LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 538, 23 May 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stolen Trees Replaced Some time ago about thirty young lawsoniana trees Avere stolen from the Kuirau Reserve. These have now been replaced with new plants by the borough council. Improving Motor Camp A staff of relief workers under the borough engineer's supervision is busily engaged improving the motor .camp and planting a number of trees authorised by the. council. Quite Homely i When the Okere Falls Rugby team was read out at last evening's meet,'ing of the Rotorua Rugby Sub-Union •the secretary, after grappling with a long list of Maori names called on :one of the Maori delegates to read .'out the list which he did until he came to the name of John Brown. Ladies' Golf In order to allow the men's matches to be finished in daylight, tbe Ro- ! torua Ladies' Golf Club secretary re- ^ quests members to speed up their 'matches as far as possible during the snext few weeks. The coronation Imedal and Aotearoa Cup Avill he played for on Thursday, May 25. EnTries will close at the clubhouse on Wednesday, May 24, where the draw will be posted after the club match. A Rotoiti Record Fly fishing at Lake Rotoiti during the past week-end, Mr. J. S. Black of Paengaroa met with great success by securing a fine conditioned fish which tipped the scale at 13 pounds. The fish is believed fo he the largest 'rainbow trout which has been land'ed :in the lake this season.

Imperial Challenge Shield The National Rifle Association has published the detailed; results of the Imperial Challenge Shield competition for 1932. Of the 41,346 competing throughout the Empire, NeAV Zealand entered 10,820 this number being exceeded only by Canada and South Africa. Canada led the Empire with

an average per boy of 85 points, New • Zealand being fourth with 68 points average. The Senior Shield went to the Royal Marine Volunteer Gadet Corps, Deal, with' an average score of 96.8* points, whlile thje Junior Shield goes t0 Woodbridge Public School Gadet Corps, Ont., Canada, with a score of 98.1. Three New Zealand teams gained places on the honours list of the best 100 Empire units as follows: 37th place, St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, with an average of 89 points, '82nd place Rotorua High School Cadets (83 points) and 98th' place Wanganui Collegiate School (80 points). This result is considered decidedly credifiable to the Rotorua High School in view of the membership of the team (150) being exceeded only by 14 others and also by the fact that 5 open sights were used whereas mdst umits use aperture sights.