Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5293, 4 January 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-Day's Weather Forecast The Government Meteorologist has issued the following weather report and forecast: — Situation: The anti-cyclone aifecting New Zealahd has moved off t'o the. east and is now followed hy a cold front which has crossed Southland, and is expeeted to .pass over the rest of New Zealan-d to-day, •hringing- rain and south-west winds. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Moderate to fresh northwest winds, backing to south-west, probably about noon. Sonie rain, but improving. Temperatures slightly cooler. ! Milk Pasteurisation ; Owing' to a boiler defect, the pas- ; teurisation plant that deals with Rotorua's town milk supply, was out ' of action on Thursday and yesterday, hut it was expeeted to be functioning' ' again this morning. ! Municipal Conference f That there would be over 350 dele-

gates in Rotorua for the Municipal Conference, which is to he held here early this year, was revealed last night hy the Mayor, Mr. Kusabs. He said that aecommodation was proving something of a problem. . htj.D"ilreatcffff, Hofc, But Not Hotter Predictions of a hotter day yesterday than on phursday did not materialise, although the maximum temperature regched was - well over the 70 mark. The maximum on Thursday was 79.7 degrees, while yesterday the mercury rose to 74.7,. Rotorua has now experienced three fine days in succession, with the temperature in each case exceeding 7 0 degrees. Contact Spectacles Although a Napier resident has been weaving g'lasses for the past four months, .many of his elosest friends are unaware of the fact, and he intends to keep them in the dark. The man is weaving the new contact lenses which fit under the lids of the eyes, actually lying right against the eye and being quite invisible from even the elosest scrutiny. The wearer says that they are every hit as effective as the ordinary rimmed variety. His eyes have not heen reddened or irritated since he began weaving them. Quick Car Deal A Hastings family taking a motor ride to Napier recently were a little disconcerted to find their car was being followed at a respectful distance by another vehicle. After being tailed persistently for several blocks, the first car halted, and a few seconds later the second pulled in beside it at the kerb. The occupants awaited developments. The driver of the second ear, it turned out, was a motor dealer who hoped to purchase their car for a doctor. The price was good, and a sale resulted on the spc-t. Clcthing Prices in America Examples of prices ruling in ■America at present were given hy Mr. F. L. Taylor, miil manager of the Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills, who arrived back from a business visit to America recently. "I was very surprised to see displayed in a high-class New York store a pair of New Zealand plain ribbed socks," he said. "Thev were priced at

roughly 18s% a pair, whefeas they would retail in New Zealand at about 4s a pair. Prices in America in luxury lines in particular have reached their peak. For example, mink coats dropped from £240 to £120 while I was in New York." Blackpool of New Zealand Said the Mayor, Mr. P. A. Kusabs, when speaking at the reception to Lieutenant-Commander J. Mason last night: "I was in Blackpool some years ago, and then wondered if Rotorua would ever be to New Zealand what Blackpool is to the north of England. We wondered how Blackpool had become the centre for holidaymakers in that part of England, and we found an old man who was known as the 'Father of Blackpool.' We asked him, _ and he told us that many years previ■ously, when the local authority ha'd not heen in a very flourishing financial condition, it had organised a carnival on which it spent £5 for advertising. That was the beginning, and since then Blackpool has grown to be one of Britain's premier holiday places." The speaker hoped that one day Rotorua would attract holidaymakers from all parts of New Zealand, and that it would become the Blackpool of the Dominion.