NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1945, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

Strong southerly winds, becoming moderate tonight. Weather fair. Temperatures cold.

Further outlook fair

Situation report: An intense anticyclone centred near Southland is moving slowly eastwards. Pressure is still low to the east of New Zealand. Full moon, June 26. Temperature at 9.30 a.m., 44 deg. Rainfall for 24 hours to 9.30 a.m., 0.30 in. Rainfall from May 11 to date, 5.23 m. High Water.— Today, 5.43 p.m.; tomorrow, 6.16 a.m.; 6.43 p.m. Sun.—Sets today 4.58 p.m.; rises tomorrow 7.43 a.m., sets 4.58 p.m. Only Priority Eggs. With the exception of those suburbs whose egg distribution was not completed last week, Mr. R. P. Fraser, Acting Director of the Internal Marketing Division, said today that only priority eggs would" be available this week. Australian Citrus Fruit. Shipments of citrus fruits from Australia, 200,000 bushels of oranges and 5000 bushels of lemons, have been authorised for New Zealand during the present season, says a statement from the Australian High Commissioner's office. The first shipment of some of this fruit may be expected this month. Auckland Fog Signals. A start has been made with the installation of electrically-operated fog sienals for the Birkenhead, Northcote, Sfyswater, and Stanley Bay wharves. A decision to erect these signals, at an estimated cost of £80 each, was made tl Trecent meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board. It was also decided to install a similar signal at the end of Prince's Wharf to assist the ferry masters. Wintry Weather. Within a fortnight of the shortest day, Wellington is experiencing very wintry weather. What seems peculiar is that there should be such bitter weather while the pressure, after a steady rise, was very high this morning This states the Meteorological Office, illustrates the fallacy of the popular idea that the weather is always fine when the barometer is high in reality the weather depends on the distribution of the pressure from place to place. | Auckland Rat Week. The amount of poison baits distributed during Rat Week held in Auckland last month, exceeded that of the previous year by 60 per cent stated a report submitted by the chief sanitary inspector, Mr. J. Paull, at a meeting of the Auckland City Council. The total number of baits prepared and distributed was over 1,100,000, compared with 636,000 last year, an increase of 464,000. Expenditure amounted to £592, of which £352 was borne by the City Council and the remainder by suburban local bodies. South Pacific Missionary Work. "We had in mind the Anzac Pact and its ideals for the preparation o. the native races in the islands _ for ultimate control of- their own affairs, said the Primate of New Zealand (Archbishop Campbell West-Watson) on his return from the conference in Sydney of the Anglican Board of Missions in Australia, which the missionary bishops of Melanesia Polynesia and New Guinea also attended. "The relationship of Governments and missions in regard to educational and medical services was discussed, and also the question of indentured labour.' Future possibilities of extending missionary work in the South Pacific, and new circumstances which might arise from the present war, were considered. Fight Against Disease. "In the last war, on the public health front, the fight against disease ■lasted not four years, but 10. In this war, the health of the people of Europe has been put even further back, and it will again take several years to win the fight," stated Dr. W. B. Sutch, Chief Supply and Requirements Officer of UNRRA in the Southwest Pacific. "UNRRA is working hard to assist in this fight. In some parts pre-digested food is taken to help treat victims suffering from the effects of starvation. Special types of food for expectant and nursing mothers, and for infants, are being rushed to needy areas. In Greece, in the military control programme, UNRRA is planning to use aeroplanes for spraying the j mosquito areas." Gossamer Fabric. The development of a new woollen fabric so fine that a square yard weighed only an ounce and a half was described by the United Kingdom High Commissioner, Sir Harry Batterbee, in a luncheon address at Christchurch recently, as an example of British inventiveness, reports the "Press." He said the yarn used in this fabric was so fine that it could not be woven alone. By a new process another yarn was made out of seaweed and the two, twisted together, were woven. Then the second yarn was dissolved, leaving the gossamer fabric. He added that during the war' British manufacturers and scientists had taken the lead-in such things as radiolocation, television, photography, and engineering. When peace came, the application of their discoveries would be turned to the purposes of peace.