Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5329, 15 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

To-day's Weather Forecast The Goyernment Meteorologist has issued the following- weather report and forecast: — /* Situation: An intense anti-cyclone is passing over the Tasman Sea and extends on to the South Island. Forecast for Rotorua to midnight: Weather over«ifist with occasional rain.. Temperatures cold. The maximum temperature ' re•corded in the town area at Rotorua yesterday was 62 degrees, compare'd: with 77.2 on' Thursday. The rainfall for the 24-hour period ended 4, p.m. was 1.03' inch, the last two hours of this time accounting for .88 of the total, Sheep Dog Trials The Rotorua Sheep Dog Trial Club decided at a meeting last night to hold the annual trials at Ngongotaha on March 27, 28 and 29. Incipient Fire Outbreak Fat which eaught fire in an oven at Prinee's Gate Hotel yesterday morning was the cause of .the alarm sounded at 11.45 a.m. By the time the hrigade an-ived the burning fat had been 'extinguished, and no damage had been done. Marching Teams' Championships There will be 46 teams eompeting . at the Nevv Zealand Marching Asso-r ciation ehampionship meeting at Hastings nexf week-end. The State' Forest Service team, which will represent the Rotorua association, has drawn 22nd position. The Rotorua party, Which will" leave next Friday morning, will comprise 21 persons. Fly-Casting Competition Major T. T. Brunn, who is staying at the fishing lodge at Mourea, and Mr. L. Beeson, of Auckland, are visiting the district after a big game fishing trip at the Bay of Islands. Their visit here is concerned with a challenge issued by Major Brunn, to Mr. F. Lord, to a fly-casting competition. This will take place on Saturdaj'- next, but the site of the test has not yet been fixed.

High School Barracks With the advent of heavy rain early yesterday afternoon, the High School •boys *in barracks continued their. activities in the school buildings. A meeting of offieers was held at 6 o'clock, and it was decided to give the cadets the option of remaining in camp or of returning home for the night. Those who had not dry changes of clothing that had become wet were advised to go home, and about 40 per •cent. of the battalion elected to do so. They will return to school this morn-c ing. ,

lied- Provided for Miirister - Unable to fmd hotel accommodation in Hastings or Napier, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, his secretary, Mr. G. Wilson, and the pilot of his aircraft, FlightLieutenant Hanlon, found refuge with the Hawke's Bay aird East Coast Aero Club. They were given rooms in the well-appointed sleeping" quarters of, the club, and continued their journey to Wellington the followiipg morning. Bad weather prevented the Minister from returning south by air, and no hotel accommodation could be found. Bicyeles Await Claimants Rotorua has something of a reputation for disappearing bicycles, and the po.lice are kept busy taking desc'riptions, mostly vague, recovering machines and trying to help owners locate their property. The fact that they receive little co-operation is re- ; vealed by the large number of cycles awaiting claimants at the police station. Apparently most people after losing property, rely on the police, with fevv details, to complete the job. Persons having had bicycles stolen and not recovered during the past few months might do well by calling to help with identification. Dirty Milk Billies The utmost need to keep all milk containers scrupulously clean was stressed by-a Dairy Division official at a® meeting yesterday of the Rotorua Milk Producers' Association. The majority of billies that were now obtainable in the hardware shops, he said, were of the pressed seam variety, apd these seams provided a dangerous breeding- ground for bacteria if not attended to. It was quite impossihle to clean these crevasses properly, and the only soiution was to have them fiushed with Soldey. He advised all householders who^did not receive their mil'k in sealed bottles to get this'done.