Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5319, 4 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-Day's Weather Forecast • The Government Meteorologist' has issued the . following weather report and forecast: — v Situation: flressures are high over New Zealand, an anti-cyclone being centred east of the South Island. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Light to moderate winds, easterlies or north- easterlies predominating. Weather fine and mild apart from scattered patches of fog ■ in the morning. Temperature Record Sunday last saw the record temperature for Rotorua this season. The shade reading, talcen by tha Tourist Department in the town area, • was 84..2, compared with 82 degrees on Saturday and 81 degrees yesterday. The previous highest local ' temperatures this season were talcen on January 28 and 31, both reaching | 82.9. Rain, which threatened early ! yesterday evening, eommeneed to j fall ahout 8 p.m. but did no.t last long, and gave little relief. Famine Emergency Campaign Meat coupons to the value of ■ £6 9s 9d and butter coupons amounting to 25S pounds were received by the Rotorua Famine Emergency Committee during the period January I 27 to 31. I | Stung by Jellyfish 1 A member of a visiting revue com- . pan^-, Miss Valda Lippscombe, Auckland, was stung by a jellyfish while ■ hatbing off the Marine Parade, ■ Napier, cn Saturday. She received , treatment at the Napier Hospital, hut i the sting left a six-inch mark on her ' shoulder. ^ Cne Way of Winning » He was making a valiant effort to reach the tape first, hut for some reason he just copld not pass the competitor in front, so what was wrong with grabhing him by the shirt and pulling him baclc? After all, they were only six-year-olds, and after all he did not win. Current Ration Coupons Ration couppns available this week are: — • Meat (ration ls 6d weekly, H eoupon 3d; others," 3d; ehild's ration, 9d weekly; J eoupon 3d). — Nos. 14 and 15. Butter (ration 6 oz weekly, 1 each ccupon 8oz). — Nos 13 to 15, • available until February 16. Sugar (l'ation 3 pounds monthly, each eoupon 12oz). — Nos. 13 to 16, available until February 16. Tea (ration 8oz monthly, each eoupon 2oz). — Nos. 13 to* 16, available until February ; 16. ' r Elderly Male Knitter ' _ An Invercargill resident has found intefest and fecreation during his spare time in indulging his preferenee for knitting,' an oceupation he has followed since he was nine years °ld. He is now 78, and was seen in the Red Cross Society's office a few days ago handing over a pair of soeks which he had just completed.. During the war, knitting in his spare time, he completed 137 balaclavas ; and 50 pairs of soeks for men in the Air Force. Since the cessation of hostilities he has knitted about 50 pairs for the Red Cross. Miiies Working Again The Glen Afton and MacDonald mines resumed work yesterday morning, the dispute over a screen hand at the MacDonald mine having been settled. The Renown mine, however, was idle following a prolonged stopwork meeting. The meeting continued until after 11 o'clock when it was deemed to be too late to warrant going into the mine. It is understood the meeting at the Renown mine was to consider a report from the miners' delegates to the Federation of Labour conference in Wellington recently. January Weather The highest temperature recorded in Rotorua last month was 82.9 degrees, attained on the 28th and 31st. The lowest reading of 41.2 degrees was recorded on the 7th. The range was greater in January, 1946; when on the hottest day, the 12th, the thermometer showed 92.9 degrees and on the coldest day, the lst, fell to 37.7 degrees. The rainfall for the month just passed was 1 36inches, compared with .59 of an inch for the corresponding month of 1946, the greatest fall of .76 of a'n inch being on the 9th, compared with .28 of an inch on the 26th, a year ago. Rain fell in the respective periods on seven and eight days. There were no frosts last month and only one the previous January. Race Day Bus Services _ The New Zealand Road Services advises that next Saturday all afternoon passenger services to outlying dis- . tricts will be delayed to leave Rotorua at 6 p.m. except the Rotorua- Whaka-tane-Opotiki bus at 5 p.m. The 9.30 a.m. Mokai-Taupo and 10.30 a.m. , Taupo-Mokai, the 7 p.m. OruanuiTaupo, and 10.30 p.m. Taupo-Oruanui services will not run, but a special service will leave Mokai at 7.30 a.m. and leave Rotorua at 6 p.m.