Yesterday’s Heat

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 40, 1 February 1946, Page 8

Yesterday’s Heat

Thursday will lie remembered as the hottest day in Whakatane since the commencement of the dry spell. Temperatures were everywhere high and in town shops registered 82 degrees. On a sun porch at Apanui the temperature was 85 degrees. One businessman whose premises are overhung by a corrugated iron roof declared that his thermometer showed no less than 95 degrees, but this was an exaggerated figure due to the extreme conditionsr In the BEACON printery however no less than 90 degrees were registered. Over the plains a hot dry wind blew all day.

Sunshine Hours in N.Z

Ayitli 2473 hours Tauranga had the highest record of bright sunshine in the Dominion last year, Napier being second with 2418.8 hours, and then Blenheim with 2386.4., Gisborne 2385.7, and Nelson 2334.1. Other recordings were: Rotorua 2212.4 hours; Auckland 2181; New Plymouth 2092.9; Wanganui 2078.4; Masterton 2934.4; Clifton and Sumner 2006.6; Alexandra 1980.5; Wellington 1975.8; Timaru 1949.2; Queens town 1940.8; Ashburton 1921.9; Hanmer Springs 1881.7; Oaraaru 1829.3; Westport 1796; Palmerston North 1790.2.

Cigarette Hawker Residents of Sydney have been annoyed in recent months by the action of overseas seamen in offering cigarettes at exorbitant prices to a tobaccor-starved iiopulaec. The same practice seems to have arisen in Auckland. A sailor approached a city resident in Wellesley Street recently and asked 6s for an unlabelled tin of 50 cigarettes.

Women in World Affairs

“The ever-changing current of world affairs complicated by many serious post-war problems places upon women grave responsibilities ” states the. annual report of the Women’s Service Giuld. “The. tragic loss of valuable lives through the wastage of war leaves New Zealand with 1 an ill balance in her social economy. It is therefore of vital importance that women should make their influence felt in all matters that affect the common weal. Constructive and dispassionate criticism of all questions that arise for discussion decision or remedial ac- > » tion is most essential. In matters of public interest women should steadily adhere to principles of. moderation and common sense and should, to the utmost of their abil j ity, combat the self-interest of the different powerful pressure groups that are so claimant in our national life.”