RANGITIKEI.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 207, 2 August 1941, Page 8

RANGITIKEI.

Tlie vital statistics for Marlon for July are:—Births, 11 (9); deaths, 1 (4); marriages, 3 (7). An effort is being made to establish a dispatch riders’ section of the signalling unit of the Marlon Home Guard. The men will have their own motor-cycles. The following were the best scores in flic shooting of the N T o. 5 and 6 Platoons of the Marton Home Guard: —No. 5 Platoon, B Company: A. Gifford 69, C. M. Holdaway 67, J. I>. McMillan 66, R. W. Atmore 65. No. 6 Platoon, B Company: W. Fiillerlon-Smith 65, W. 11. Gudopp 65, W CV.epanski 63. Although July this year was a great deal drier than the corresponding month _ in 1940, figures supplied by Air E. J. Wilde, Pukopapa Road, disclose that the month was very much colder than usual. List month there was rain on 11 days in Marion, tho total being 2.28 in. compared with iLc average July fall of 3.72 in. The heaviest. daily falls were 43 points on July. 1 and 30 points on July 6 and 7. The highest maximum temperature last month was 62 degrees on July 8, 25, and 26. and the lowest maximum temperature 48 degrees on July 2. The highest and lowest maximum temperatures for July, 1940, were the same as for last month. There were 15 firsts last month, compared with 11 in Julv, 1940. The most severe frosts this year were seven degrees on four days, while in July, 1940. seven degrees of frost were recorded on two days.