Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5278, 14 December 1946, Page 4

Local & General

To-Day's Weather Forecast I The Government MeteoroB has issued the following wea report and forecast: — 1 Situation: A .ridge !of high I sure is .moving on to New Ze® from the Tasman Sea. Fair weB anid less winds can be expeet® most parts of the countfy to-B jFcrecast for Rotorua to midjB Moderate south-westerly Weather fair to fine and niijl The maximum temperatuiB corded in the town area yj was 64.5 degrees, compar* 6Q.3 the previous day. There * rain during the 24-hour perio* at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. ■ Fishing Report I The Ohau fishing* lodge reposB during the past week .51 trouB caught by patrons, the ;l* weight being 3ilb., and the ]A fish 6Mb. Mr. C. E. Warren, M Plymouth, secured three lim» in the period. 9 Native School Break-Up I To marlt the end of the schoH a break-up concert was heldM Whaka Native School in the nl; house at Whakarewarewa onH j day night. A large -gatheff j relatives and friends of theB ] , children were entertained witB j songs, dances and songs. Th«: i ' master of the school, Mr. D. m \ t ander, addressed ^he audieiiceW c i Summer Dress for Staffs I • ■ a , With temperatures rising B ^ to the Usual high Hawke's Ea s j mer level, one Hastings draa ^ ! tablishment has taken a steja a: direetion of a seasonal dressH ■by permitting its male staffa ti jcard the conventional darka ti ' piece suit in favouv of grea jj. 1 white shirts, maroon ties a ti shoes. The outfit is said toi 0i f and pleasant to wear, and it | .sh | that other firms will fol| js: ) store's lead. Another large| , reported to he contemplating| . ' ting its wholesale staff to \ve| 1 1 shorts and open shirts. | f | 11 j Massey College Memorial G| n A donation of £55 to thel Agricultural College libraryl made by . Mrs. J. A. Baol " Auckland, in memory of iiel Tr D. Bamford, a graduate ofa a \ lege. The first award of t« Inc whiti seholarship, tenahle at| wa: le)g*e by a prospeetive studl dia the Eketahuna Borough or| hov has been made to Mr. Ian ?| 1 Haunui. The seholarship | wa; nated by Mr. and Mrs. C. T.l' sho son, formerly of Eketahuna, | one of Masterton, as a memorial" j sons, G. S. and P. J. Eicharl er] ex-students of Massey Collel jjy Napier Holiday Bookings | of With all hotels and I j houses in Napier and Hastinl ° out weelcs ago, there is evel tion that there will be a i| an 1 flux of visitors to Hawke's |^ou summer. Three weelcs' II | as a at Napier will be the focall s'/e: interest and already its spo| Napier 30,000 Club, are beeolb ■barrassed by the deluge a| ca^m tions from people seeking | men' ! dation in Napier. The mI: no^ j begins on the afternon of | R i 22 with the presentation of IdVQuI siah" chorus in the sound I for three weelcs thereaftei'|m fi1 night there will be a continil of entertainment. ■ — -I pr