LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

j Studying Bi'oadcasiing "i am here to study New Zea- | land broadcasting and to see if some I of its features may be adopted in | South Africa," said Major R. S. I Caprara, Direetot-General of the | ;3©tith African Broadcasting Cor•poration on hisarrival at Auckland jlforri Austraiia. Major Caprara flew iirom South Ai'rica to Cair'o to join ithe British Overseas corporation'. ! L.ancastrian service and teached 1 New Zealand in i'our and a hal- | tays' flying. t Licensing Report ' Tne Rdyai Commission on LicenAng has not yet compieted its report and wiil ineet again later this ilnonth to compile it, said Mf. G. W. j ' Hutc-hison, a member of the com- > Unission; addressing Gisborhe and _2ast Coast motoristS. When it is , published it will be an interesting ! and important document. He said j hat he realised hotel accommoda- j tion had deteriorated chiefiy because of the difficulty of obtaining! statt and materiais and labour forl jenovations. Fishing at Taupo i nngiers had oeen patiently await- ! ing a change from the extrfeme heat !tliat had been experienced here | since Novembfef last, but urifoftiih- | ately when the weather broke a fetv ! days ago the charige carrie with a j cold, windy rain whicli has iibt ihiprcved the fishing coiiditions in the streams around the lake. . With a , otrong south-westerly wind blowing ' on the lake for the past three days, very few launehes have peen out. i iiic g^nerai opimon is that when the wind changes and the. fu.ll effect | ef the rain in rne rivers becqmes ap- | parent some good fishing should b'e | obtamed. I Treatment of Rifle Clubs j a ruruier piorest agaijist the 1 prices fixed by the Government foi . oiirpius defence riiies has been I expreSsed by the Hawke's Bay Kih- ! Assoeiation. At a mefetirig edhvehet ; by the asSociatioii df ali cliibs— ! eggregating a total menibbrship of ! more than 100C , marksmen— • niroughout the Hawke's Bay, Pov- | erty Bay arid EaSt Coast districts, a : iesolution was adoiited strongW- ! protetoting against "the harsh j rratment rifle clubS were re'eeiving I at the hands of the Gdvefnment.' i ,n a ^rarement issued by the associi ; aiion, ^ it is pointed out that thc I ! prices for nev/ and part-worn shorti -nagazine nee-Enfield rifles are £11 ! and £8 5s respectively, ahd for fld. \A Mai" k 1, £15 16s dnd £lS. as yet, nc ; ..rovision has been rnade for fret i grants of ammunition. At preseni i axembors are paymg £3 15s a 10t)0. f'hese prices are so exhdrbitahtlS I high that the average person i ' maule to aiiord to purchase, and. i ionsequently, 80 per cent of om . .trength will be prohibited from 1 participating in rifle club activi- ! : lies," says the associatidh in its j itatement. "Unless soriiething i done immediately to reduce the aosis -of our — necessary equipment the defence rifle club movement i. ' absolutely doomed." I ■ Big Change in Glacier i U cunnaefabie cnahge has takeh ! place in the Whakapapa Glacier on i Mount Ruapehu ih that tlief e is hd now or ice lower than the summit ,i the rnountain. This change was discovered by a party of 30 mem- | bers of a tramping club who climbed. | Jie rnountain las't we'ek-erid; fhe l change is due to the aotivity of the T rnountain. The whole glacidr and i .ainrriit is coversd with sahd and ! Ihii not only makes the climoing I easier, but also rriakes it safer. The vaiiey to the north of the termiaal ' iace of the glacier is filled with sand | and other matter to a depth of 10 to ! 12 feet: A change Ms also takeh ! place in the crater, for in the ,east- ! ern corner there is now a smali yei- ! low-greenish lake. The basin has j been divided into twO by a ridge, j ieaving the northern and sbuthern ections with what appears t j be a flrm dry floor. There was qmte a centre oi aCtivity in the south ern quartef of the crater wliilfe the pa.'ty was on the summit. Columns | of whitish smoke were sent up., | together with small steam jets that were aecompanied ,fcy gurgliiig and hissing sounds. The crater atmosphere was impregnated with a strong sulphur ddotir. No dsli oi' dther material was ejected while the , party was ori the siiriiiiiit. j