LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 November 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

St. Andrew's Day. To-day (Thursday) is St. Andrew's Day and will be observed a holiday by the banks in the town. Preparations for Christmas. In preparation for the Christmas week celebrations in Rotorua, a start has been made in ereeting the platform in the Town Square from which a number of ent ertainments will be given during the week. Pigs' Fatal Diet Five pigs belonging to a Ngatea farmer, died within 24 hours, and in a subsequent post mortem it was found that they had been eating shell lime. 'Methods of Registration A comparison of the systems .of motor registration in New Zealand and Great Britain, to the detriment of the Dominion, was made in the Christchurch Supreme Court by his Honour Mr. Justice Ostler. His Hon- | our commented that for years in Eng- ■ land the system had been to place 1 discs on motor vehicles each year as fees were paid, the plates not being altered. This method was different from the ridiculous method in New Zealand which compelled the changing of number-plates each year. "Farmers Spoiled" "The farmers of the Morrinsville district have been spoiled by the favourable weather of the past few seasons," declared a Tauhei farmer to a representative of the Morrinsville Star. There had been a succession of comparatively mild winters, followed by satisfactory spring weather so that at the least sign of a spell of cold or dry weather farmers now complained unduly. Bowling Results. The following matches in the percentage fours competition were played by the Rotorua Bowling Club yesterday: Kurney, Bates, Brooker, Herd 30 beat Carroll, Edwards, Stallard, Knaggs 13; Mewburn, S'teele, G. French, Fowkes 29 beat Hall, Morland, Wallis, Merriman 19; McGeehie, Collins, Lasenby, Pakes 23 beat Geach, Snell, Aitken, A. French 10; Mitchell, Griffiths, McDowell, Budd 26 beat Wright, W. R. Harris, Henderson, Richards 20. Strong Demand for Labour The demand for farm labour in South Canterbury at the present time is stronger than it has been at any time in the past three years, so a representative of the Timaru Post was informed. Domesties were keenly in demand, and very often positions were not filled. Wages for this type of work were rising and £1 a week was common, while 15s was about the average. Applications for gardeners and cowmen were constant, _ and ploughmen were getting 25s and 30s a week. It appeared as if wages were gradually getting back to the preslump level. Australian Swallows That Sir Ch'arles Kingsford-Smith should !be asked to hring a crate of Australian swallows to New Zealand on his next flight across the Tasman Sea was the suggestion made in a letter received by the council of the North Canterbury Aeclimatisation Society from Mr. W. G. Sbackle of Springston. Mr. Shackle contended that the only way the birds could he brought to New Zealand was by air. A member immediately protested that it would be inadvisable to import swallow, which were known to he eaters of trout food, when complaints were constantly being made of the scarcity of such food. Any discussion on the suggestion was cut short when it was stated that the Government did not allow the importation of birds of any description, and it was decided to reply to Mr. tShackle aceordingly.