NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 80, 2 October 1944, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

A depression centred between Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands is moving- southwards, and an anticyclone is passing away eastwards from the North Island. ■« Forecast until 5 p.m., Tuesday:— Moderate to strengthening' northerly to north-westerly winds. Weather cloudy with occasional rain developing overnight. Temperature moderate. Further outlook cloudy Temperature at 9 a.m., 50 degrees. Full moon, today. High Water.—Today, 4.29 p.m.; tomorrow, 4.56 a.m., 5.5 p.m. Sun sets today 6.27 p.m.; rises tomorrow 5.52 a.m., sets 6.28 p.m. Successful Young- Pianist. Richard ("Junior") Farr'ell, formerly of Wellington, is to play'Tschaikowsky's pianoforte concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, according to a cable, he sent to his former teacher in Wellington, Mr. Gordon Short. Richard, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrell, now of Sydney, is 17 years old. Mr. Short said he doubted if any other boy pianist of his age had achieved such a distinction. Miramar Tennis Courts. Remarking at the opening on Saturday of the Talavera Municipal Tennis Club's season that tennis clubs, more self-supporting than most other sports, made very few requests to the City Council for assistance, Councillor Macalister (chairman of the reserves committee) urged members to give financial support and backing to the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association in its efforts to re-establish, the Miramar courts, and suggested that now was the time to formulate plans and get started. He was sure- that the council would give sympathetic consideration to any proposals the W.L.T.A. had to put forward, as they realised the difficult time the association had gone through in trying to keep the game alive over the war years. Mr. J. Neale, of the management committee of the W.L.T.A., made a strong plea for the club's support of the W.L.T.A.'s plans with regard to the Miramar courts. The Price of Gold. "In view of the disparity between the price of gold in New Zealand and in Australia, it is suggested that some explanation should be sought as to why gold producers in the Commonwealth should receive £1 12s 6d an ounce in excess of the price paid to gold producers in New Zealand, when conditions under which the precious metal is produced, are almost identical in both countries," stated a resolution passed at a meeting of the Westland, Provincial Progress League. It was stated at the meeting that uo to date gold worth approximately £30,000,000 had been won on the West Coast. The price of gold in Australia was £10 9s an ounce. The Australian gold miner received £9 14s 6d an ounce, and miners and producers on the West Coast received from £8 2s to £8 4s 6d an ounce. It was also stated that in I direct and indirect taxation the Government collected at least £250,000 a year (from the- gold mining industry.