Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5298, 10 January 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-Day's Weather Forecast The Government Meteorologist has issued the fol\owing weather report and forecast: — Situation: An anti-cyclone is centred near the Kermadec Islands, while a ridge of high. pressure extends over the Chath'am Islands. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Westerly or sonth-westerly winds. I Weather, cloudy or showery. Tem1 peratures cooler. [ The rnaximum temperature recordi ed in the town area yesterday was j 67.9 degrees. j Cockayne Memorial Fund i " The Forest and Bird Pi-oteetion | Society advises that contributio-ns re- ■ ceived for the erection of a memorial ; to the late Dr. Leonard Cockayne, the world-famous New Zealand bot- ■ anist, now amount to £222. Garden Competition Ti*ophies to be won in the 3-0,000 Club's garden competition, entries for.. 1 which -elose on January 18, are on 'view in Cozzie's Florist Shop. Intend- : ing competitors are reminded that | judging will begin on February 22. i • English Nurses Arrive : The liner Largs Bay, which recently | brought a party of British building ' tradesmen to Australia, also carried j as passengers a party of 21 girls from Britain for New Zealand. They will take u-p nursing training under the scheme set up by the New Zealand Government. Taiporutu Club to Broadcast Forty-two members of the Taiporutu Club will leave Rotorua on January 16 for the purpose of broadeasting over 2YA on the two following evenings. The purpose of the presentations is to raise funds for the Maori Missic-n of the WellingtonWairarapa Diocese. Marching Championships The State Forest marching team is to represent the Rotorua Marching Association at the New Zealand championships at Hastings on February 22. 'In announcing this, Mr. N. F. McMillan, said that he regretted other teams were not able to attend the championships. Motor Camp Receipts Receipts from the municipal motor camp for the holiday season up to yesterday totalled £804, a sum which exceeds last year's total to March 31 by £18. It is anticipated that the returns for the current financial year will exceed £1000. The highest figure reached in the pre-war years was £1775 in the 1938-39 season. One Eclipse Visible Only one of three predicted eclipses in 1947 will be visible in New Zealand — a partial eclipse of the moon at an inconveniently early hour of the morning on June 4. On this occasion only 0.021 of the moon's diameter will be obseured at the greatest phase. The moon will enter tho penumbral shadow at 1.49 a.m. The greatest obseuration will oecur at 7.15 a.m. Other eclipses are a total solar eclipse of the sun on May 20 and an annular eclipse of the sun on November 12. Neither of these will he visible in New Zealand. Funeral Expenses The allowable deductions in death ditties were debts owing by the deceased at ihe time of death, but funeral expenses were invariably ir.-' clutled, said the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Deeds, Mr. W. E. Brovvn, in an address to New Plymouth Rotarians. "In these days, with increased use of crematoriums, it is rather amusing to note the difference in cost before and after evemation," he added. "It is usual in Taranaki to find that the cost of cremation expenses amounts ta between £50 and £60, whereas the last item on die accounts suhmitted is the return of the ashes by post — ls. 3d."