NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 19, 23 July 1945, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

| Forecast to 5 p.m. Tuesday:—----i Light southerly winds predominatt ing. Weather cloudy, with some mist or brief drizzle in the morning. Temperatures moderate to mild. . Further outlook, fair to cloudy. | Situation report: An anticyclone remains centred south-east of the Chatham Islands; a shallow depression is moving eastwards north of Auckland. Temperature at 9.30 a.m., 49deg. Rainfall for 48 hours ended 9.30 a.m. today, O.Olin. Rainfall from June 23 to date, 3.36 inches. High water: Today, 3.14 p.m.; tomorrow, 3.37 a.m., 4 p.m. Sun sets today 5.17 p.m.; rises tomorrow 7.37 a.m.; sets 5.18 p.m. The Egg- Ration. In addition to the nprmal delivery of priority eggs there will be an issue of one egg to each butter registration this week. Rotorua Rumbling's. From 7.35 o'clock onward on Friday night Rotorua was subjected to a series of minor earth tremors, about a dozen in all, culminating in two of greater intensity, just after 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. The apparent direc- I tion of the shakes was south-east to north-west. Intermittent rumblings which have been heard at intervals for the past three weeks were also heard ! during the night. The tremors were j not of sufficient severity to cause any j damage. j Kowhai In Bloom. The yellow kowhai is reported to be ■ in bloom on Great Barrier Island. This flower does not usually appear until the end of September, and according to Maori legend, early flowering is a j sign of an early summer. j Port of Napier. i "This all goes to show that the port is not depreciating in its safety," commented Mr. J. Herrick, chairman of the Napier Harbour Board, when reference was made to the visit within recent weeks of two vessels, the Wingatui and the Maui Pomare, which took shelter at Napier during' bad weather, states the "'Daily Telegraph/ Referring to the volume of ■■ shipping that had been handled by the port of Napier recently, Mr. Herrick said that this was a most satisfying result. Considering the number of vessels that had called at the port the tonnages handled were better than at any other secondary port in New Zealand. New Trout-breeding1 Scheme. There is a growing conviction amongst anglers that the liberation.of trout fry in the rivers is largely a waste, owing to the heavy mortality as a result of other small fish and eels feeding on them. The alternative suggested is the liberation of yeai'lings reared in ponds, which are considered more likely to survive. The losses in fry are estimated at at least 50 per cent. When the ponds which are to be built by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society for rearing trout are in working order, the liberation of yearlings will be given a trial. Seed Potatoes. The Department of Agriculture was assured that sufficient stocks of seed potatoes were available for the corning season's planting, stated the Minister of Marketing (Mr. Roberts) in the House of Representatives, in reply to an urgent question by Mr. A. S. Sutherland (National, -Hauraki). Mr. Roberts added that the supplies, however, were largely in the South Island, and shortage of shipping facilities was hindering delivery of adequate supplies to the North Island. The position had been further aggravated by the recent storms in the South Island. All available shipping space was being used to accommodate seed potatoes for the North Island. The Twentieth Census. The census to be taken in September is the twentieth general census of New Zealand. There were "settlement" censuses from 1840 (often in annual succession) and "province" censuses from 1848,. but those were sectional and not co-ordinated. The first of the general censuses was taken in 1851. The first legislation called for censuses in the first, fourth, and seventh years of each decade. That was soon altered to triennial censuses, and finally the Census Act of 1877 provided for a quinquennial sequence after 1881. That was maintained until 1931, when, owing to the depression, the census due in that year was abandoned. A second break occurred in' 1941, a section in the Finance Act of 1940 authorising the postponement of the 1941 census to a year not later than 1945.