LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 613, 18 August 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hrgk School Gdncert ; A mu'sical trea't is promised theatre goers when the Rotorua High. School pupils present "H.M.S Pinafore" at the Majestic Theatre during the last Week in October. The principals in the east have been practicing their parts since the beginning of the school year and regular rehearsals are now being held. Among the children there 1 are some fine solo voices and a typical Gilbert and Sullivan harmohy ih being attained in the choruses. Many Visitors Comii?g There are indications that the coming school holiday peri6d "will pro ir& more beneficial to the tourist traffec in Rotorua than on similar occasions for some years past. Most hotels and boardinghouses have a good numher of. bookings commencing from next week, while others repoi't that bookings already received are an increase on past years. The total of visitors should also be increased by the holding of the Rotorua Golf Club's open tournament and the Spring Carnival Week, commencing on Tuesday, August 28. I Water Polo Instruction | In order to promote the. introduc- | tion of water polo into Rotorua, Mr. ' J. B. Perrin, swimming instructor at the Blue Baths, has consented to give instruction in the game to any swimI mers, of both sexes, who are interested and attend at the baths at 8.45 a.m. on Sunday morning next. Mr. Perrin has already a number of players at practice and these are becomi ing very proficient at the sport. "A She Goose" "Mr. So and So, he wants to buy one garden," was the rather confusing wording of an advertisement telephoned to the "Morning Post" yesterday by a Maori living in the country. Naturally, the man at the other end of the 'phone was curious about the unusual requirement .and enquired why. "Oh you know — garden, a she' goose" was the illuminating but not strictly correct reply. Butterfly Pest Warm sunshine has been responsible for the early appsarance of the white butterfly iii New Plymouth There seems to be now no room for doubt as to the general early arrival of the pest this year. Maori Party For Auckland Members of Ana Hato's coneert party will leave by car for Auckland this morning, where two concerts have been arranged in the Town Hall. The first will he held to-night and the final appearance will take place on Saturday evening, after which the party will return to Rotorua. Farewell to Teacher A dance will be held at the Mangarewa school this evening as a farewell to Miss D. Henry, who has been sole teacher at the school for some years. Miss Henry has received an appointment to the Waiuku district and will be sUcceeded at Mangarewa hy Mr. J. G. Garvey of Waihi. Visiting Aeroplane Finding that he could not complete the trip from Auckland to Napier in the approaehing darkness, Mr. E. Boucher, a member of the Auckland Aero Club landed on the Rotorua aerodrome in one of the club's moth machines late on Wednesday evening. He left again early yesterday morning^ expecting to make the flight to Napier in a little over two hours. Tauranga Clubhouse The Tauranga Yacht and Power Boa.t Club has commenced the construction of its new clubhouse. The work is being carried out by the voluntary labour of club members. The building will be 42ft x 30ft. Land' Settlement There is every prospect of an early start being made with the Waikato Land Settlement Scheme launched by Mr. D. V. Bryant and involving the exp'enditure of £20,000 in settling families and single men on the land (states the Waikato Times). Negotiations are in train for the purchase of a large block of land in the vieinity of Hamilton. If the deal is completed the area will shortly be sub* divided in accordance with the provisions of the scheme. "A Dying Industry." "It is so unprofitable that no one is foolish enough to undertake it eXcept someo of the larger firms in this city." one of ,the assessors for the emjployers stated in the Conciliation Couneil at Christchurch in the c'ourse of the hearing of the dressmakers' and milliners' dispute, referrihg to dresSmaking. Christchurch was uni- ; que, he said, in the way the larger . firms carried their own dressmaking establishments. The output fromi the factories in ready-made garments was such that very few firms would undertake th-e making of their own garfnents. Dressmaking was a dying in- ■ dustry. It was not quick enough in output. Discussing millinery, another assessor said: It's dying too. Give a girl a pair of knitting needles and a skein of wool nowadays, and she can • make a hat on her own.