NEWS OF THE DAY
WEATHER FORECAST
Forecast to 5 p.m. Wednesday: Light to moderate winds from an easterly quarter. Weather cloudy, with* some brief drizzle or rain likely tonight or tomorrow morning. Temperatures modefate./ Further outlook fair, iAn anticyclone south-east of the Chathams is moving away. A shallow depression over the north Tasman Sea is moving slowly eastwards, and filling. . Full Moon, July 25. N, Temperature at 9.30 a.m., 52deg. Rainfall for 24 hours to 9.30 a.m., a trace. Rainfall from June 23 to date, 3.36 in. High Water. —Today, 4 p.m.; tomorrow, 4.29 a.m., 4.55 p.m. Sun sets today 5.18 p.m.; rises tomorrow 7.36 a.m., sets 5.19 p.m. Unoccupied Houses. A notice of question by Miss M. B. Howard (Government, Christchurch East) in the House of Representatives yesterday asked the Prime Minister whether he had noted a report that the United Kingdom Government proposed to give local bodies power to take over unoccupied houses for the benefit of the homeless; and also whether the Government would grant similar powers to local bodies in New Zealand. Day In Parliament. Discussion on the Apprenticeship Commission's report occupied the House of Representatives all yesterday afternoon, and in < the evening members debated the Finance Bill which was before the House last week. Although urgency was sought for this measure, the adjournment was taken at 11 o'clock with the discussion unfinished. The House rose until this afternoon.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 20, 24 July 1945, Page 4
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233NEWS OF THE DAY Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 20, 24 July 1945, Page 4
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