General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28800, 22 January 1959, Page 10

General News

Water Consumption The city waterworks supplied 22.86 million gallons of water on Monday, when Christchurch had its highest temperature for three years, and most of it was used between 5.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. The consumption was well short of the record of about 25 million gallods. Tuesday’S consumption dropped to 15.88 million. -There was no difficulty in keeping up pressure. 72.3 Degrees Yesterday

The maximum temperature in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens yesterday was 72.3 degrees. This was recorded a little after midday. At inidday the temperature was 71.2 degrees. The midday temperature at Harewood was 70.1 degrees and the maximum was 72.2 degrees. This too was recorded a little after midday. The wind was from the northeast yesterday and at times was blustery. An official at the Harewood weather office said that temperatures were likely to remain around yesterday's mark for at least another; two days and then increase. Just In Time A Timaru cyclist. B. A’Court, winner of the • Percy Cole memorial race at the combined cycling clubs’ meeting at English Park last evening, did not have the smoothest of passages before winning the event. He had two punctures—but not on the track. He left Timaru by car yesterday afternoon to attend the meeting, and was unlucky enough to get two punctures on thfe way. He finally arrived at English Park just in time to take his place in the second heat of the race, and his luck having apparently changed, he duly qualified for, and won, the final. Hot At Glenthorne Very high temperatures have been recorded at Glenthorne Station, in the lower Wilberforce Valley, beyond Lake Coleridge, during the last few days. After the 102 degrees recorded there on Monday, a reading of 98 degrees was taken yesterday, the same figure as recorded last Sunday. On Tuesday of this week, the temperature dropped to a mere 86 degrees. Local Greengages A small quantity of locallygrown greengages was received at the Christchurch produce markets yesterday. The greengages were grown in the Heathcote Valley. At the market they sold for 16s a case of 181 b. Earlier in the week a few supplies of greengages arrived from Roxburgh. They retailed for 2s per lb. Larger supplies are expected to arrive shortly. 98 Degrees At Cromwell Cromwell had a "day in the sun” yesterday with a temperature of 98deg being recorded—the highest since recordings began in the town in 1950 In all other parts of Central Otago, temperatures exceeded 90deg and in Dunedin, 80deg sent crowds flocking again to the beaches.— (F.A.) Albatross Found The star at the Auckland zoo now is a young wandering albatross, which took a rest on a farm at Pipiroa, near Thames, more than a week ago.and stayed there until zoo authorities went to have a look at it. Why the bird became tired—for albatrosses with their great wingspan and effortless flight follow ships for thousands of miles—and why it did not fly away are unknown The bird has a 10ft wingspan and flew for short distances on the farm where it was found. It allowed people to handle it and shows no signs of injury.—(P.A.)