LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 644, 23 September 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Old Boys A Team The following players will comprise the Old Boys' A team in today's match against Kaharoa for the junior knock-out final at 1.30 p.m. — Murray, Mulligan, Gainsford, Clarke, R. Lewis, Hill, , Robertson, • Grey, Edge, M. Lewis, A. Cottrell, Berghan, Pipson, Christophers, L. Randerson, S. Newton, Ewert, Kelly. Free Polling Booths "School buildings should he used as polling booths, instead of other buildings beipg hired, and thus costing the Dominion thousands of pounds a year," said Col. Whyte, when speaking of certain schools heing closed on polling day. This matter came up at the Wanganui Education Board meeting when school buildings were being discussed. The board have. a by-law stating tha,t on election day all its schools should be closed. A suggested regulation of the department over-rides that, and states that only the schools. heing used as polling booths should be closed. Wild Flowers for the Garden When opening the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society's Spring Show his Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe), said he noticed that out of 110 entries more than half — 59 — were exhibits of daifodils. Lord Bledisloe expressed his preference for the old word 'daffodil" to that of "narcissus." There was a time, said His Excellency, when daf,fodils were thought hardly worthy of a place in the garden, and people thought the proper plaee for the flower, spoken of as the lent lily, was the meadow. Daffodils had now attained great beauty, he said, and he wondered if some plants at present growing on the hills could be brought up to the standard of perfection attained by the daffodil. The day might come, perhaps a hundred years hence, when one would find in New Zealand and British gardens a large number of New Zealand native plants raised to the standard of garden flowers. Shags on West Coast During the pas_t season the Grey District Acclimatisation Society, it is reported, paid out £36 3s 6d for 362 shags' heads. The society's annual report states that from reports to laand throughout the district, the (numbers to be seen are as much as usual, and it appears that these birds, seeking the most inaccessible places for rookeries, will maintain their numhers in spite of shooting on the rivers and lakes. A Selfish Game "I oppose the laying of any tennis courts at schools, for tennis is too selfish a game to eneourage in the schools. Let us level the grounds for games, hut not for tennis courts," said Col. J. H. Whyte at the Wanganui Education Board's meeting when the architect reported that at Beaconsfield, the school which had applied for permission to lay down an asphalt tennis court, there was not a quarter of an acre of level ground. He was willing to help with the levelling of the ground, and the matter of the tennis court could easily be deferred. Band Play Out The Municipal Band has arranged to provide a programme of music in the Government Grounds on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Farmier Charged By Cows. Mr. Alexander Bourne, about 65 years of age, residing on his farm at Awaiti, met with a serious acci- : dent yesterday afternoon. He was driving a herd of cows from one pad- | dock to .another when a cow charged ! him and knocked him over. A second ! cow also charged him and gored him while at was on the ground. He received injudies to the face, chest and legs. One eye was also seriously injured. Derating of Farm Land At a meeting of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union on Thursday, the following re- ( solution was passed: "That this meeting consideys ratiqg of farm lands is wrong in principle and that the position has become more serious, as farmers who are able to meet their obligations are penalised for those who are unahle to pay." Feet First. Wonderful Bargains at cut prices. Six lines of Men's Black tan and patent shoes w,ith instep areh sup- ' ports. They are all wonderful bargains, and you should not miss this great opportunity. Our price 19/11 per pair. Malcolm's Cash Shoe Store, Tutanekai Street. (near Railway Station) .