Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-Day's Weather Pol'(;east The Government. 'MeteUroiogist has issude the following weather report and f.orecaSt: — « Situation: A tropical cyclone was centred about 4C'0 miles north of Auckland last night, and it was expected to move south-eastward. Easterly gales were to be expected in exposed parts of the Auckland Province. An anti-uydone eovers southern New Zealand. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Eadterly to south-easterly Vvittds, jncreasing in strength. Weather cloudy with some scattered rain. Temperatures moderate. Day Lost at Mine Because of a dispute which arose : over the payment rate for the extrac-- ! tion of some pillars, the Strongman I State mine was idle on Monday. It j resumed production yesterday, pendj ing an investigation of the dispute, ! possibl.y by the Coal Counci'f, on its • next visit. ! PSoi- Bnt Willing ! Searches by English women for j husbands are apparently becoming [ keener. One woman, at least, has j chosen an unconventional method of j seeking a mate. A tin of English tobaeco, opened by a New Plymouth j man recently, contained the followj ing message and an address: "Josel phine Mullen, aged 26, no money, no ! hopes, very willing. Tl'usting for an . early reply." Paraparaumu Still an Airport j Dakota aircraft of the Royal New ' Zealand Air Eorce Internal Trans- ' port Service will continue to call at Paraparaumu. The Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones, said yesterday that consideration kad been given to the eliminatioii of Paraparaumu, but National Airways Ccrporation could • not handle all traffic, aild the Dakota service would continue. Good Fish at Rehutai The Rehutai fishing camp reports that some nice rainbow and brown trout have been talcen there recently, ranging up to 101b. Fis'h generally in this area are in good condition. Two : young men, trolling near Mokoia, recently took 19 fish between them in f about an hour. Better fishing s . expected now that the holiday season is ; over, and quieter conditions prevail.