Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5288, 28 December 1946, Page 4

Local & General

w " " ■ Td-Pgy's Weather For6£&§t The Gb'vernment Meteoi'ologist has issued the fdll^wiiig weather feport and forecast:— - .Situation: A ridge of high pie^ sure covets the. Tasman Sea, bitfit pressure is still Iow to the southeast of New Zealand. Forecast for Rotorua to iiiM» night: Moderate winds from a west6rly fjnarter. A few showers, but weather for the mcst part fair and nii'ldj The maximum temperature recorded in the town area yesterday was' 67.4 degrees, compared with 69.1 degreos the previous' day. ' Godd News for Housewives Fifteen thousand cases of Jamaican oranges will find their way into- the fruiterers' shops next month 'following the arrival of the Port Liue iship Port Jackson. She is due at Auckland later in Jallu&ry, The Intemal Marketing Division says another shipment is due a little later. DiaiilOnd Jubilee Funds A GOhipetition in aid of the funds for the eelebration of the diamond jubilee of the Rotorua Primary School. was decided oii Deeember 24, the winner being Mr. F. Ngata!, of Rotorua. The ^amount raised was £5 15s, and this willlfoe used for the -pl'eliminary expenses of the jubilee committee, I • j 'Rail Booklngs i Revised booking arrangements for j rail travel have been ' annouiiced by* ; the Railways Department. ' As from j Deeember 30, booking offices will \ aceept bookings for reserved seats and sleeping berths up to 14 days ahead of the date of travel in the 1 main terminal centres and up to 16 days in other centres. Raglan Recount Postponed ; The magisferial recount of votes cast in the Raglan electorate which was to have been taken next week, has been postponed. This is to allow the return of servicemen's votes from overseas) The Raglan seat is held by the Labour candidate, Mr. A. Q. Bax-' ter, who received 39 votes more than ; Mr. H. Johnstone, who applied for the recount. Any change in the final fig'jires in the Raglan electorate will | affeet the voting power of the GovernJ ment. i j Photos for R.S.A. 1 One of Miss Nola Luxford's most j interesting announcements during' her ■ brief visit to. New Zealand, in chatj ting ab'out her Work at the Anzae | Club in New York during the war I years, was that she would shortly : make availabie to former servicemen ! and their parents 364 different photoi graphs of the Anzac Club and vari- , ous phases of its activities. These she j has packed "* her luggage, but as she ' flew to New Zealand and her baggage ; came by sea, it has only now caught ; rp with- her. She has arranged with ■ the Wellington headquarters of the j Returned ' Services' Assoeiation to I have these photographs copied, and i they will be sent to -all branehes of the ! R.S.A. in New Zealand-