LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 596, 29 July 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Junior Rugby Final u - The secretary, Rotorua Rughy SubUnion, Mr. "W". S. Henderson, has been advised that the Waikato, junior ehampionship final between Rotorua and Waipa will be played at Rotorua as a curtain-raiser to the Finlay Gup game on August 12. The Bishop of Waiapu The -Righ't Rev. H. W. Williams, J Bishop of Waiapu, is on a short visit j to Rotorua and is staying at the I vicarage. He held services at Ngongo- j taha on Thursday evening and at | Mamaku on Friday evening. He will j hold a confirmation servjice at St. | Luke's Church on Sunday morning I 11 o'clock and preach" at the evening { service. He will also celebrate at the Holy Communion service at Devon Street Hall at 9 a.m. and give a short. address. Ran Into a Cow A car driven by a commercial traveller was badly smashed in the vicinity of Lake Rotoma on Thursday afternoon when the view of the driver was, apparently, temporarily obscured by the glare of the sun and the car collided with a cow which stepped out into the road. The driver was unhurt but the radiator of the car was J severely damaged. Boots Now to Hand As anticipated earlier in the week, praetieally the entife supply of the free issue of boots necessary to meet the requirements of applications from relief workers in the* Rotorua dls^ trict have now come to hand, and as soon as the necessary conditions have. been complied. with these will be available for distribution. So far applications from Maori workers have not been considered, but it is understood that an issue to these men will shortly be commenced. It is stated that the needs of forestry workers are also being met. An Early Morning Start Found drunk in Tutanekai Street shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Edward Pilkington, was brought before Mr. S'. L. Paterson, S.M., at the Rotorfia Magistrate's Court during the afternoon and fined ten shillings on the charge of drunkenness and £1 for a breach of his prohibition order. Default was fixed at seven days' imprisonment. ■ New Strain Introduced Two hundred thousand rainbow trout fry will be liberated from the Ngongotaha Fish Hatehery ne.xt week. All the hatcheries in the district are now working at full capacity and work is considerably further advanced than at the same period last season. In order to introduce. a new strain 200,000 S'outh Island ova are now hatching in the Ngongotaha hatehery and 290,000 were taken to the Tokaanu hatehery last week. Dogs Kill Vahiable Sheep Considerable loss was suffered by the management of the Geyser House, Wairakei, when it was discovered the other day that a number of valuable fat sheep (which had been purchased the previous day) were lying dead in a paddoclc. The sheep had been put in the paddock the previous night and it was found next morning that the.y had been worried by dogs and eventually died. A Good Response Attracted by the provision of cheap excursion fares, and also by a special advertisen^ent issued in Auckland during the week under the auspices of the Rotorua Borough Gouncil Advancement Committee, 171 passengers arrived in Rotorua on the special train from Auckland late last night. The visitors will spernd two days in the town, leaving again at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday. Maintenance Cases •One month's imprisonment with hard labour, the warrant to be suspended on payment of the arrears and solicitor's fees (£1 ls) was imposed upon William Overall for disobedience of a maintenance order by Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., at the Rotorua Magistrate's Coxirt yesterday. Mr. E. Roe told the magistrate that the original order had been made on October 10, 1925, for 6s a week and that this had been increased in September, 1927, to 9s a week. On July 25 last the balance due. on the order had been £1 10s. Continual trouble had been experieneed with this man and he refused to pay un•less forced to do so by legal action. A similar penalty was also imposed on L. A. Roberts, who was in arrears to the extent of £9 11s 6d on account of his wife and £5 11s 6d on account of a child, on an order of £1 and 10s made on May 29 last. E. Morton Laurent, certificated pianoforte tuner and repairer, Auckland, visiting Rotorua. Orders left i with Mr. Howden, jeweller, Fenton Street, will receive -prompt attention* Malcolm's announce a further clearance of bargains during their great boot and shoe sale. See advertisement on page 6 of this issue* SPECIAL BUY LESS THAN HALF-PRICE CAULIFLOWERS— LARGE CONSIGNMENT _ The public are again reminded that this excellent vegetable is obtainable TO-DAY ONLY, Saturday, July 29, at definitely less than half-prices. 1/- QUALITY 5d. EACH 8d. QUALITY AT 3d. EACH You are requested to shop early to take advantage of these splendid bargains. This line is bought right and we pass on the benefits to our customers. Large sacks 5/3. DAVID .AND CO. High-Class Fruiterers Arawa and Tutanekai Streets*