LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 695, 22 November 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sweepstake Winners Wed The marriage took place yesterday of Mr. J. M. Meats of the staff of Rotorua railway station, and Miss J. Cosseboom, of Rotorua, and the happy couple left later by trairTon their honeymoon which will be spent in Auckland. Mr. Meats and his bride reeently participated as two members of a Rotorua syndicate which drew a horse in one of the recent series of Irish sweepstake lotteries. Queen Carnival Postponed' At a meeting yesterday of the subcommittee appointed by the Rotorua Borough Advancement Committee to consider the possibility of a queen carnival in connection with the Christmas celebrations, it was decided to abandon the projeet for the time being in view of difficulties which had arisen. ' However, it was suggested that snch a contest might be organised next Easter, closing during the school holidays in May. Ngongotaha School Cricket Imprqved play by the Ngongotaha school cricket team gave them an easy victory by an innings and 13 runs against the Rotorua Primary School on Saturday last. In the first innings Rotorua scored 11 runs and in the second made 17 runs, while Ngongotaha replied with 41 in the first innings. P. Peterika (13) was the top scorer for Ngongotaha. Rotorua team was handicapped by the absence of its stoclc bowlers owing to sickness. Cheap Trlps by Rall More and more the Railway Department is helping the people to act in aceordanee with that good advice: "See New Zealand." Excursion rates of recent years now apply all the time — less than a penny a mile, se-cond-class, and a slight fraction over a penny, first-class. On certain special occasions these low fares are further cut, and always there are special concessions available for families, picnic parties and other parties. The ! department has a definite progressive policy of community service which has won warm approval throughout the Dominion. Good Workmen "The work done by the skilled men and the relief men was a revelation to 1 me," said Mr. F. J. Lenihan, drainage engineer, when responding to the toast of his health at the dinner tendered him on Saturday evening. "It was quite eommon for these men to come .off work at the end of the day with blistered feet, but they never grumbled. The men I had at Whaka ' were men who knew they had to pull | their weight or get out and I am j pleased to say that in only one case I had I any reason for eonrplaint. The 1 rest of theMnen were remarkable."

Schoolboys' Tour Arrangements for a tour of Britain by boys from the seeondary sehools of New Zealand have been completed by Mr. T. A. Lappin, of King's College, Auckland, and are now in the hands of headmasters of every seeondary school in the Dominion. The boys, who will be under the supervision of three masters, will leave for Sydney on April 7, to embark on the Bendigo and will travel via Suez. They return about September 10 via Panama. Ten weeks will be spent on land, and the tour embraces places of historical interest, heauty spots, cathedrals and cities. Visits will be made to industrial concerns and naval and military depots, while some of the sehools and universities will be seen. Advices from the Homeland indicate that their progress will resemble that of a royal personage and the hospitality offered is generous. As passage reservations will only hold until December 6 applications will close on that date.