ORARI

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19670, 12 December 1933, Page 14

ORARI

WEATHER IN NOVEMBER. The heavy rain experienced in Orari during last month has brought the rainfall for the year fairly well up to the average. Over the last five years the average for the first 11 months is 23.17. while for this year the total so far is 22.55 inches. Last yez.' over the same period 26.61 inches had fallen. The heavy storm which passed over the district on the 4th, sth, and 6th brought a fall of 4.09 inches, 3.28 of which fell in 24 hours on the sth. As a result of this heavy fall, there was a total rainfall of 5.72 inches for the month. November, as a rule, only averages 1.63 inches, so that the month’s fall was exceptionally heavy, even exceeding the previous highest fall for November of 4.29 inches in 1927. In spite of the heavy rain, the month was a warm one, sunshine being recorded on 22 days, while the highest temperature in the shade was 87 degrees on 25th, while the lowest of the maximum recordings was 50 degrees on 6th. The average of the maximum temperatures was 70.4 degrees as compared with 63.8 for last year, with a previous highest average of 69.2 degrees in November, 1931. As a result of the severe storms and of the snow on the nearby hills, there have been several low temperatures during the nights, and of the three frosts recorded, one was severe enough to do a great deal of damage to tender plants in gardens.

SCHOOL HONOURS LIST. The following names have been included in the honours list of the Orari School as a result of the annual examination:— Form lll.—Ray Hobbs. Form ll.—Albert Bray, Lindsay Cook, Ross Smith. Evelyn Trumper. Form I.—Ruth Aicken, Teresa Maxwell, Eileen Hawkins, Stanley Hawkins, Joyce Roberts, James Dwyer. Standard 4.—Montague Vernall, Othle Brenton. Avis Austin, Arthur Pemberton, William Greenaway, Hector Henderson. Standard 3. —Norman Hobbs, Margaret Cairns, Gerald Worner, James Minnis. Standard 2. —James ; dling, Shirley Reid, Josephine McAtecr, Leslie Vernall. Standard I.—June Hawkins, Betty Rysdale, Thomas Austin, Joan Black, Donald Wright. Primer 4.—Daphne Hobbs, Lionel Priddle, Jack Reilly.

It is quite a simple matter to remove transfer marks. It is done by rubbing the affected area with a clean soft rag, which has been moistened with methylated spirit. The most delicate fabric and colour will not suffer by such applications.