Local & General

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5330, 18 February 1947, Page 4

Local & General

! - ' To-day's Weather Forecast j The Government Meteorologist has '■ issued the fo.llowin'g weather report ancl forecast: — | Situation: An anti-cyclone in the : Tasman Sea extends on to New Zealand, but a cold front is moving across the south Tasman Sea and is • expected to be nearing the South ' Island by this afternoon 'or evening. I Forecast. for Rotorua; Moderate ! southerly to south-westerly winds ! hut noytherly sea breezes away i from the hills to-day/ Weather | fair to fine with cool nights and 1 mild day temperatures. i | The maximum temperature recordj : ed in the town area yesterday was ; 72.9 degrees, compared with 67 . ; degrees on Sunday, and 56.9 degrees : on Saturday. Two frosts were recorded; one on Sunday morning which re^'istered 2.9' degrees and one yesterday registering 3 degrees. ! Thistledown I'ime i . • * _

It is "thistledown time" again, and the wind of the weelc-end sent literally millions of thistle seeds with t'heir fluffy parachutes soaring across the Rotorua district on 'Saturday and Sunday last. The seeds were most noticeable on the Hamurana road from Ngongotaha. Theft of Glasses Charged with slealing two glasses, valued at 2/-, from an hotel on Saturday, John Taylor, a Maori labo-urer, aged 24, appeared before Messrs. J. J. Dillon and G. H. French, Justices of the Peace, in the Rotorua Police Court yesterday. He was convicted and fined £1. Garden Contest Entries which closed recently for the garden contest promoted by the Rotorua 30,000 Club are most eneouraging ancl judging will commence next Saturclay. It is expected that results will be available by the following- week-end. • It is proposed to make the contest an annual one,and next year, it is expected that itwill be held jn the spring, to avoid the hot weather generally experi- , enced at this time of the year. Bairacks Weelc Ended Although mixed weather was the experience of the High School Cadet Battalic-n , during its week's training. in barracks, the final day yesterday, for striking cainp, was fine and clear. Although two periods of training were included in the morning's work, tents had been struek, the camp cleared, everything jiacked, and the boys were on their way home by 3.15 p.m. The House competition conducted during the week resulted in Drake gaining first place, with Raleigb second. Frobisher third and Nelson fc-urth. - Fly-casting Competition Interest is being taken in the visit to Rotorua of Major T. T. Brunn, Australasian fly-casting champion, and arrangements have now been completed by the Rotorua 1 30,000 Glub for an exhibition by Major Brunn, ^rn conjunctio-n with the aquatic carnival heing staged -on the lalcefront next Saturday. A fly-cast-ing competition will also be held in which Major. Brunn ancl Mr. F. H. Lord, the New Zealand champion, will be competitors. Band Contest Saturday Nine bands are to compete in the A grade section of the 1947 Nfew Zealand Brass Bands contest, commencing at Wanganui on Saturday. All co-mbinations have notable records and, at.one time or another, have occupied prominent places at previous fixtures. In spite of inevitable setbaeks during the war, the units are almost at full strength. These bands are Woolston, Wellington Waterside Silver, Queen Alexandra's Own, Palmerston North Garrison, St. Kilda, Wanganui Garrison, Kaikorai (all previous winners), Invercargill Civic and Hawera. The last-named band- is in the A grade for the first time. Wagon, Derailed i The broad, blue sea is not the o-nly place where a ship can getfa roeking, as a small motor-hoat "Cling," shipped by rail, ^ discovered in the Rotorua yards yesterday when the goods truclc upon which it was loaded jumped the points. The craft was only saved a complete capsize through the strength of the connecting link to the engine which miraeulously kept the wagon teetering until raihvay employees restored its equilibrium. Shunting traflic was held up for some time until the wagon was again replaced on the rails. Portibn of the front bogey of the engine had also been ddrailed and there was slight damage to the traclc. Picture Patrons Alarmed Many hearts thumped slightly harder last evening, towards the end of the sereening in the Regent Theatre,^ but the eause was not the dazzling heroine nor the handsome hero. The cause was a very unpleasant smell — a smell that suggested that the building* was on fire. Some people started towards the door, but on being assured by 'fhe manager that there was no danger, they returned to their seats. -The cauge of the smell was a faulty motor in refrigeration machinery behind the soda counter in the Vestibule. The draught carried the odour into the theatre but the removal of . the fuse allowed patrons to resume their seats ancl their normal puise.

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