General News

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25552, 21 July 1948, Page 4

General News

Food Flown to U.S. Athletes The United States Olympic athletes are having special food flown to them because the “basic menu” at the Olympic camps in Britain is considered insufficient for them. Supplies already sent are 150 cases of orange juice, 5000 steaks, 2500 lamb chops, 25001 b of ham, 20001 b of bacon, half a ton of butter, and 15,000 bars of chocolate. Enough bread is flown to London every 48 hours for the 317 members of the team. The foods are being pooled with the Canadians, Filipinos, and Jamaicans, and after the games the surplus will be distributed to Britain’s children’s hospitals.—London, July 20. Horse Falls Through Bridge Aroused by the sound of a crash from the direction of the Mafeking bridge at Kaiapoi at 4 a.m. yesterday, a man found that a draught horse had strayed on to the bridge and had fallen through the bridge decking. The man tqld the owner, and the two men tried to get the horse out. When they found that this could not be done the borough foreman was called. Three hours later the portion of the bridge in which the horse was trapped was cut away, and fell, with the horse, into the river. The bridge is a light one and is intended for foot and cycle traffic only. The horse fell through at the north end where at first only his forefeet were stuck, but later he put his hind feet through the planking in an endeavour to escape. The task of cutting him free was a complicated one. Both decking and bearers had to be cut away so that the horse, in falling, would not be injured. Marine Phoenix’s Last Voyage

The Marine Phoenix, which will pass through Auckland on Friday on her way from San Francisco to Sydney, will be returned to the United States Maritime Commission when she arrives back at San Francisco, according to Mr N. S. Laidlaw, Australian representative of the Matson Line. Efforts to find another ship had not been successful, he said. The company had no suitable passenger ships available, end the Marine Phoenix did not meet the requirements of the Pacific trade in the face of present shipping and air ’competition. “Unless the Australian Government can .make some proposition in regard to the extra dollars that would be helpful to both of us, it seems the American run has come to an end as far as we are concerned,” said Mr Laidlaw. With the exception of one voyage of the Wanganella to Vancouver, the Marine Phoenix has been the only usual sea passenger link with North America since the war. Next month the Canadian-Australasian Line’s 14.500-ion liner Aorangi will arrive at Auckland from Sydney, bound for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver.—(P.A.) Union’s Title

An application by the Canterbury Drivers’ Union to the Canterbury Rugby Union for the use of a ground for a match against the Wellington Drivers’ Union was granted by the management committee of the Rugby Union last evening. After the secretary had read the letter, which was headed with the union’s full title, “The Canterbury Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers’ and Their Assistants’ Industrial Union of Workers.” the chairman (Mr V. L. Jensen) remarked in mock consternation: “I hope they don’t want us to send a telegram in reply.” Big Shipment of Sauce The largest shipment of tomato sauce ever to leave New Zealand for Britain will be carried in the Shaw Savin motor-ship Waipawa when she sails from Wellington on Thursday. The 14,000 cases of sauce, manufactured in Wellington and Napier, weighs more than 400 tons. The shipment is so large because sauce is not priority cargo and it has been accumulating in store for many months, being displaced on successive ships by foodstuffs in greater demand in Britain. The Waipawa will also carry an unusually large shipment of 6000 tons of frozen meat, 2500 bales of wool, 586 sacks of cows’ horns, and 450 casks of tallow to England. She has a small shipment of rennet for Montevideo and 188 prize rams, nine ewes, and nine cattle.—(P.A.) Judge Congratulates Timaru “The matters to be presented to you this morning are few—only two,” said Mr Justice Fleming, addressing the grand jury, when the third quarterly session of the Supreme Court opened in Timaru yesterday. That the persons involved in both charges lived outside the district was a mstter for congratulation to Timaru, said his Honour. Valuable Consignment of Sheep A shipment to leave Wellington at of this week for South America is the largest single consignment of stud rams yet to leave New Zealand. Payment for the stock is expected to total between 30,000 and 40,000 American dollars. Individual animals will have a landed cost of up to £N.Z.300. The sheep are selections from 16 of the leading studs in both islands and include 54 Romney rams and nine Romney ewes, with four Merino, 10 Lincoln, and 15 Corriedale rams.—(P.A.) Pensioners’ Homing Applications by pensioners for accommodation in the buildings at Burnnam Military Camp, which will be converted into a pensioners’ settlement by the Public Works Department, continue to be received each day by the Christchurch City Council’s public relations officer (Mr IT. H. Langford). Many of the applicants pay regular visits to Mr Langford’s office to inquire about housing prospects. A schedule of applicants for the Burnham accommodation shows the names of 22 married couples. 71 single women and widows, and 132 single men and widowers. About six applications have also been lodged since the preparation of the schedule. Drains Blocked by Willows

A decision to meet half the cost of relaying 30 feet of sewer drains on a property in Avonside drive was made at last evening’s meetipg of the Christchurch Drainage Board. The works committee’s report stated that the sewer had been blocked by. willow roots. The only trees which could have caused the trouble were growing on the banks of the Avon, and their roots had apparently travelled under the roadway. The trouble was thus beyond the control of the owner of the property. The cost of the repairs was £25 5s 2d. Abandoned Articles on Beach Noticing some false teeth (badly battered), a purse, torch, cloth bag, string of beads, and imitation pearls, as well as miscellaneous clothing, lying in a bundle on Caroline Bay on Sunday, a citizen of Timaru reported the matter to the police. The police, who investigated, consider that the articles, which appear to have been on the sand for some time, were dumped there as rubbish. The clothes were found for the most part to be women’s, and the teeth were both upper sets. Grandstand for Golf A grandstand for golf was tried out at the Harrogate professional golf tournament on Monday. A 300-seat stand was set up on a hill opposite the clubhouse on the Oakdale course, with a view of seven holes, including the last. Both spectators and players praised it, the players saying that it made things easier for them.—London, July 20.