General News

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30953, 8 January 1966, Page 12

General News

Heart’s Desire

Only one peak was scaled in the Mount Cook area yesterday. The Mount Cook National Park Board’s chief ranger, Mr M. L. Burk., said heavy cloud restricted climbing. Miss B. Price and Mr G. Powell, of Auckland, climbed the 9716 ft Mount Nazomi, on the Mount Cook range. Mount Nazomi, which is Japanese for “heart’s desire.” is climbed from the Hooker glacier.— (F.0.0.R.) Cool Day Although the sun shone in Christchurch yesterday the sky was mostly cloudy and the temperatures were cool. At 9 a.m. the temperature at Harewood was 54 degrees and a maximum of 62 degrees was recorded at 2 p.m. Light south-westerly winds blew in the morning but changed to a moderate north-easterly in the afternoon. At 4.15 p.m. the temperature gauge on the Government Life building registered 63 degrees.

Campers Kill Trees Thoughtless campers on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula are seriously damaging the picturesque giant pohutukawa trees on the foreshore. The damage is particularly bad between Coromandel and Port Jackson. Campers have been stripping the bark off young trees and using it for smoking fish, using the live roots of trees as chopping blocks, and lighting fires against the boles of the trees. The overseer of the Coromandel County Council (Mr M. J. Pennefather) said that an irresponsible minority of campers was spoilings things for everyone else.

World Weather Maximum temperatures and weather in world capitals during the last 24 hours were.— Rome 41, bright; Paris 40.6, sunny; London 46, sunny; Amsterdam 37, sunny; Brussels 41. overcast; Madrid 45.3, cloudy; Moscow 30.2, snow; New York 53, clear: San Francisco 59, rain; Tokyo 52.5, clear; Sydney 73, fine; Melbourne 70, fine; Brisbane 83, cloudy.—London, January 6.

Bananas In Capital Bananas are now in plentiful supply in Wellington after large shipments from Tonga and Samoa last week The large quantities now available are due to the normal increase in supplies during the summer. Because of the good supply, advertising of bananas has been started. —(P.A.)

Fishing Rivers The Selwyn river was the only local river that was clear and fishable at 9 a.m. yesterday, according to the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Conditions at the Hurunui river and Rakaia gorge were poor as the water was dirty. The Waiau and Waimakariri rivers were dirty and high and at the mouth of the Rakaia river the water was very discoloured. There was no report on fishing conditions at the Ashley river.