera bush but that the majority of them are not in good condition. During the trip, the party shot three good-sized boar*. Slips On Road iDuring the recent heavy rains a large number of slips came down along the route between Ruatahuna and Te Whaiti, some of them blocking the road. This country is considerahly softer than that between Ruatahuna and Waikaremoana, where ■the road remained open throughout. Ragwort In Urewera An alarming growth of ragwort in the Urewera country is reported by a Rotorua party which returned from a deer stalking trip in that area yesterday. Memhers of the party, who visited the same country three years ago, state that in that interval, the weed has 'spread to a remarkahle extent. It is now infesting every clearing and even among the bush, its yellow banner is fiying. Wednesd'ay's Bowling— The following games in the Roto'rua Bowling Club's championship pairs (Wednesday) competition were decided yesterday. — Wallis and Richards beat Stallard and Webber, 26 — 13; Nesbitt and Banks beat Kurney and Brown, 19 — 16; Morland, and Hale beat Brackebush and Aitken 19 — 15; Tapper and Merriman beat Harris and Tapp, 20 — 17; A. French and Pakes beat Wood and Brooker, 38 — 5; Kurney and Brown beat Brackebush and Aitken, 28 — 19; Nesbitt and Banks beat French and Pakes, 19 — ISj^Wallis and Richards beat Tapper and Merriman, 20 — 16; Harris and Tapp beat Morland and Hale, 30 — 8; Wood and Brooker beat Stallard and Webber, 18 — 12. Good or Bad ^ "All nominations of officers have been made by the committee. This is either a good sign or a bad sign. Good, if memhers are satisfied, bad if they are merely apathetic regarding their club's affairs," said Dr. S. *H. Hay at the Rotorua Golf Club meeting last night. The subsequent discussion regarding the removal of a tree should have dispelled any suggestion of apathy. Ubiquitous White Butterfly According to a Rotorua party, Col. E. G. Fraser and Messrs. N. L. Higginson and F. W. Anderson, who returned from a deer stalking trip yesterday, the ubiquitous white butterfly is to be found even in the wilds of the Urewera country. Occasional specimens were seen even among the bush, while in the clearings, they were more plentiful. Octogenarian Prospector A party of deer stalkers who returned to Rotorua yesterday from the Urewera country reports that an old prospector is at present working on the Hopuruahine stream, about 16 miles from Ruatahuna. The old man, who is over 80 years of age, has a camp on the roadside, and considers that the indications of gold in the vicinity are encouraging One Up On Pluvius In a plea for the retention of a pine tree on the golf course, a member at the golf club meeting la'st night endeavoured to lend additional weight to his argument by stating that the removal of the tree would lessen the amount of shelter available for lady players on'wet days. This waS'couiitered by a lady player who said that the rules forb'ade Isheltering and the ladies were careful to always observe the rules.