Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5322, 7 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-Day's Weather Forecast The Government Meteorolog'ist has issued the following weather ' report and foi'ecast: — Situation: An anti-cyclone is over New Zealand, and'-a depression is ■passing to the south. Forecast for Rotorua to 5 p.m.: Fair ts moderate easterly or northerly winds/" Weather will be fair to fiife and warm, and the further outlook is for little change. The maximum temperature in the to.wn area yesterday was 80.4 degrees, as eompared with 78 degrees the previous day. Record Lamb Price - What he considers to be a record this season paid for Southdown lambs was reported by Mr. H. McFetridge, from Hamurana, yesterday. In a reeent • shipment to the ' freezing worlcs, Mr. McFetridge dispatched 222 -lambs, the average weight of which was 39 pounds, the average ' price paid being £1 17s 2d.

Aero Club Plane Delayed Owing to unforeseen circumstances the delivery of the Tiger. Moth plane, which was promised to t'he Rotqyua Aero Cluh by the end of January, has been delayed indefinitely. Some time ago the cluh captain, Mr. T. D. We'bster, completed negotiations for the purchase of the aircraft from the Air Department in Wellington."

Two Buses Break Down Passengers by the train from Wellington yesterdaj^ morning who detrained at Frankton to proceed by bus to Rotorua or Tauranga had an unenviable experience, states the Waikato Times. They left in Road Services' buses, at about 4.45 a.m., but the one bound for Tauranga broke down at a point north of the Horahora petrol station, and the 'bus bound for Rotorua broke down at a point a mile south of the tnrn-off at Piarere, after developing engine trouble earlier on the journey. A relief vehicle from Rotorua reached the passengers at ahout 8.30- -a.m., and they were able to complete their journey.