NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 150, 22 December 1945, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast to 5 p.m. Sunday:—

Fresh to strong north-westerly winds, decreasing tomorrow. Weather fair today, cloudy tomorrow, with light rain developing in the morning. Temperatures moderate to mild. Further outlook fair. New moon, January 4. Temperature at 9.30 a.m., 65.8 degrees. Rain for 24 hours to 9.30 a.m., nil. Rainfall from November 22 to date, 3.12 in. High water: Today, 7.48 p.m.; tomorrow, 8.9 a.m., 8.40 p.m. Sun sets today, 7.54 p.m.; rises tomorrow, 4.45 a.m., sets 7.55 p.m. Post Office Holidays. Close- holidays will be observed at the Chief Post Office on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and January 1 and 2, except for the receipt of telegrams during the following hours:—Christmas Day, 10 to 10,30 a.m., 6.30 to 7.30 p.m.; Boxing Day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; January 1, 9 a.m to noon, 7 to 10 p.m.; January 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7 to 10 p.m. Mails for the principal offices will close at 8 p.m. on each Monday and at 8 a.m. on each Wednesday; street receivers will be cleared at 3 a.m. on each Wednesday morning. Air mails will be dispatched on each Wednesday, closing as fol]_Blenheim, oWS: 7 a.m.; Christchurch, 9.30 a.m.; Dunedin and Invercargill, 10.30 a.m.; Nelson and West Coast, 11 a.m.; Auckland, Palmerston North, Napier, and Gisborne, noon; transTasman, 10 a.m. Preference To Cricket. Preference to cricket clubs making use of the Eastbourne Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoons rather than "foreign" picnic parties, as one councillor styled them, was decided upon by the Eastbourne Borough Council on Thursday, following a request by the town clerk, Mr J. P. McDavitt, that the council should define its policy regarding applications for the use of the ground lor picnics on Saturday afternoons. "Cricket clubs represent a body which has a large following, and both the clubs and the following would feel that an injustice was being done if games were stopped on Saturday afternoons for picnic parties, which represent just perhaps one office or factory," said Councillor M. C. Barnett. Councillor A. H. Macandrew pointed out that the recreation ground was the only area available for organised sport, and cricket should not be sacrificed. Soil Conservation. A research and demonstration station is to be established in the tussock country of the South Island, stated a letter received from the chairman of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council (Mr. W. L. Newnham) by the South Canterbury Catchment Board. The question was fully discussed at a recent meeting of the council and investigations were proceeding, said Mr. Newnham. Up to the present time the main difficulty had been the location of a suitable property, but every effort was being made to expedite the matter. The need for a high country research station was emphasised at the last meeting of the board, and a report giving the views of the board on the matter was sent to the council, recommending the establishment of a station as soon as possible, and impressing upon the council the difficulty under which the board worked in being required to rate heavily for (■river control on the plains, while adequate investigations of the courses and treatment of erosion on the hills was not being undertaken in this district.