LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 601, 4 August 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Removal of Treec The borough council on Wednesday evening deeided to remove the , plane trees from Arawa Street west as the kowhai trees had now grown sufficiently large to make this action justifiable. Special Rugby Meeting On the requisition of certain jnembers of the Rotorua Rugby Sub-Un-ion a special meeting of the management committee will be held in the Citizens' Club to-night to discuss a position which has arisen in connection with gate charges to the Maori Tribal match at Arawa Parlc to-morrow. Tangi at Whaka A tangi is at present in progress at the native village, Whakarewarewa, on account of the death of a Maori child, named Ngoungou, a'grandchild of the white woman who was stolen by the Maoris some 50 years ago. Maori Concert Party On August 16, a party of about 20 M[aoris, comprising the members of Ano Hato's concert party, will leave for Auckland, where two special concerts will be held in the Town Hall. The first will take place on Friday, August 18 and the next on the foliowing evening. Geysers Active Considerable activity was noticeable at Whakarewarewa yesterday, most of the geysers, particularly Waikite throwing regular shots throughout the day. Visitors to the region were also more numerous than for some time'past. Bath Concessions The distriet m'a.nager of the Tourist Department has notified the Rotorua Borough Council that the Minister has approved of the payment of half rates at the baths by bona fide members of visiting hockey, football and hasketball teams. It would be necessary for members to have some distinguishing badge or pass. Main Highways At Wednesday night's meeting of the Rotorua Borough Council the Public Works engineer for the distriet forwarded an account of the amounts authorised for expenditure upon mainhighways of the distriet as follows: Rotorua-Whakatane Road, £180; Ro-torua-Napier, £168; Rotorua-Cam-bridge, £206. An aceount of £23 was also enclosed for the hire of the grader. Borough Finance The statement of receipts and expenditure presented to the Rotorua Borough Council on Wednesday evening showed that during the last f our month's of the financial year the receipts, had been well up to expectations and that expenditure had been kept within limits. The mayor, Mr. T. Jackson, expressed pleasure at the prompt preparation of the account and complimented the staff upon its efficient work. Sale of Cream Aprppos of the suggestion made in these columns some days ago that one of the ways open to help dairy farmers over the period of lowpriped butter and restricted consumption was to sell cream at a reasonable price .to the puhlic, it is interesting to note that the idea has already "caught on." At .a meeting of thq Morrinsville Dairy Co. on Wednesday a suggestion. was made that the eompany should put cream in cartons and retail it in the towns. It was contended that a valuable market was available in this direction, and if prices for cream were brought dowri to a reasonable level there would be a large inerease in consumption. Suspected' Theft A. man was arrested in Fenton Street yesterday afternoon upon a charge of suspected theft from the person It is expected that he will appear in the Magistrate's Court this morning. An All-Wea.thers Costume "I do not think a better all-weatherir costume could be devised for bush and nanges than the uniform rny old friend Captain Gilbert Mair used to wear on his fighting expeditions in the Urewera Country ,and other wartroubled regions in the Hauhau Wai' days," writes "Tangiwai" in the New Zealond Railways Magazine. This costume "consisted of knicker-hockers and thick woollen stockings, a ilgiht shawl belted round the waist, woollen shirt and uniform jacket. The shawl, worn kiltwise, was a protection in pressing through thick bush, and a comfort at night, with the blanket. Many pakeha bush-fighters, surveyors, and others adopted the Maori and Highland kilt fashion, but Mair found hy long and hard experience that his additions to the costume made it a perfect dress for all purposes of marching and fighting in a wild land." David and Go., High-class Fruiterers in Rotorua*