NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1945, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST Moderate to fresh north-westerly winds, changing to southerly tomorrow ' morning. '' Weather cloudy to overcast, with occasional rain, becoming heavier during the night, but improving slowly : tomorrow. Temperatures cool. Further outlook, temporarily fair. Situation report: A weak anticyclone is centred north-west and east of the Dominion. A trough of low pressure is moving eastwards on to the South Island. Temperature at 9.30 a.m., 56 degrees. Rainfall for the 24 hours to 9.30 a.m., 0.20 in Full moon, April 27. High water: Tomorrow 3.4 a.m.. 3.28 p.m. Sun sets today 5.39 p.m., rise? !omorrow 7.1 a.m., sets 5.37 p.m. The "Evening Post." The "Evening Post" will not be, published tomorrow, Anzac Day. Princess's Birthday. His Excellency the GovernorGeneral has received the following telegi-am from Princess Elizabeth in reply to the message sent to her Royal Highness:—"Please convey to the Government and people of New Zealand my sincere thanks for their good wishes on the occasion of my birthday." Retiring- Shortly. His probable retirement from the Bench at an early date was foreshadowed by Mr. Justice O'Regan at a. sitting of the Compensation Court at Auckland to make fixtures, states a Press Association message. His Honour intimated that it was the last time he might sit in Auckland and ho did not know if he would find time to take all the cases set down. His successor might have to take some of them. He wanted t.o be. relieved as near the end of May as possible, though he was not bound to that actual time, he added. Showers at Oriental Bay. When the E.P.S. was at its height gas decontamination stations, as well as air-raid shelters, were built. One of these gas cleansing stations was in the bathing pavilion at Oriental Bay, and a main provision was hot water, ad lib, heated electrically. Now the eight showers—four for men and four for women—are offered for public use. A charge of 6d is made and towels can be hired for 6d, .though most users would bring their own. The showers are available from 3 to 8 p.m. on week-days: from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays. So far there are more gallons of hot water than people to use them, but when the shower service is known it should be appreciated by many roomers who have poor or no bathing facilitjes where they lodge, unless they think 6d too steep a charge. 4 Objection to Method. In a letter received by the Petone Borough Council last evening Mr. •J. W. Andrews said that at a previous meeting of the Petone Borough Council some criticism had been levelled at him for accepting a position on the local rehabilitation board as representative of the local bodies. Mr. Andrews explained that he had been apoointed without his knowledge and without his request, and that he had on several occasions .vigorously protested against the method of appoint- . ment contending that the representatives should be chosen by the local bodies, and not appointed by the central rehabilitation body. ' The Mayor and ■ several members of the council said. Mr. Andrews had misunderstood what had been said as criticism. There was no objection to him personally. The objection had been the same as the protests 'lodged by Mr. Andrews himself, against the method of appointment. ' Tribute to President. ■ "Before I talk to you about England I must say a word about the passing of that great friend of England,. President Roosevelt, whom England mourns as though he were one of her own sons." said the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Sir Harry Batterbee) at the annual gathering of the Royal Society of St. George last night. "He was a great American, one of the greatest of the Presidents—his name will live for ever with those of Waslv ington and Lincoln—but he was not only a great American—he was a great world leader, a champion of democracy and freedom, a • friend of the common man everywhere." Like Lincoln, said Sir Harry, the late President had died in the moment of victory, and his torch had passed to other hands. "I am sure that all here would wish to be associated with the expressions of good will which President Truman is receiving from all over the world. We can send him no better wish than that he1 may follow faithfully in President Roosevelt's footsteps." he" said.••■. '■■••■.