Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5330, 17 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

...... To-Day's Weather Fcre'cast 'ihe Government Meteofologlsf hag Isstied the follbwing weather report and foi'eeast: — Situation: . The -depresgion east of New Zealand is movirig slowly away. An anti-cyclone% extends On to the South Island from the Tasman Se£. Forecast for Rotorua to 5 p.m.: Strong southerlj^, winds. A few scattered showers in and iiear the ranges, but weather otherwise fair to fine. Temperatures cold. Aurora Austfalls Residents ' who were ahroad between one and 2 o'clock this morning no doubt observed a magnifieent display of the Aurora Australis in the southern sky. Rotorua Telegraphie Servlce Although Rotorua "escaped unscathed from the gale that visited many other parts of the North Island, telephonic and telegraphic communication >vitb Hamilton and Auckland was intefriipted eompletely on Saturday mofning, but traffie was restored in the afternoon through Whakatane. A number of smaller offices ixi the district were alsc- eut off but nearly all of these had been put back on service by yesterday afternoon. No Way Out A Wellington motorist, who set out for Rotorua on Saturday, ^ound a couple of trees blocking the road below Porirua. He returned to the Hutt Road with the intention of crossing by the Haywards Road to the main north road. The Haywards Road was impassable owing to slipS. Back to the Hutt Road, he decided to make his way through the Wairarapa. At Heretaunga the road was blocked by trees and several concrete teleplione poles. He then returned to Wellington. / Road Formation Near Tikitere The straightening of the Whaka-tana-Rotorua l^oad near Tikitere is now' well advaneed. It. should be graded hy the end of this week and it is to be sealed next summer. The work is being done by two scoops, each of ten vards capacity. The downhill approach to Tikitere, which has hitherto been obscured by sharp bends, will now open up a new vista and the whole area will be under observation from about half a-mile away. The new road will be 24 feet "in width, with four and a-half feet of grass verge on either side. Tiger Cubs Named The three tiger eubs at Wellington Zoo have now been ofllcially named. A christening ceremony, which was the_ culmination of a naming competition conducted among children throughout New Zealand, took place in the Wellington Town Hall on Friday night before an audience of nearly 2000 people. The three childwho sent in the winning entries performed the ceremony, cubs being named Rnugi. Boris, and Ngaire. The cubs had the support of some fellow residents of the Zoo. including monkeys, -a parvot, and an opossum. "Baby" On Doorsiep It would be hard io eclipse the story of a Wellington tramways hus driver, who, like most employees on Saturday morning. found it impossible to report for duty on time. When he tried to open the front door of his house in Queen's Drive, he found that a "baby" car was cluttering up his verandah. The car had been blown from its parking place light across his frontage, and made an impassable barrier outside his 'door. He had heard a noise eavly in the morning, but had not bothered to investigate. When he finally succeeded in getting away to work, the car "was still there.