NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 157, 31 December 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

The "Evening Post." The "Evening Post" will not be published tomorrow, New Year's Day. Delivery of Bread. No bread will be delivered by bakers tomorrow or on Thursday, but shops will be supplied on Friday and most of the bakers will distribute to private -houses that day. The full routine will be resumed on Saturday. Women Life-savers. To fill the gap made by enlistments by men for war service, an excellent team of women has been formed in the Castlecliff surf section of the Royal Life-saving Society, writes "The Post's" Wanganui representative. At the weekend three persons were rescued from the sea, one by the women's teairh The society also boasts a boys' team, which has proved its worth on several occasions. The Weather in 1940. The outstanding feature of Wellington's weather in 1940 was the pleasant winter. The late "ummer and autumn were, cool but sunny, February being spoilt by too much wind. It was the only month of the year to have more than the average amount of wind. Temperatures in March, April, and May were well below the average, but during the next four months they were above. June was remarkable for its amount of sunshine. There was nothing exceptional about the rainfall during the year, the total being about three inches above the average. As a whole, the year was a sunny one, the total number of hours of bright sunshine being well over the 2000 mark. Although the spring was in some respects rather disappointing, December came to light with spells of excellent summer weather. No Straight Line Available. During the hearing of a charge of intoxication in charge of a car, brought against an Auckland motorist in the Magistrate's Court today, a medical practitioner was being questioned by counsel for the defendant (Mr. J. A. Scott). Counsel was referring to the different tests applied to the defendant when examined by the doctor at the police station, and commented that in some cases the answer given was "satisfactory." Eventually, however, he came to "ability to walk in a straight line," alongside which was written X. Did that, asked counsel, mean that that test was passed satisfactorily? j "No," replied witness. "It means that we have not got a straight line at the police station that he could walk on." (Laughter.)