THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. “Public Service.” MONDAY, JULY 26, 1943. NEW DIRECTORIES

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3292, 26 July 1943, Page 4

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. “Public Service.” MONDAY, JULY 26, 1943. NEW DIRECTORIES

Advice that a new telephone directory should be available in the near future is information which will be welcomed by business men in particular and all subscribers to a degree. The last directory was issued in December;* 1941, and by the time the new issue is available practically two years will have elapsed and naturally the books are hopelessly out of date. At present many new subscribers are not listed while those who now .have no phones still find their names in the directory. Consequently a very great deal of inconvenience and what is deplored in these days of manpower shortage, a loss of valuable time results. Acute shortage of paper was the reason given for the directory not being issued in 1942 and under the circumstances all readily accepted the position but the new directory will prove a great benefit to the telephone-using public.

STOP GRUMBLING

Residents -of Paeroa and especially on the Hauraki Plains are far too prone to give voice to their condemnation of the climate of the Thames Valley. We find the newcomers and visitors to the district are struck by this trait common to the majority of the people. Each and every person in the community seems determined to impress upon the world at large the-wetness, the changeableness and the coldness of the climate. We put it right to point out that nothing could be less conducive to the desired progress of the whole district. We contend that in comparison with some other parts the climate is indeed kindly and a comparison of rainfall figures for some 26 places throughout the Dominion from Invercargill to North Auckland will prove that our contention is right. The average annual rainfall over these 26 places in 1939 amounted to 60.8 inches. Paeroa had a rainfall that year of 45.90, Auckland 49.3 inches, Tauranga 50.69 inches and Invercargill 45.64 inches. Thus it can be shown that our rainfall is well below the average for the whole Dominion. Sunshine hours are not recorded in Paeroa and it must be admitted that this year we have had a number of grey days, when clouds obscure the skies but on the other hand we seldom experience the bleak, cold winds of the Taranaki, King Country and Wellington districts. Inveterate grumblers concerning the weather are doing a great disservice to their home town or district which is indeed a pleasant spot in which to live and work.