LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 595, 28 July 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Golf Club In view of the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club's meeting, there will be no fixed matches under the auspices of the Rotorua Golf Club on Saturday next. The second round of the championship will be played today and over the week-end, opponents to arrange their own times. Douglas Credit Address The growing interest in the Douglas Social credit movement in Rotorua will be stimulated njext week by the visit of Mr. A. E. Robinson, provincial secretary of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, who will address. a meeting on the Douglas system in the Grand Theatre next Tuesday night. Mr. Robinson is a most able and f earless speaker and as a close student of the Douglas system, has a sound grasp of his subject. It will be remembered that he contested the Kaipara seat last election against the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates. Race Day Traffic Special regulations for the control of traffic on Saturday during the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club's meeting are published in the advertising columns of this issue. All traffic to and from the course will be confied to Fenton Street. Grey and Carnot Streets will be closed to thxough traffic and set aside for the parking of buses, taxis and private carST A special provision is the prohibition of the parking of cars in Fenton Street between Malfroy Road and Robertson Street and in Wairoa Road between Ti Street 'and Forestry Avenue. This regulation applies between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Rotorua Building Society The Rotorua Co-operative Tenninating Building Society held an appropriation meeting at their offices on Wednesday evening, the chairman (Mr. D. Jervis) presiding. In Group |1 £400 was offored by tender, the acj cepted tender reaching £70 per £200. j In Group 2, £600 was offered by ballot the successful number being No. 580, no unfinancial numbers were drawn. False Pretences Charge Arrested by Constable Brown on Wednesday evening on warrant, a salesman, aged 22 years, Ernest Thomas Hazelhurst, was charged with obtaining the sum of £30 and one motor car valued at £45 from Roland Jones at Matawai on July 6 by means of false pretences. He appeared before Mr. R. Griffiths, J.P., at the Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesterday morning and on the application of the police, was remanded to appear before the court at Gisborne on July 31. Important Golf Competition With the completion of the eclectic competition during the coming weekend, matches for the major trophies of the Motutara Golf Club will be commenced on Wednesday August 2, ! and Saturday August 5. The trophies are the Duncan Cup, for men, and the Tapper Rosebowl for lady players, both of which will be played for on stroke competition rules and handicap, the best three of four cards returned to count. For these competitions it is necessary that nominations he made and these close with the hon. secretary, Mr. L. Fisher, tomorrow. Motutara Golf Club Matches On account of the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club's race meeting being held to-morrow the executive committee of the Motutara Golf Club decided on Wednesday evening to recognise cards returned at any time 1 during the coming' week-end for the purpose of the final round of the prej sent eclectic competition. Remanded Till To-day. Charged with being idle and disorderly and with having insufficient i visible means of support, Robert Bur- | ton, alias Cecil Allan Crossley, alias j Crosby, alias Robert Gordon Mclnstyre, an Australian, 'aged 27 years, j-who was arrested by Constable Roiberts on Wednesday afternoon, was i remanded by Mr. R. Griffiths, J.P., at ithe Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesI terday morning to appear in the court i to-day.

Fishing Breaches S'even breaches of fishing regulations were brought against defendants in the Taupo Magistrate's Court on Wednesday by Mr. A. ■Keen, Conservator of Fish and Game. i For fishing in the Tongariro River j without the necessary license David J Nissen, of Taihape, was fined £2 in addition to a similar penalty and 'costs for fishing with a spoon in the same area. Fines of £2 and costs were also imposed against Arnold Roy i Lusty, George Reid (Taihape), Thomas Garrick (Palmerston North), William James Brown and Philip Stevens (Feilding), for fishing with a ' spoon in the same area. Aerodrome to be Cleared Relief workers who have been employed on the Kuirau Reserve will ' next week be transferred to the mun1 icipal aerodrome site, where they will I be.engaged in grubbing the gorse and : broom which has been spreading rap- . idly of late. Cows Coming In Early cows are coming into profit on the twelve farms at Ngakuru. Owing to . the exceptionally mijd weather all stock is coming through the winter in good condition.