News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 10 February 1943, Page 2

News Of The Day

Parachute Jump An airman under training, LeadingAircraftman Trevor Beattie Morley, received slight injuries when he made a forced parachute jump from an aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during a cross-country flight from a South Island air station yesterday. His wife is Mrs T. B. Morley, Greymouth.

Appeal Board Sittings After a full week of hearings at Dargaville, the No. 1 Armed Forces Ap-; peal Board, resumed sittings in Wha-: jngarei yesterday afternoon and heard further cases today. Tomorrow the, 1 : board will review the position of . Wilsons (N.Z.) Portland Cement, Ltd., ] at Portland. From Monday to Thurs-jJ day of next week inclusive the board j will heai cases at Kaikohe and on : Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 1 of the following week will sit at | Kaitaia. Ij ” * i; ' * jc Weather conditions at Whangarei yes-) 1 let day and today showed a decided i change, temperatures dropping consider-! ably. Yesterday conditions were much I pleasanter for town workers, and today, I*for the first time for nearly a month, the it gutters were filled with water again, p Showers of fairly short duration dampen- c vcl gardens and retarded bush fires, but 1 1 so l'ar sufficient rain has not fallen toJ benefit farmers materially. Skies wereff overcast and winds variable and very 11

gusty. At times the temperature was cool i and after months of unusual heat residents noticed the change. Coats were, needed during the showers. which, j accompanied by a driving' westerly wind, S were quite heavy. Cricket at Whangarei j is still held up, the pitches being' too dry j to play on. and unless a heavy fall of rain ! is experienced there will be no play on ! Saturday.