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INDEX TO NEWS LEADING ARTICLES PERSONAL ITEMS CABLE MESSAGES NEWS BY PICTURES SPORTING Page. 8 8 9 , 12 , 11 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 12 GENERAL—- . To Enter Camp This Month Croquet Tourney Cricket • • Fire at Woolston Tanneries Ready for Sea Again Individual and the Community Experts in Plant Research Possible Shortage of Potash Escort Work in Channel .. Accidents Wheat Harvest in 1942 Employers and Workers .. Meat . Export Season Lawn Tennis Athletics Dominion Bowls Tournament Broadcasting THE WEATHER SHIPPING NEWS FOR WOMEN FINANCE AND COMMERCE WEATHER REPORT OFFICIAL FORECASTS \ I [THE PRESS Special Service.] ’ WELLINGTON, January 19. The weather forecast for Canterbury, issued at 5 p.m. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours following the time of issue, is as follows: Wind moderate and variable with northerlles predominating at first. A change to strong southerly likely on Monday night or Tuesday morning. Weather dull and unsettled with rain at times; mild temperatures; moderate sea. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast is: Strong northerly winds to gales, / changing to southerlies later. Weather unsettled with intermiti tent rain and some heavy falls. Temperatures becoming cooler. Sea rough or very rough. DOMINION The forecast for the Dominion is: Weather/dull, mild and humid, with rain 'or drizzle at times In most districts, and some heavy (alls in Westland! Conditions becoming cool and showery, however, over the Auckland peninsula and later In the far south. A cyclonic disturbance centred off the West Coast of the South Island is moving towards the south-east. Pressure is high east of New Zealand, and an anti-cyclone covers Southern Australia and the western Tas- - awn Sea. Winds—Fresh to strong northerlles prevailing at first and reaching gale force in some exposed positions. A change to strong westerlies or southwesterlies setting in soon over the Auckland peninsula and later oyer the Southern hall of the South Island. ■ Seas (New Zealand waters) —Moderate south of East Cape, but rising later on the Otago coast. Elsewhere rough. Eastern' Tasman Sea—Strong nqrth- - erly winds, reaching gale force at times and backing to south-westerlies during / the next ,24 hours. Seas rough in the northern portion, very rough in the south. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The Weather was fine and warm in the city over the week-end, with fresh ’ north-east winds. At 1 o’clock this morning the sky was cloudy and there was no wind. The temperature was €4 degrees and .the barometer at 29.91 in (1012.9 AUUban) was falling. Meteorological observations taken at i'fhe Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, ■ on Sunday, January 19:— Barometer (inches) p (millibars) ThermometerDry bulb , Wet bulb- ’ Maximum prev. 24 hours 1 Minimum prev. 24 hours Minimum on grass Humidity, per cent. . Wind 9 am--29.969 1014.9 Falling slowly. 66.1 61.4 72.1 60.2 67.2 Cloud (0-10) Bain 1941. • E a , 9 . .Olln 1940. Rainfall to date .. .. Lisin 425 in / Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on January 20, at "The Press” Office:— ; / I v : . 9 p.m. la.m. BMonwttt (millibars) 1013.2 1012.9 i (inches) 29.92 . 29.91 1' / / /-■: . ... : • Palling. Thermomirter , ... 68 84 Rainfall for 24 hours v . ’ended 1 am. -v-V' nil _ SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory Records) Saturday, morning .. 6 so Saturday afternoon. .. 6 20 ’ Sunday morning •>. 3 20 Sunday afternoon. .. 3 18 ' An 1940. hj. m. 25 1941 hj. m. Jan. 202 10 *164 15 Total.>■; 1939. 1939, hj. m« hj. m. .. 192 12 236 6 *To January 19. IN OTHER PLACES AueMa«d4s4tt»i'ilay '-Was overcast, with f showers, and a frash-north-MSt wind. -; The barometer at midnight vas steady at 30.15 inches (1021 millibars). Sunday was cloudy but fine, with a fresh lorth-east wind. The barometer at 5 >’clock was falling slightly ,at 30.09 inches 1019' millibars). The week-end maximum emperature was 77 degrees, and the mlnin weather was warm but loUdy.'with northerly Winds. There waj a light, north-easterly breeze. The bareneter fell during the day. but was belanlaf vtd rise -In the f evening ■: at ,29.98 nch|S ; (1014 millibars).. . - Dunedin—The weather waa bright and Lne on .Saturday morning, but the sky aMMpaAftg Iras a very light north-east hreeze._The maximum temperature was 70 degrees, titer itain ln the -morning the weather nproved yesterday end , tempenaturee rare wfldr ■ The-maxlmum.wasnjf deirec« .hut the sky remained overcast SUN. MOON. AND TIDES (Summer‘Time) m ,flu»— To-day: Rises. 8.13 am.; sets. t Tomorrow: Rises, 5.14 am.; sets, 8.7 t .• pm. v .. Phases' of Moon for January First quarter: January 6,1.10‘ ami. Full moon:-January 13. 10.34 pm. Last quarter: January 20. Ml• PJm High tide at Lyi ■ a,m; end 10.30 pm.; to-morrow, 10.55 a.m.end11.24 p.m. RAILWAY TIMETABLE (Sundays excepted, unless othtrwlie T / " - Stated.) - 1 Bxpnm Trains Met*. Christchurch For pm. Sunday ° (connects .with Invercargill train at Dunedtn). ; . For Ddnedln—B2B emu 12-38 pm. daily; lim «k Wk>-BMWaCsd*.-.'-.V*. ■ * ■ ■ ... IA-pm; Stinday. wr —" end Hokitika—22o am., am; dally, ; 'V'/r’y Trehu Arttve Christchurch Invercargill, 7.18 am, Monday; 728 ' -70# ami - Monday*. : BJO "s' ■ . u.iu connecting with steamer for. Ttmam Snndaylralni, ch (or Timaru 8 am.,