General News

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25207, 11 June 1947, Page 6

General News

Notice to Advertisers While the restrictions on the use of power continue “The Press” asks its advertisers to have their copy in “The Press” office not later than noon each day, to ensure insertion the next day. Canadian Citizenship

The first application under recent legislation for the registration in NewZealand of a Canadian child born abroad was made yesterday morning by pie High Commissioner for Canada, Mr A. H. Rive. The procedure followed yesterday for the first time in Wellington is necessitated by the Canadian Citizen Act, which came into force at the beginning of this year. But for this act, Edith Jane Le Feuvre Rive, who was bqgn in Wellington on Thursday, would have had 'to enter the land of her parents as an immigrant. Now she can go to Canada whenever her parents desire as a full Canadian citizen. There may have been other births to Canadian residents in New Zealand since the act came into force, but the High Commissioner certainly made history by making the first application for the registration of his daughter.—(P.A.) Lake Coleridge Diagram The diagram showing the fall of Lake Coleridge, printed in “The Press” yesterday morning, will be the basis of a big poster display in Cathedral square. This decision was made by tha power emergency publicity group yesterday after the chairman (Cr. J. L. Hay) had said the diagram was just what was wanted to show the position of the lake. The diagram will be reS reduced on a much larger scale and le lake level, whether receding or rising, will be adjusted on it from time to time. Variety of Lights Ranging from a candle (in one instance seen in the. neck of a beer bottle) to elaborate electric lighting sets run from batteries, the number of emergency lights to be seen in Christchurch rhops during the power blackout from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday was a tribute to the ingenuity of shopkeepers. Some have discovered again the possibilities of gas, and blessed the decision made years ago to retain the old gas connexions. Others have mounted tiny bulbs, similar to those used in cycle lamps, and run them from torch batteries, some have resorted to candles, and others to storm lanterns. One of the major problems of some shop assistants is seeing in the half-light the correct value or coins presented, and extra care 'must be taken to distinguish the halfpenny from the shilling. Timber for Dispatch Boxes A small quantity of puriri timber, supplied by the Auckland Harbour Board, has been forwarded to London by the State Forest Service to be made into two dispatch boxes for use in the new Houses of Parliament. A letter from the Prime Minister’s Department received at a meeting thanked the board. It was explained that timber from all Dominions would be used in the new Houses, and the architect particularly desired to use puriri for the dispatch boxes.—(P.A.) Interest-free Housing Loans The Government has agreed to make finance available interest-free for building staff housing at the Lincoln and Massey Agricultural Colleges, according to information received at yesterday’s meeting of the Lincoln College Board of Governors from Mr W, Machin, chairman of the School of Agriculture. The Lincoln College Act limits to £lO,OOO the amount the college can borrow; but the Minister, Mr Mason, has intimated that an amendment to the act will be put through at this session of Parliament to allow greater amounts to be borrowed. The loan will allow the college to embark on its programme of staff house building, and about 15 houses will be planned as a beginning. Fast Tasman Flight

A Mosquito aircraft was flown from Bankstown, Sydney, to Ohakea yesterday in four hours. The pilot was Squadron Leader J. M. Checketts, of Christchurch. The aircraft took off at 9.49 a.m. (New Zealand time) and landed at Ohakea at 1.49 p.m. The record was previously held by an Australian crew, who flew a Mosquito from Mascot, Sydney, to Whenuapai last December in 3 hours 48 minutes. Squadron Leader Checketts took 12 minutes longer, but travelled 80 miles further. In announcing this yesterday, the Air Department said that it was still uncertain whether the conditions necessary to make the flight an official record had been complied with.— (PA.) Governor-General “Fined”

The Governor-General (Sir Bernard Frey berg) was fined 2s 6d for “practising a deception” when he was the guest of the Auckland Rotary Club on Monday. The president (Dr. J. Howard Lawry) said it did not seem right that His Majesty’s representative should practise a deception on the community. “However I understand that for years you have gone by the name of ‘Tiny,’ ” said Dr. Lawry. “But I find that you are not tiny in stature, in reputation, or in the love of your fellow-men. I therefore fine you half a crown, which will be attached to the club’s mere as a record of your misdemeanour.” Electrically Heated Glasshouses Growers with electrically heated glasshouses would be seriously affected by the South Island power cuts, said Mr C. E Pope (Christchurch) at the conference of the Dominion Council of Commercial Growers in Wellington yesterday. There were about 500 glasshouses in Canterbury, many with tomato plants in an important state of development, said Mr Pope. He appreciated that local authorities had a say on how cuts should be imposed, but the matter was so serious to growers that he hoped there might be Ministerial intervention on their behalf, or there could be an honour system, whereby citizens, except those needing power for urgent purposes, switched off their power at a set time.—(P.S.S.)