Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5310, 24 January 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-day's Weather Forecast The Government Meteorologist has issued the following weather report and forecast: — Situation: Pressures have fallen | over Tasmania but " the tropical storms reported near Brisbane appear to be losing intensity and are unlikely to affect weather eonditions in New Zealand. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Winds light to moderate and variable. Weather fine with cool night and very warm day temperatures. Fire Call Yesterday The Rotorua Fire Brigade yesterday answered another call to a scrub and rubbish outbreak at 2.45 p.m. It was in Marguerita Street, at the rear of lArawa Park, and was quickly subdued with the first aid equipment carried on the mo-tor. Highest Temperature this Season Yesterday ' Rotorua experienced the highest temperature recorded this season, the thermometer climbing to 80.2 degrees in the town area. This compared.with a reading of 77.9 for Wednesday and 78.4- on January 17 last, which was the previous highest fcecording for the season. Milk in Schools Scheme Sixty-nine per cent, or 159,588 out of 281,103 school pupils in New Zealand receive pasteurised milk under the milk in schools scheme, according to figures of the September census received by the Taranaki Education Board. There. were 87 per cent, or 8280 out of 9493 pupils in New Zealand taking malted milk, and milk for cocoa was provided for 398 out of 883 pupils. Scouting Award Announced Award of the Scout Association's Certificate of Merit to Mr. H. Smith, Eketahuna, in recognition of his good services to the movement, has "been approved by the Governor-General, acting in his capacity as Dominion 'Chief Scout Scout. Mr. S-mith first received a warrant as cubmaster of the Eketahuna Group in 1937, but served previously as an assistant cubmaster. In I945 he received a warrant as district cubmaster and continued to hold both positions, and to render outstanding service to the Scout movement. Secret Athletic Admirer The first reception that one of the visiting American athletes received on arriving in Palmerston North onMonday was a large bunch of fiower's sent anonymously to his hotel by a feminine admirer. The attached no toroa d : ''To Al, c/ith love from Alice." The visitor concerned said at a reception that he hoped to find Alice before he left — "Just for curiosity.1' It is interesting to note that K. Forsyrhe, of Napier, who ran Don Campbell (U.S.A.) to a close finish in the 100 yards, and beat the American runner in the 220 event, at Palmerston North, is a son of §ub-Inspector F. Forsythe, of the Rotorua Police. Animals for (N.Z. Zoos Two of the four now famous tiger eubs recently horn at the Wellington zoo will he going to Auckland within four months. They are being exchanged with other animals. Auckland Zoo is responding with pig-tailed monkeys in exchange for fallow deer, Sebastopol monkeys and whistling frogs which are also being sent from . Wellington. There is still 110 news eonceming the elephants which Mr. C. J. Cutler, curator of the Wellington Zoo ordered from Calcutta some months ago, and is possible that an elephant may now be procured from Singapore, The Melbourne Zoo is sending three emus to Wellington .within the next few weeks. Radio for Fire Brigades Trials of two-way radio communication between the Central fire station and a fire engine are at present being carried out in Auckland. If the experiments prove suceessful and radio-telephone's are inst'alled on Auckland engines, it will he possible for fire headquarters to be in constant touch with their engines both on the way to a fire and during a fire. Although a radio communication system was recently installed in Auckland police patrol cars, no fire •brigades in New Zealand have yet been equipped with radio-telephone. Tests have, however, been carried out in Wellington and Dunedin, and communication , has been found fairly satisfaetory. Days of Te Kooti Recalled Considerable interest was shown in the annual meeting of adherents of the Ringatu Church, held at Whareongaonga, between Young Nick's Head and Mahia Peninsula. It is the historic site of the landing of Te Kooti and his followers after his escape from the Chatham Islands in the Rifleman in 1868. Representatives of congregations in various parts of the North Island took part in devotions and associated activities. Maoris made a pilgvimage to Whareongaonga on foot from the nearest point on th.e Gisborne-Wairoa railway line. The Ringatu Church was founded by Te Kooti, who took up the study of religion during his exile following the Hauhau troubles in Poverty Bay in 1865.