LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 593, 26 July 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A. Wailirig List Delay in fhe receipt of sufficient ■ supplies of boots for free issue to relief workers has made it necessary for , the Rotorua Unemployment Committee to regulate the provision of the extra days work in order to avoid a long waiting list for the issue-. T'o date about 100 pairs of boots have been | issued or are ready for issue, but there are still about 200 applications to he considered. It is possible that some percentage of these applipants are iueligible for the free issue, but it is expected that the balance of the neces- j sary boots will shortly corrie to band. j Successful Drainag© The operation of the drainage recently provided for the fairways of the Motutara Golf Course ihto the lake front was thoroughly tested last week-end ahd deshite the fexceptionally heavy fall of rain very little surface water w'as in evidence. It was only on the areas nntouc'hed by tlie drains that the course was water sodden but with little expense, these spots could also he drained by an extension of the present trenches. Boots For Forestry Workers Although it was sbated to he the policy of the Unemployment Board to provide relief workers' undertaking forestry works with a free issue. of boots on going into camp, it is understood that so far none of the men at present working on the Kaingaroa Plains have received the issue. The men are in urgent need of the boots and for some time correspondence in the matter has heen passing between the Rotorua. Unemployment Offieer and the board, but to date little satisfaction has heen received from the board with the exception of the statement that difficulty has been experienced in securing adequate supplies of the boots for distribution to forj estry workers. j Fire Brigade Called The services of the Rotorua Fire Brigade were called at about 6.30 o'clock last night to suppress a chimney fire wl^ich had occurred in a house occupied hy Mr. F. Briggs on th'e- corner of Pretoria and King Streets. Little difficulty was experienced in subduing the outhreak with the use of chemicals and without damage to the proper.ty. Tainui-Maniapoto Shield Te Arawa tribal footba.11 club has received notification from the Opotiki Rughy Suh-Union approving Saturday August 5 as the date for the first challenge match for the TainuiManiapoto cup at present held hy the Arawa tribe. The challengers are the Whakatorea tribal team which is under the jurisdiction of the Opotiki sub-union. Te Arawa's team, which was published yesterday is an even stronger combination than the 15 which won the cup from Taranaki. The team will be assemhled four or five days before the match in order to carry out combined training while in the meantime individual players are reported to be in excellent fettle for the game. It is expected that that the challenger's team will he accompanied by a large hody of supporters and al-

ready the fixture is aronsing a great deal of interest both in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty districts. By an error, it was stated in our issue of yesterday that the game would he played on W'ednesday whereas August 5 falls on a Saturday. Prospects For Casein Bright That the prospects for casein for the coming season appeared brighter than for some time was indicated at the annual meeting of the Midhirst Dairy Company (Taranaki). The chairman (Mr. W. I. Wellington) said they had been able to make a f orward sale of casein at a price that would enable the company to pay 2d per pound of butterfat for August, S'eptember and October. Last season the company paid lid per pound of butter-fat on the milk left for casein making. Faithful Hen Pheasants "I have known of many instances," said Mr. H. Johnson, at the annual meeting of the Te Aroha branch of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, "when the sitting hen pheasant has been decapitated by the grass mowers on farms, because she would not stir from her nest even when the horses were almost on top of her." An Excited Cow A cow which became separated from a moh being driven to the saleyards caused some excitement in Frankton shortly before mid-day yesterday. Excited by the efforts to drive it back, the animal broke away and , made for the doorway of Mr. O. M. Good's men's outfitting shop in ComI merce Street. Finding its way block1 ed by Mr. Good, the cow turned, and collided with a large glass island show case, Broken class was scattered in all directions before the animal was ultimately driven away, and the case was entensively damaged. However, it is covered by insurance. , Burglar at Piako The house of Mr. John Robinson, of Piako, was entered on Monday .morning, during the temporary ab- ! sence of the occupants. The house was thoroughly ransacked and several .. articles stolen, including a suit of clothes, an overcoat and 17s 6d in cash. The intruder also helped himself to a loaf of bread, lllb of but-.-ter and a fruit cake,.