LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 627, 4 September 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

False Fire "Alarm Shortly before daybreak on Saturday morning the to\vn was qwakened by the sounding of the fire siren and many persons hurriedly dressed to investigate the direction of the outbreak. The call, which came from a hox in Peace Street, proved, h'owever, to be a false alarm. Saturday's Cycle Race* The following wer.e the placings of competitiors in a 315 mile road race held hy the Rotorua Amateur Cycle Club on Saturday afternoon: C. Head (85min), 1; A. Beckett (3min),2; B. Martin (lOmin), 3.. Time, lhr 39min. Fastest time was secured hy A. Beckett, lhr 33min 38sec. Shot Through Knee A Maori, E. Tauwiwi, aged 25 years had a fortunate escape from more serious injury at Te Whai ti yesterday when, while tr'acking a pig, he tripped in the undergrowth' and accidentty discharged his gun through his knee. He was coriveyed to King George V. Hospital, his eondition being reported as satisfactory. Generous Bequest at New Plymouth] The Property of 53 acres known as Brooklands, the home of the late Mr Newton King, at New Plymouth, is to be handed over to the borough' of New Plymouth for inclusion in thp Pukekura Park. A local hill to validiate thjs is to he introduced next session. Mr. Newton Kingr Jeft £10,000 to New Plymouth parks on his death in 1927? and all the exeeutors have agreed to the handing over of Brooklands in fulfilment of the bequests. Prices of Motor Cax*s An increase of ahout 10 or 15 per cent in the prices of the 1934 models of British motor-cars is anticipated hy the majority of agents in Auckland following rises in the Home I prices which are expected to be anj nounced this week. Property Saies A hrisk demand for town property and farms is reported from the Tauranga district. Camp For Youths The Wanganui youths' afforestation camp, which was offieially opened on Saturday has been conceived and sponsored hy the Wanganui District Development League, in co-operation with other local hodies, with a view to providing reproductive work for hoys. A site has been obtained at Kaitoke, and au area of 900 acres is available for work upon ehiefly sand-dune country. The youths are paid 3s a week poclcet-money and each receives a ehit for tlie halance each week. Stratford Railway The first passengers from Auckland to New Plymouth left Auckland with the limited express last night, marking the opening of the StratfordOkahukura railway.

Motoring Accident Two motor cars were involved in an accident on the Rotorua-Paenga-roa Road, near Taheke, ahout seven o'clock last night (says Thursday's Bay of Plenty Times) . Mr. W. Nicholas and a party of five others, helonging to Whakamarama, were returning from Rotorua, when a collision took place with a car travelling towards Rotorua. Both cars were damaged but fortunately none of the oecupants were hurt. Mr. Nieholas's car was towed through last night to Mr. Washer's garage at Tauranga. Welcome to Prime Minister I It is proposed by the Mayor of j Wellington (Mr. T. C. A. Hislop) to J invite citizens to tender a welcome to \ the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. | W. Forbes) in the Town Hall on his return with the New Zealand delegation from the Economic Conference. The funetion will take place on I the evening of either September 18 ! or 19. i The Legion's Shirt I | "Is the , New Zealand Legion another form of the New Guard, and what is the colour of its shirt?" was : a question which raised a hearty laugh ; at a Legion rally in Blenheim. In the ] course of his reply, Major Sherston, | the Legion's general secretary, said i that wrong impressions of that sort ! had arisen from the hurried manner j in which Dr. Campbell Begg had been ! obliged to conduct his initial organis- ! ing tour of the country, and also from i the fact that a certain amount of sec- ; recy had been necessary in order to prevent the Legion's policy from get- } ting out into the Press before it had i been drafted in accordance with the j wishes of the people as a whole. "In regard to my shirt," concluded Major Sherston, "I like to wear a coat over it, particularly in the winter." (Laughter.) "Not a Drop to Drink" A literal "drop in brandy" outside a Dunedin hotel last Wednesday speedily brought together a crowd, attracted by the unusual spectacl'e. It j appears that a quantity of this spirit was heing transferred from bond to the hotel cellars, and that by some accident one of the hogsheads fell from the lorry on to the street, the impact knocking the head out of the j cask. As a result the street was soon flowing with brandy, some of which actually found its way into the gutter on the opposite side of the roadway. In all, 25 gallons of brandy, worth about £3 a gallon, went to waste, while sundry thirsty souls in the crowd looked on sorrowfully and deplored their inability to henefit by the occurrence.