TO-DAY’S WEATHER

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 269, 14 November 1945, Page 6

TO-DAY’S WEATHER

PAIR TO TINE AND MILD (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 13. Situation: An anticyclone is advancing slowly across the Central Tasman Sea. Forecast to 5 pan.: Moderate westerly winds. Fair to fine and mild. Outlook: Fair. MANAWATU RIVER LEVEL Midnight: 4ft. SUN Rises 4.53 a.m. Sets 7.17 p.m. MOON Rises 12.31 p.m. Sets 1.57 a.m. TIDES TODAY AT FOXTON 4.4 S p.m. 5.25 a.m.

Kairanga Patriotic Fund. It was stated at the meeting of the Kairanga County Council yesterday, that on the closing of the Kairanga Patriotic Fund, £lOl2 ISs 6d was paid over to the Manawatu Patriotic Committee.

Entertaining Returned Servicemen. In a communication to the Kairanga County Council, the Government advised that the grant of one pound for the entertainment of returned serviemen, is for the entertainment of one man, once only. No man is to be catered for more than once under this scheme. Choral Union.

Handel's Messiah will be presented by the Palmerston North Choral Union in the Opera House on Tuesday, December 4. Preferential booking opens for subscribers at Collinson to Ounningliame's on Wednesday, November 28. Only a number of tickets are available. Wairarapa Pigs. A tremendous improvement in the quality of bacon pigs being produced in the Wairarapa, was reported to the Wellington District Pig Council yesterday, by the .Supervisor, Mr. L. L. Marsdon, who added that the pigs on display at the recent Carterton Show, compared favourably with pigs raised in other parts of New Zealand. Few Road Workers.

“The reason why we cannot go ahead with our repairs and improvements generally," said the Kairanga County Council's engineer (Mr. L. C. Pickering), “is that we cannot get any new workers. Even with men bciug discharged from the Services the situation has not improved as the men are being directed, seemingly, to any other local body but this."

The Lucky Ones. Further large sums of money have been won by New Zealanders in an overseas consultation in connection with the Melbourne Cup run recently. ‘ ‘ Mrs D," Waihi, Auckland, drew Raiubird, the winner, and receives £20,000.

“C.C.8.," Geraldine, in a second draw with half a ticket, receives £IO,OOO while “Lucky Haughey Syndicate," Mt. Roskill, Auckland, drew the-second horse, Silver Link, for £SOOO. Veteran Climber.

Exactly 50 years after ho had made what is believed to be the first winter ascent of Mount Egmout, Mr. A. P. Harper, well-known New Zealand alpinist, revisited the mountain at the weekend to attend a committee meeting of the New Zealand Federation of Mountain Clubs. Now over SO years old, MiHarper climbed at the week-end, ascending almost to the top of Fantham's Peak, before returning to the hostel at Dawson Falls. Australia Today.

"This is no time for people in New Zealand to think of going to Australia on holiday," said Professor W. Rlddet, following his return from a visit to the Commonwealth. “The country has not settled down to peacetime conditions, and it is exceedingly difficult to get accommodation in the cities. It is also difficult to get meals. All the cities seem to be overcrowded with people travelling, and every mode of transport is packed. Train services are not back to normal, and no aspect of life appears yet to have become readjusted to a peacetime balance." Judge Reserves Decision.

“This is an important case and I want to give it the attention it deserves," commented Mr. Justice Blair iu the .Supreme Court at Palmerston North yesterday when reserving his decision in the "case in which William Alexander Waters, electrical engineer, is claiming from the Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Board, the sum of £2659 is 2d, being the balance of money allegedly owing to him under his contract of service. His Honour thanked both counsel (Mr. A. M. Ougley, for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. R. Cooper for the defence), for being so helpful in their submissions.

Transfer to Linton Camp One of tha complications from the current eruption of volcanic ash from Ht. Ruapehu has been the necessity to shift some 700 wheeled Army vehicles from Waiouru Camp to Linton Camp, according to a statement by the Minister of Defence (Hon. P. Jones) yesterday. “This step has been made necessary by the acid content of the ash," said Mr. Jones. “When exposed to moisture, it has a corrosive effect on metal and a destructive effect on the canvas tops of the vehicles, which are American Lend-Lease supplies stored iu the open." Mr. Jones said there were also stored at Waiouru a number of tracked vehicles, including tanks and Bren carriers and there was a likelihood that those would be transferred to the Auckland district. The Minister emphasised that although it had become necessary to shift the vehicles to avoid damage to the engines and canvas tops that did not mean the abandonment by the Army of Waiouru, which would remain as a training camp.

Early Use of Rubber. Away back in 1523, a Scotsman, Charles Macintosh, was credited with being the first successfully to use rubber commercially in waterproofing fabrics—hence the rubberised water-repel-lent. coats which, in many instances, are still being called “Macintoshes. >> However, the recent discovery of an old Spanish manuscript changes the recorded history of the early use of rubber in that respect. It appears that the manu•seript, w r hieh has come into the possession of an American research institute, pushes back the date of the first extensive commercial use of rubber about 38 years. According to the Spanish document, experiments were conducted between 1755 and 1798 with a view to rubberising textiles on the order of the then Viceroy of Mexico—tho Marquis of Branciforts—resulting in the successful use for some time of such fabrics. It appears that the process was the outcome of efforts to find a leakproof container for quicksilver, which was used in obtaining gold from the streams of Central America. SICK ROOM HYGIENE Of first importance is a safe, effective antiseptic ... so get Medico AntiGerm the non-poisonous, non-stain Personal Hygiene Antiseptic. AntiGerm is the solution to all your personal hygiene problems. Prepared by Medico Pty. Company, 56 Gill St., New Plymouth,