General News

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 August 1949, Page 4

General News

Rainfall At Tctara Flat t There were 24 “rain days” at Totara Flat during the month of July, according to recordings taken at the Granville Forest meteorological station. The total fall was 8.58 in, with the heaviest fall, o.9in, occurring on July 21. Air-mail Closing Time The Greymouth Post. Office reported today that the 10-minute alteration in the departure time of the ah’ service would not. in the meantime affect the air-mail closing time at Greymouth. The plane left Greymouth yesterday at 11.25 a.m., instead of 11.35 a.m., as previously. No Bible / No Bible was available when witnesses came before the Westland Land Valuation Committee at the Grey County Council Chambers this morning. The difficulty was overcome, however, by the use of a copy of the Land Sales Act, which witnesses were required to hold when being sworn in. Polling Places Apparently the advertised list of polling places was somewhat confusing to some people. In the list of places the names in parentheses denote the nearest post office to the polling places. As an instance, where Kaniere is in parentheses after Woodstock, it denotes that Kaniere is the nearest post office to the polling place, Woodstock. Kaniere. is also used here to identify Woodstock from a place of similar name in Bulleix