Lotal & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5305, 18 January 1947, Page 4

Lotal & General

To-Day's Weather Forecast The Government Meteorologist hds issued the following weather rdp&ft ahd forecast u— Situatioifi Ari extensive anti-. cyclone is eentred iri t.he west of the 'North Island, and covfirs New" Zealand. A wealc, low pressure ttorigh in the western Tasmanian &ea N mSfiiig slowly eastwards. o ■ a Forecast fhr Rotorua district: Light to moderate vafiaWe winds Patches of low cloud this riitffMng, weather generally fair to fine «ixf tiiS Sfterooon. There was § Aridden return yesterday to mid-sumriit¥ weather, the maximum temperature itt Rotorua yesterday being 78.4 degreetJ, eompared with 69 degrees 011 ThursdayV 1

Afefe&tiit Charge Dismissed Charged with having assaulted a young wonian in Rotorua on January 16, Maitland Hartley Dale, aged 26, appeared in the Police Court yester- : day before Mes^rS O. H. Co-leman and J. J. Dillon, J.'sP. The charge was dismissed. ! 1 Marcfihlg Ghampionships j The New ZeRl&nd 'Marcliing Asso- ; eiation's North Islarid ehampionships ; have been allocated to the Wairarapa Inter-House Association, and will be held at Masterton 011 January 25. Last year's •champions, Pringles, Pahiatua, are defending the title.

Gocd Prices for Peaches Very good pi'ices are being' paid for early Hawke's Briy peacbes. One grower said that he had received a better return for the 200 erises he had marketed this year so far thari for the 7 O'O cases he had marketed during the same period last year. The 200 cases ho has sold this year have averaged ovei* £2 each, Award to Airmari According- to information received by his mother, Mrs. de Willimoff, of Okoroire, Squadron-LeSder J. J. de Willimoff has been created a Metnher of Ihe Order of the British Empii'e. Squadron-Leader de Willimoff is in ehage of No. 14 Squadron, R.N.Z.A.F. Japan. His name was omitted from the tNeW Year honours list.

Service With J-Fbl'ce While the general future of the New Zealand forces in Japan had yet to be he decided, there was no reasori foi* a departure from the original agreement coiieerning length of service, said the Minister, of Defence, Mr. Jones. The troops at present in Japan would, as originally stated, serve not more than a year overseas, or more than 18 months altogether. Their overseas service was due ;o end in May and July for the two drafts, and their diseharge in New Zealand was due in Septembor aiid Oetober.