Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5307, 21 January 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-day's Weather Forecast The Government Meteorologist has 1 issued the following weather «eport ; and forecast: — j Situation : An anti-eyclone covers ; the north Tasman Sea and is moving j on to New Z'ealand. Pressures are ' low to the south-east of New Zea- ! land and a cold front is moving ! north-eastwards oyer the southern. ! half of the North Island. j Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Winds light to moderate, south-easterlies. Weather fine with warm day temperatures. The maximum temperature recorded in Rotorua yesterday was 70.2 degrees. Sunday's . highest * polnt was G9.7 degrees, but on Saturday the thermometer soared to 78.2 degrees.

New Mail Boxes To meet the heavier demand by business firms in the town, a further 100 small private mail boxes and five large ones have been installed in the box lobby at the Rotorua Post Office. In order to fit in the larger quota, the design of the lobby has had to be altered considerably. Yesterday's Pire Call A scrub fire in the Whakarewarewa village in the vicinity of Mrs. Rangi

Tihei's house was i*esponsible for the fire alarm sounded at 3.10 o'cloelc yestei'day afternoon. With no water available in the area the brigadesmen were obliged to adopt beating methods and soon had the fiam.es extinguished. Fined for Disturbance Charged vjith fighting in a public place, Arawa Street, on Saturday, two young men appeared in the Police Court at Rotorua yesterday morning, and were each fined £2. They were Francis John Kiwi Howe, clerk, aged 28, and Allan William Bennett, labourer, aged 22. 'Messrs. O. H. Coleman and J. J. Dillon, Justices of the Peace, were on the Bench.

Small Customs Clearance When the ketch Ilex anchored in the boat harbour at Wellington on Saturday The Customs officer who boarded her told the master, Mr. N. W. Thomas, that his was the smallest ship he had ever given clearance into the port. Inspection completed, the officer climbed down on to his own craft, an 8ft. dinghy. Probably the smallest Customs boat ever to clear any vessel into Wellington. Health Staiup Saies Health stamp saies in the Hamilton postal district up to December 31 totalled £4009, of which sum Hamilton city offices handled £890 and suboffices £3119. Among the most notable saies in December were: Hamil-

ton £234; Te Awamutu £185; Te Kuiti £54; Matamata £33; Raglan £26; Rotorua £26. Saies of the health issue will continue until February 28 unless stoeks fail in the interim. Maori Tribes Reunited Two Maori tribes, both descended from the (first Maoris who came to New Zealand in the eanoe Tainui, were reunited on Saturday by the marriage of Wikitoria Katene, of the Ngati Toa tribe, to Te H ekenui , ( Douglas) Whatu, a Ngati Whaulcawhia. During the war the bride . was a nursing aid in Egypt and Italy. The mother of the bridegroom is in charge of the Maori hostel at Fi-ank-ton.

Current Raiion Coupons Ration coupons available for the week ending January 26 are as follow: Meat (ration ls. 6d. weekly, H coupon 3d., others 3d,; child's i*ation, 9d. vveekly, J coupon 3d. — Nos. 12 and 13. Butter (ration 6oz. weekly, each coupon 8oz) — Nos. 13 to 15, available until February 16. Sugar (ration 31b. monthly, each coupon 12oz) — Nos. 13 to 16, available until February 16. Tea (ration 8oz. montWy, each poupou 2oz)— Nos. 13 to 16, available until February 16.

Athletics for Women Miss N. Nairn, of the Internal Affairs Department, has offered to be present at the Pererika Street Re-, serve at least once a week, for the purpose of coaching young women of the town who are interested in ath- | letics. This week it will be Thursday, 1 at 6 p.m. Here is an opportunity for° those who wish to take up some form of exercise, but who perhaps are a little doubtful of their ability. Champions don't just happen, and for every champion there must be hun- , dreds of others taking part in the 1 sport, and getting enjoyment out of | it.