Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5325, 11 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-day's' Weather Forecast The Government Meteorologist has issued the following weather report and foreeast:-— Situation: An antheyelone eentreds over the Canterbury peninsula is moving eastwards towards the Chatham Islands. A depression to the nofth-east -of the North Island is also moving slowly eastwards. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: 3outh-easterly winds, strong at first in a few exposed places but decreasing gradually. Weather fair to fine and mild. The maximum temperature in the town ai'ea yesterday was 73.1 | degrees compared with 77 degrees on | Sunday and 79.9 degrees oii Satur- | day. During the 24-hour period ' ended 9.30 am. Sunday, .02 of an ; ineh of rain was recorded and for the ' ensuing 24 hours .04 of an inch was recorded. ! Dusty Roads ' j Pumice roads in the district have j become very dusty as the result of the , long, dry spell, but constant grading I has 'kept the surf aces in reasonahle i order. The most dangerous section is | that from the Atiamuri turnoff in the | Hemo Gorge to the vicinity of the golf | club-hoqse. ! Trees Blown Dowii \ ! The high wind experienced in the district yesterday caused some trees on the edge of the forestry planta-. tions to be blown over.' One pinus/ree fell across the road near Humphries' store at Atiamuri without doing any damage, and it was easily cleared away. / \ Hedge Alight Near St. Luke's' Brigadesmen had only a short distance to travel yesterday afternoon when an alarm summoned them to a hedge Are between the Bargain Stores in Penton Street, and St. Luke's Church at 5.15 p.m. The outbreak was caused by spai'ks from a rubbish fire which set a hedge alight. Thc flames were extinguished with ,one delivery of hose and apart from charring the hedge, no damage was done. Final Crichet Test The fifth and final Test match, be- • tween England and Australia, will he played at Svdney, commencing' on Fe'bruary 28. From to-day, until February 12, the visitors will play • Victoria Counti'y at Ballarat, Feh- : ruary 14-18 Victoria at Melbourne, and February 21-25 New- South Wales at Sydney. The Englishmen, who are to visit New Zealand after the final Test until April 1, will play i Auckland on Mareh 28, 29 and 31.

Famine Emergency Campaign Meat coupons from the Churches to the value of £1 17s 6d and from individuals, to' the value of £4 5s, were received hy the Rotorua Famine Emergency Committee during the four days ended February 7. In the same period, butter coupons totalling 3 J pounds^from the Churches, and half a pound from individuals, were received with sugar coupons for six pounds and tea coupons for half a pound from individuals-. Holiday-makers' Plight Holiday-makers who ' took the oppcrtunity offered the air service to Norfolk Island to spend their annual vacations on the Paeific island have not been able to return home during the p«ist few days owing to the lack of air passages. It was thought on Saturday that seats on a i plane would be available. but this hope did not eventuate and stranded holiday-makers whose return is overdue have cabled the Prime Minister ' asking for a 1'elief plane. Stud BuII as Boner Meat A stud bull which, before it was injured, would have brought at least 500 guineas in the sale ring, was recently lcilled in the Kaiti Freezing Works, and fetched £16 as boner meat. The bull was a Hereford, Waikohu 683rd, oTvned by Hutchinson Brc-thers, and last year was reserve champion at the Gisborne show and champion at the Hawke's Bay show. Last month it suffered a hip injury, believed to have been caused by a fall. Low N.Z. Road Death Rate New Zealand has by far the lowest death rate in the world from ro-ad accidents. This was revealed at a eonference in Greymouth attended by the Commissioner of Transport, Mr. G. Laurenson. It was stated that the "death rate per 10,000 ' vehicles in Australia last year was 13.6 ; for Great Britain.it was 17; while for New Zealand it was 4.3. In 1946, in spite of more petrol being i available and many vehicles being old, fatalities had been reduced by ; 100 on tbe 1945" total of -129. In th'e i greate^t number of these accidents, ! said Mr. Laurenson, motor-cycles had i been involved.