LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 570, 29 June 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

His Opinion of Coates ( "And Gordon Coates thinks that the exchange increase will bring up the national income. Why the man's stupid." — Mr. F. Langstone M.P., at the Grand Theatre last night. Handicaps Reduced At last evening's general meeting of the Motutara Golf Club it was decided to reduce handicaps already granted to a limit of 30 for men and 36 for women. Such handicaps will be adjusted by the match committee on any two cards returned signed by any member of the club other thanr a relative. The par of the course was fixed as 66 for men and 76 for woi men. I ' Practical Farm Training S'peaking at the Rotorua High School Parents' Association meeting on Tuesday evening, Mr. E. T. Johnson suggested that a hostel and experimental farm should be estahlished by the board in connection with its agricultural course, where boys could receive practical training. The chairman of the board, Mr. R. B. Nesbitt, said that the board was in sympathy | with such a proposal and he hoped | that some such scheme might be pos- ! sible at an early date. | Unconscious Humour' J An unconscious shot was to the credit of Mr. F. Langstone, M.P. last evening when he said: "If you had an engineer in the borough whom you thought was too expensive you'd sack him — wouldn't yon sir," turning to Cr. Johnson who was the mover at the last meeting of the borough couni cil of a motion to investigate the, possibility of getting rid of the higher paid officials of the council staff. Providing a Bunker Some - discussion occurred at the general meeting of the Motutara Golf Club regarding local rules and abuses in lifting on the fairways, particularly within a short distance of the tees. Together with reeommendations in this matter, Mr. T. S. Robertson also recommended that the committee consider across the road as .playable from the nnmber four tee. He contended that this ground would constitute a bunker and would serve to teach learners to play from such positions. The suggestion met with the general approval of themeeting. Previously this area has been treated as out of bounds. Only Known in N.Z. "You know I ne-ver heard the. word j 'Australasia' in America," said Mr. j A. H. O'Connor, representative of Ithe Australian National Travel As- [ sociation to a "Morning Post" reprei sentative yesterday, when he was disi cussing the bene-fits of mutual action j>to attract tourists to Australia and New Zealand. "The only place I have I ever heard it is since I came to New Zealand and since then I have heard ! it at least fifty times. I think it is a I bugbear of New Zealanders' own raising and that they are the only people , who use it." Of What Breed? "The farmers to-day are beginning to realise that they have bee-n sold a

pup over their exchange business. — Mr. F. Langstone, M.P., last evening at the Grand Theatre. Farewell Evening A very pleasant informal evening was given by Miss Jean Greig, captain of the Waratah basketball team, at her home in Pukaki Street last Monday evening, to farewell Miss Betty Chambers, a me-mber of the team who is leaving Rotorua shortly to commence her nursing career at the Waikato Hospital. Among those present were: — Mrs. D. H. Greig, Mrs. Walker, Miss B. Chambers, Miss B. Vaughan, Miss K. Kingon, Miss N. Allen, Miss B. Newmarch, Miss N. Allen, Miss Q. Mau and Miss K. Constant. Golf Club Committee Owing to the withdrawal, for various reasons, .of three members of the committee and the hon. secre-tary of the Motutara Golf Club, the following were elected at last evening's general meeting to fill the vacancies; Hon. secretary, Mr. Len Fisher; committee, Miss Cameron, Messrs. J. F. Thomas and H. L. Musgrave. A New Job For Them "You know I think all those professors of economy who have advised the Government over the exchange problem should be put on relief work inste-ad of being paid £800 a year to adyise our young* people" — Mr. F. Langstone, M.P., at the Grand Theatre last evening.