Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

t .ToDay's Weather Forecast • The Government Meteorologist ! has issued the following weather i report and forecast' — , Situation: Anti-cyclones are centred. east and west of the North Island. A weak cold front is' passI ing in the south: I Forecast for Rotorua to 5 p.m.: 1 'Light to moderate and variable winds, with the weather continuing fine and settled, with warnr temperatures. The further outlook is for simflar conditions. The maximum temperature in the |town area yesterday was 78 degrees, ! as compared with 79 degrees on Tues■1 day. j j Record Taupo Trout j A trout weighing 11§ lh., the largest taken at Lake Taupo this season, was landed by Mr. G. Snow, of Whangarei, fishing with Mr. W. Smith, of Omana. Mr. Snow secured - a limit bag of an'average weight of ! 7.?; pounds. Dry conditions prej vailing at Taupo are not conducive : to good fishing but good results have j been reported from Tokaanu.

./ Spendings of Young Man How much money for living expenses.does a young single man in a city require? This question was posed by Mr. Justice Callan in "the Supreme Court, Auckland, to the? Prohation Oflficer, Mr. Maxted. The Probation Oificer's. assessment was that, to provide for board, clothing, travelling expenses and lunches, a young man to-day required £3 a weelc. Visif to Waikato Maoris Lord and Lady Bledisloe and the . Governor-General and Lady Freyberg will pay a visit to King Koroki, Princess Te Puea and the chiefs and people of the Waikato on Mareh 29 at a regatta to be held in their hon-o-ur. During his term of office, Lord Bledisloe took a keen interest in Princess Te Puea's work for her people and he has remained on friendly terms ever since. Women Tram Conductors The wartime measure of employing women as tram conductors may be discontinued. Approached about the matter at Wellington, the national secretary of the Tramways' Unio-n, Mr/P. A. Hansen, declined to discuss the matter. One point on which he was emphatic, however, was that there was 'k general appreciation of all concerned of the value of the services given by many women and girls engaged as co-nductors to cope with wartime staflr shortages. ' Vital Statistics — European births in the Rotorua district during the month of January shoAved an increase of almost 100 per cent. Forty-seven births were registered, as compared with 27 the previous month. 'Maox-i births on the other hand, are very much the same, 26 being registered last month, against 22 the previous month. ESght pakeha and three Maori deaths were also recorded in January, compared with eight and five respectively in December. Accident -To Bowler The skip of one of the leading rinks in the Rotorua bowling tournament, Mr. V. C. Potter, of Tauranga, was standing by his car at the conclusion of yesterday niorning's play when another car parked 011 the other side of Hinemaru Street backed into him. In attempting to avoid it, he tried to get into his own car, but the open door was flung back, inflicting painful injuries to a hand. A substitute played for Mr. Potter for the remainder of the session. HifCh-Hiking For Speed ! Two young Wellington men, Messrs. p. Fleisehl and B. Mason, set out 011 a/hitch-hike at 1.30 a.m. yesterday, via Wanganui, Taupo and Rotorua, whence one went on to Tauranga. They walked for about an hour and slept by the wayside for another hour after reaching Wanganui by service bus, and they had almost a dozen lifts to Rotorua, which was nevertheless, reached at 6.45 p.m. They considered hitch-hiking has many advantages over the ordinary means of transport. S.F.S. Marching Teant The State Forest Service marching team, which will represent Rotorua at the New Zealand championships at Hastings on February 22, will comprise Misses M. Johnson (leader), R. McCoach, M.'Scally, G. Whitton, T. Atkinson, NV 'Gifrry, Lt Scally, f. ; Harris, M. MeGinley and P. Hawker. Accompanying the team, which will leave Rotorua on February 21, will be' Messrs.-. N. F. McMillan, president 1 of the Rotorua Marching Association, 1 C. Ward, coaeh, and Miss N. Nairn, a j delegate to the New Zealand Associaj tion. , Power Guts Disrupt Farmers i Concern at the disruption to farm schedules that might eventuate should ! unheralded power cuts continue, was expressed by a Rotorua former yesteri day. Tuesday's cut, he said, was par1 ticularly annoying, coming as it did i right in the middle of milking. He and | most of his colleagues had been caught in the sheds with many cattle 1 still to milk, and the electric pumps ! useless. He realised that power cuts j might be essential in the months to | come, but deplored the present apparI ent policy of the authorities in cutting j'power with out warning when ever the load became heavy.