THE WEATHER. The Hawera Star. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925. NATIONAL PARK REVENUE

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 July 1925, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

The Hawera Star.

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925. NATIONAL PARK REVENUE

READINGS TN HAWERA. Sun rises to-morrow, 7.S a.m. Sun sets to-morrow, 4.49 p.m. Moon rises to-morrow, S.IG a.m. Moon sets to-morrow. 7.53 p.m. Rainfall for 24 hours ended 9 a.m. today, .79in. Barometer at 9 a.m., 29.07. Barometer, at noon, 29.1. Temperature at 9 a.m., 50. Temperature at noon, 54. Max. temperature in last 24 hours, SS. Min. temperature in last 24 hours, 48. Rainfall this month to date ,2.64 in. Rainfall for year to date, 22in. OFFICIAL, FORECAST. (For 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day.) WELLINGTON. July 23. Present indications arc for westerly winds, strong to a gale and backing by west to south. The weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled; heavy rain is to be expected, with rivers rising shortly. The weather will probably become' very cold. Barometer rising shortly. Seas heavy; tides high.

Delivered every evening by 5 o’clock -n Hawera, Macaia Nornianby, Okaiawa, Eltham, Mangatoki, Kaponga. Alton, Iturleyvilie, Patea, IVaverley. Mokoia, Whakamara, Ohangai. tie re me re, Fraser Road. an Ararata.

“The wonder pea k of the wo rid, ’ ’ wa s •the description applied to .Mount Eginont in the splendid display of photographs made by the Government Publicity Department at the recent Hiawera Show. That is not the way it strikes eome local bodies in Taranaki. In an official letter from the Minister for Public Works, which we publish today, a. grant of £SOO to the Egmont National Park, Board is promised on the Public Works Estimates. That is to say, New Zealand will be paying £SOO for the development of the mountain as a holiday and tourist resort, while local authorities in Taranaki hang back in the chains and are content that it rdiould be so. That is not to the credit of the province, ana is singularly unworthy of the peak that dominates its landscape. To the extent that their estimates for the current year had already been framed, and their revenue was considered unable to stand a trifling new levy, the local bodies may plead justification; m this ease they will be able next year to demonstrate the 'sincerity of the objection by making a contribution to the National Park Board one of the first charges on their income. To advance any other excuse for failure to contribute is to confess .sorry lack of vision. For this year it seems that the board will have to be content with the Government’s £SOO, or with very little -.more.—it would hardly be fair to accept funds from one or two local bodies when others refuse to budge — but with the full £IOOO at which it aimed the board could do more than double the work, whi ch makes the s hortage the more, regrettable. Every pound spent on .Egmont io :a. pound spent in Taranaki for Taranaki; yet tins year the money will be found not by Tara naki, but by New Zealand. What a pity we cannot get rid of the mountain : dig i.t up by the roots and topple it into the .sea, sluice it away, blow it up, rail it down to Wellington —anything at all to save us spending a little money on it!