LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 697, 24 November 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Condition Improving -c— The King George V. Hospital auth'orities reported last evening that a slight improvement was evident in j the condition of Margaret Hayward, ; ©ged 15, who slipped into a hot pool ' in ihe Kuirau Reserve on Monday afternoon. Visiting Anglers' Bag A hag totalling 23 fish was secured by Messrs J. Gribble and C. Gouk' during three days' fishing in the district lakes this week. From Lake Rotorua the pair took 16 fish', while i five were taken .at Rotoiti and two I from. the Green Lake. j Renovation Wiork Brisk A good stimulus to the building ■and painting trade has been given in Rotorua by an unusual amount of renovation work in botels and boarding house in prep.aration for the coming .season. At present work of a fairly extensive nature is being undertaken in no fewer than six of these while one other painting job was recently completed. 'Busy Clvristmas Promised With a little over four weeks until j Christmas, hotel bookings indicate I that a busy season will be experienc- ! ed in Rotorua during the holiday ' period. Included in some of the bookings already made is a number by qverseas tourists, including a party of eleven from England, travelling ifogether. Land for Workless Under the heading of "Settlement of Unemployed Worlcers" the Publie ;■ Wlorks Statement says: A new vote i was taken last year under the above heading, and the foilowing is a summary of the operations: — Number of share milkers' cottages and sbeds erected, 238; number of tenants established or being established, 435; expenditure on share milkers' cottages and sheds, £45,690; expenditure in establishing small farms, £73,032; total, £118,722. I Puhlic Works Expenditure ' "The total net expenditure under ' votes and accounts appearing on the ' public works estimates for the finj iancial year ended March 31, 1933, ! was £1,727,070. Of this sum £1,058,- ( 861 was expended out of General j Purposes Account, and the halance, j £668,209, out of speciai accounlt|s," j says the Puhlic Works Statement de- { livered in the House yesterday even- | ing.

I Narrow Escape i It is reported that an employee on ; one of the timber locomotives operI ating on the Rotoiti line had a narrow ' escape from injury during the week. , Jumping off the cow-catcher of the • engine to open a stop gate, he slip- : ped and fell in front of the still moving locomotive. With a quick movement. however, he succeeded in dnagging himself back on to the 'catcher and in jumping clear before the engine struck the gate. Pohutukawa Blossoms Frist glimpses of the scarlet flowers of the pohutukawa are to be seen ) lalong the beaches of the Bay of : Plenty at th'e present time. In a sbort time the long hanks of dark foliaged trees which line the surf from Whakatane eastward will he a blaze of .scarlet. Nursery Rhyme Fair The Nursery Rhyme Fair at St. John's Hall to-night, at 7 o'clock, will be an excellent opportunity to buy Christmas presents. The stalls will pepresent nursery rhymes and there will be display ed clothing, dolls, toys, cakeS; sweets; lucky dips. Admission free*