General News

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26125, 30 May 1950, Page 4

General News

No Demand for Whale Meat No whale meat is to be canned at Picton this season because of the lack of overseas demand at present. Since full-scale canning began in 1946, 339 tons of whale meat have been canned in four seasons. Last season 217 tons of meat were canned when the Tory Channel whalers made a record catch. Whalebone from the catch this season will be sent to Auckland for crushing and sale as bonedust fertiliser. Last year 100 tons of whalebone were sent from Picton to Auckland for crushing. Suggestions “If it had been a short time ago we could have had a study in still life.” “We could have a public de-, bate.” “Let’s publicise the loan proposal.” “We could have a board meeting on the float.” These jocular remarks were made by members of the Christchurch Tramway Board yesterday when a request was received from the Canterbury Centennial Committee asking the board to sponsor a float in the “100 Years of Progress” procession. The general manager (Mr J. F. Fardell) has been asked to make a report on the proposal. South Island Winners The second prize, £2OOO, in a recent overseas lottery, was won by “Just In Time,” Nelson. The third prize, of £1250, was won by “Four Mugs,” Timaru. The sixth prize, of £5OO, was won by Mr C. Chandler, of 47 Salisbury street,. Christchurch, on a ticket issued by Mr R. H. Davis. 150 Oxford terrace. A prize of £250, went to “Mother,” Christchurch. Russia Claims Bricklaying Record The Moscow Radio has claimed a world bricklaying record 252,800 bricks in a normal shift—set by a Soviet bricklayer, Maximenko, and hs team of 12. This is 57,000 more than the previous record held by the team. The radio added that the work was carried out by modern mechanised methods. The Moscow Radio also reported that a steelmaker in a Leningrad factory did 13 days’ work in one—completing 20 years’ work in the last five years.—London, May 29. Inquiries for Missing Friends The Greymouth police were kept busy during the week-end tracing friends or relatives of residents who were travelling in the flooded areas. Mr Andrew McTaggart, of Waiuta, who lost his life in Stoney Creek, was the only casualty, in every other case the missing travellers being merely stranded. Just before a police message for them was broadcast on Saturday, three motor-cyclists, who left Christchurch on Friday for Greymouth, reached Reefton. The parents of the men, who are now in Greymouth, were immediatelv advised of their safe arrival. — (F.0.0.R.) Student Fires at Professor A university student being examined orally at the Fouad el Awal University yesterday produced a revolver, shot one English professor in an arm. and hit another on the forehead with the revolver butt. An Egyptian professor was also slightly wounded. The police arrested the student, whom they identified as the 22-year-old son of the Assistant Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Police allege that the student whipped out a revolver and fired when he was asked a difficult question in an anatomy examination. —Cairo. May 29. King’s Birthday Parade The first ceremonial peace-time parade since the end of the war will be held at Burnham military camp on June 5 to mark the observance of the King’s Birthday. The ceremony would include the firing of a feu-de-joie and a Royal salute of 21 guns, said Colonel W. R. K. Morrison. Chief 6i Staff of Southern- Military District, yesterday. The reviewing officer will be Brigadier J. Conolly, D. 5.0., commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade and headmaster of John McGlashan College, Dunedin. Motor-Vehicle Inspections Motor-vehicle testing on the North American continent is achieving excellent results, according to advice received recently. An extract from the Police Division newsletter of the National Safety Council, received by the Chief Traffic Inspector of the Christchurch City Council (Mr G. P. Kellar) states: “The fact that defective motor vehicles are reported in a fraction of 1 per cent, of traffic accidents in Vancouver, British Columbia, as against 11 per cent, in non-inspection areas, is proof that motor-vehicle inspection pays off.” Rad io-Tele ph one for Sawmill

A private commercial radio-tele-phone licence had been issued to a sawmilling company operating a mill at Te Kinga on the shores of Lake Brunner, the Postmaster-General (Mr W. J. Broadfoot) told “The Press” yesterday. The station will provide radiotelephone communication with the logging camp on the opposite side of the lake. Should telephone facilities later become available to the company, the licence will be withdrawn.—(F.O.O.R.) Timoshenko’s Picture After a long discussion at the annual meeting of the Taumarunui Returned Services’ Club, it was decided to recommend to the executive that a picture of the Russian war leader. Marshal Timoshenko, should not be hung in the club. During the wc.- a local artist painted and presented to the club the portraits of three leading war-time chiefs. Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery, Sir Bernard Freyberg. and Marshal Timoshenko. Subsequently two members of the club removed the picture of Marshal Timoshenko and mutilated it. The picture was then repaired and rehung. Later the committee received a letter from a member of the club stating that he disagreed with the hanging of the picture of a Communist. Ownership of Radios Christchurch ranks next to Auckland in the ownership of radio licences, the Postmaster-General (Mr W. J. Broadfoot) said vesterday. The latest returns showed that there were 449.453 licence-holders, which meant that New Zealand was fast approaching saturation point in the ownership of radios. The list of householders in the Dominion in 1948, which were the latest figures available, gave a total of 469.694 householders. Auckland had 92.509 radio licences. Christchurch 58,198. Wellington 54.350. and Dunedin 35.629. Timaru was thirteenth on the list with 11,285. Greymouth seventeenth with 6551. and Westport twentieth with 2286. —(F.0.0.R.) Industrial Management Lectures Nine lectures in industrial management will be provided during the winter by Canterbury University College, in co-operation with the Canterbury branch of the Institute of Industrial Management. The rector (Dr. H. R. Hulme) will give an introduction. Mr N. A. Mackay will speak on practices in Britain, Germany, and America; Mr W. R. Hutchens on accounting and production; Professor R. J. Rastrick on factory lay-out, heating, and colour; Dr. A. Crowther on behaviour problems; Mr R. A. Young on industrial law; and Mr W. H. Bowen will give a survey of British management. Seal Believed Shot The seal in the Waituna lagoon, near Invercargill, which has destroyed hundreds of fish in the last few weeks, has either been killed or has hidden away nursing shotgun or rifle wounds. Several parties attempted to destroy the seal two weeks ago, and since then it has not been seen. Ti.e seal was reported to be something of an acrobat, throwing fish eight or 10 feet out of the water and leaping out to recover them. Hundreds of dead fish were scattered about the lagoon. It is not known how the seal came to the lagoon, but it is thought it travelled overland from the nearby coast. — (P.A.) Children Kept from School When the parents of the children attending the Oruanui School, in the Taupo district, refused to allow their children to attend school until the contractors began work on the new sanitary and water system, immediate action resulted. The contractors started work on Thursday last week, and a large number of pupils attended school on Friday. Negotiations to have this work done have been in hand for the last 12 months. Service in Memorial Church The first service in the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe was held shortly after the dedication ceremony on Saturday. Barbara Pryde, aged five, a granddaughter of Mr J. G. Coates, and daughter of Mr and Mrs A. C. Pryde, of Whangarei, was baptised in the church. The service was taken by the Rev. P. N. Wright, Anglican minister qf Paparoa.