NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST*

Situation report: Pressure is low to the south-east, but an anti-cyclone over Tasmania is advancing eastwards. Forecast to 5 p.m., Tuesday: Fresh north-westerly winds; weather fair to fine. Temperatures moderate. Further outlook: Fair to fine. Temperature at 9 a.m., 58deg. Fahr. New moon, December 16. High Water.—Today, 8.44 p.m.: tomorrow, 9.1 a.m., 9.33 p.m. Sun sets today 7.40 p.m.; rises tomorrow, 4.41 a.m.; sets, 7.41 p.m. Polish Presentation. This afternoon a presentation was made by, representatives of the Polish Association in New Zealand to the Wellington City Council of an enlarged reproduction of the last photograph ■taken of the late Stefan Starzynski who, as Mayor of Warsaw, took a prominent part in organising the heroic defence of that city. The presentation was made on behalf of the association by Mr. B. E. W. Frenkel The Polish Consul-General, Count Wodzicki, the Mayor (Mr. Appleton) and the former Mayor -(Mr. Hislop) also spoke. Child and Cartridge. Unpleasant consequences attended the action of a boy, aged 4, who, at the home of his parents at Port Chalmers on Wednesday night, succeeded in clambering via a bookcase to the top of a wardrobe and securing a box of .22 cartridges, states the "Otago Daily Times.." He took one of these and placing it on the footpath, proceeded to strike it with a stone. The cartridge eventually detonated and the bullet passed through the child's leg. Wild Life in Westland. "Opossums are becoming numerous on the Westland side of the Park and appear to be damaging the forests," stated the annual report of the Arthur's Pass National Park Board. "If the increase is maintained it may be necessary to make representations to have the ban on the killing of these animals other than during the open seasons removed," the report stated. " "Deer and chamois still appear to be plentiful, notwithstanding the increase in shooting permits issued over the past few years. During the year some 800----odd deer and chamois have been destroyed by permit-holders." A Ne,w Zealand Tour. Under the patriotic unaddressed gift parcels scheme New Zealand service personnel overseas receive parcels packed in many parts of the Dominion and not necessarily in their own home towns, although sometimes they do happen to be given a parcel from their own district. The fact that parcels are received from different centres serves to make the serviceman think even more of his country and makes the parcel scheme appeal more as a Dominion-wide effort. This aspect is mentioned in a note from a serviceman passed on to the National Patriotic' Fund Board recently. "I have now had parcels from Timaru, Westport, Hokitika, and Wellington," he stated, "and they are most acceptable. Receiving parcels from different centres is .like making a tour of New Zealand again." Poisonous'Rangiora. Poisoned through chewing the gum of the rangiora plant, a native shrub growing in the school grounds, three children in the infant department of the Moturoa School fell ill recently, after returning home and were removed to the New Plymouth Hospital, iney are now making a satisfactory recovery. At tea-time the children [became drowsy and collapsed. Subsequent ' investigations traced the trouble to the rangiora trees, a number of which, from eight to ten feet high, are growing near the school. The older children have been in the habit of using without serious effects the gum that exudes from the branches of the rangiora as a chewing gum, and it is assumed that the younger children had followed their example without being aware of the dangers. ~

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