LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 690, 16 November 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

l Motor Canip Site "It is an actual fact — an astonishing fact — [that the motor camp has been actually pujrchased for the council by the people who use- it," said Cr. O. H. Coleman at last evening's meeting of the Rotorua Borough Council when referring to the profits earned hy the camp. Mjlitary Camp. Ufiicers and men of the 1st Field Company, N.Z. Engineers, went into camp at Arawa P,ark yes'terday for a week's training course. The most i important field courses will take place at the shooting range at Atiamuri. The eamp- is in the command of Major Gray. No Use Protesting "I know that it is no use moving the deletion of the clause because it will not be carried but I enter a protest — ithat is all I can do," said Cr. F. Goodson ,at last evening's meeting of the Rotorua Borough Council when protesting against an allocation of £50 as a contribution hy the council toward the construction of an ornamental bridge at the .approach to Whakarewarewa pa. Cr. Goodson pointed out that it was proposed to I obtain the money by reducing the al- [ location of the Works Committee in | the following' directions: Sfereejt ' trees £20, motor mower £10, motor camp £20. Cr. G. Steele also supported the protest contending that the work was really designed to advertise Rotorua and that the money should therefore be taken from the funds of the Advancement Committee. Beer Dieit for Bull "I don't w,a.nt to sell this bull without sowing the prospective purchaser all his faults," said a vendor at the Waiwahaiho bull fair. Thereupon he produced a bottle of ale, which the animal swallowed in time that rivalled that of the famous toper who drank a dozen pints of beer while the clock struck twelve. The bull, a yearling, realised 45 guineas. Fences iat Ohinemutu The Ohinemutu Komiti Marae protested to last evening's meeting of th'e Rotorua Borough Council against the proposed erection of a fence around the Lake House bath which it is proposed to remove. The Komiti asked that steps he taken to ensure that the' fence conformed to the type of rock fence erected in other parts of the pa. It was decided. that steps in this direction be taken. An Unpaid Subsidy. A Wanganui resident whose house did not urgently require painting decided, however, to have the work done under the subsidy scheme, and hominated his son, .who was unemployed, to do the work (states "The Herald). He was advised that the subsidy had been granted and the work was proceeded with, - but when it came to collecting the money he was informed that there was an irregularity in that his son had done the work and the subsidy couid not be paid. He has now asked Mt. W. A. Veitch, M.P., to take the matter ; up, he intends to instruct his solicitor | to take proceedings. '■Prizes for Carnival An intimation that an amount of j over £50 had heen colleeted from busij ness people during the past wesk to provide prizes for the commercial deCorated vehicles section in the car- | nival proeession was given to the | Rotorua Borough Council last evenI ing by the chairman of the Advance- ' ment Committee (Cr. J. Banks). Cr. Banks expressed appreciation of the I generous response made by business people ,and expressed the opinion that the proeession this year should be worthy of the town's jubilee. Yesterday's Bowling Following are the results of the I matches played in the Rotorua Bowli ing Club's percentage fours competi- [ tion yesterday afternoon. Hastedt, Mead, Witt, McMeekin (s) 25, beat Thomas, Brackebush, Brinsden, Jones (s) 19; Knowles, Hastedt, Tyson, Corbett (s) 17 beat M'anagh,, Geach, Rowe, Watts (s) 14; Mitch'ell, Collins, W. R. Harris, A. French (s) 25 beat J. Brown, Morland, Aitken, Knaggs (s) 22. C. Harris, Henderson, Brooker, Banks (s) 22, beat Steele, J.Bates, Lasenby, Budd, (s) 20; Kurney, Wright, Merriman, Pakes (s) 25, beat Snell, Edwards, Stallard, Fowkes (s) 23; Carroll, McDowell, Wallis, Herd (s) 19, beat E. Harris, Griffiths, G. French, Richards (s) 18.