LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 620, 26 August 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tossed By a Cow A little lad nanied Geoxge Scott, two and a-half years old, son of Mrs. J. D. Scott, of Leamington, was tossed by a cow on Sunday last and badly injured. The cow's horn pierced the little fellow's groin. After receiving medical attention the hoy was taken to the Waikato Hospital. Deer Destruction The Department of Internal Affairs has put two men at work killing deer in Canterbury. The shooting will he done in the watershed of the Hurunui as well as in the Waimakariri watershed. The deer concerned are from the Nelson herd, and come into the Waimakariri country over the Hurnui, The campaign will [ aim not only :at reducing the number of deer in the Waimakariri watershed, but also at preventing fresh deer from entering the territory afterwards. State Sawmill It is pleasing to be able to report that the Railway State Sawmill at Mamaku has resumed full-time operations. During the last four years the mill has only worked four days a week which h'as restricted employment. The resumption of old conditions will commence on Monday next. St. Luke's Church In consequence of alterations being made at St. Luke's Church, only the 8 a.m. service on Sunday can be held in the church, entrance being j hy the vestry door. The other serj vices at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. will he held in the Parish Hall and those j attending are requested to enter by I the srnall gate opposite the main en- | tranee to the hall. It is hoped that i by the following Sunday the church j will be in use again. | •- - . . The Fishing Season The Taranaki Aeclimatisation Society applied to the New Plymouth Borough' Council recently for permission to commence fishing at Lake Mangamahoe as from Oetober 1. The application was granted subject to the hy-laws which limit the catch to five fish in any one day. Blue Rabbit In reporting on the condition of his district the sub-inspector, Mr. T. R. England, stated at the monthly meeting of the East Goast Rahbit Board that a number of hlue ■ f ahhits had been eaught in the Wairoa, portion of the hoard's territory recently. Only a few days ago he> had killed one on the Putere Crown land. The colour, which was extremely rare, re was unable to account for. Another feature of the kills lately was the number of . dry does that had, been taken. This he regarded as a good sign in the extermination of the pest. Fixing Valuations It was stated by Mr. J. L. Hewitt S.M., at the Assessment Court at Wanganui, that, although the Act provided that valuations of properties

should bej fixed by selling values, in the absence of saies it was impossible to do this and valuations would have to he fixed in such a way as to distribute the hurden of rates fairly among the property-owners. It was shown that the main street of Wanganui was paying one-third of the rates of the entire city. Mr. Hewitt stated that it would have. to be considered if this was a fair ratio- to the rest of the city. Future Tourist Trade "The tourist 'industry' is destined to be one of this Dominion's largest and most luerative undertakings," said tHe Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, in un address at Wellington last week. "The faet that nowhere in the world is there to he fonnd within the same relatively small area so great a variety of scenic loveliness and interesting natural facilities for world travel, renders this prospect inevitable, and surely not regrettable, if your overseas visitors are people of taste and not of the orange-peel and picnic litter variety."