PURSUIT RETURNS TO TIMARU

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26265, 9 November 1950, Page 3

PURSUIT RETURNS TO TIMARU

VESSEL WAS NEVER IN DANGER

ORIGIN OF GREEN ROCKET FLARE UNKNOWN From Our Own Reporter

TIMARU, November 8. The Pursuit, the fishing vessel which was thought to be in danger off the coast of Timaru, returned to the port at 2 p.m. to-day. A search was organised before dawn this morning after a rocket was seen by the police in a north-easterly direction trom Timaru at 9 o'clock last evening. An air search was made this morning. The crew of the Pursuit, Messrs Ivan Fowler and William Lapsley, were quite unaware that fears were held for their safety when they arrived in port this afternoon, half an hour ahead of their scheduled time for return. They saw nothing of the aeroplanes and fishing vessels which were searching for them, and returned with a good load of fish. The origin of the rocket, described as a Very light, a well-known type of rocket flare used during the war, is not known. No rockets or flares were carried on board the Pursuit; but some Timaru fishing boats are equipped with distress flares.

about those earning a living in Hereford street and the old school tie. Most of the Citizens’ candidates had attend- ■ ed primary and secondary schools. The I increases in rates were accepted as ; inevitable by the ratepayers and were j less than they had expected. The duty of the council was to keep a vigilant : watch on rising costs. That did not mean cheap labour or materials but the keeping of a close eye on all items of expenditure. A mode of easing the burden on ratepayers was by financing capital works out of borrowed money. There was no reason why the present generation should pay for amenities to be used by generations to come, such as bridges and improvement of beaches. The new council should also impress on the Government the necessity for an adequate supply of electric power. The Citizens’ policy for the Harbour Board was explained by Mr F. W. Freeman. The proposed elevated roadway from Norwich quay to the steamer express wharf was intended to expedite traffic and to be a preliminary step to the tunnel road and harbour development schemes. Harbour works were very slow to reach the ultimate object; it had taken 70 years to spend £1,000,000 in Lyttelton. Since 1877, Lyttelton had been a "oneeyed and one-access port” and until road access was developed progress would nst be made. Shop-to-ship-side was what should be aimed at. The Labour policy for the harbour was that of the Citizens' Association; party politics did not enter into the board. Mr D. S. Dodds, a Hospital Board candidate, said that he had spent three years during the war in the United States on procurement of equipment for N.Z. hospitals. He admired the work of past boards. An outline of the work done by the Catchment Board since its formation was given by Mr Hugh Anderson. The city bloc of four votes was valuable, as the last four members had been in key positions. The undertaking was highly specialised, being in touch with five Government departments and seven counties of a wide range of land types.

Mr J. B. Jenkins, a City Council candidate, said he was proud to be a member of the National Party *and of the Citizens’ team.

Four of the nine candidates on the platform replied to a questioner that they did not live in the city.

Vote on Rating The three systems of rating were more equitable than the unimproved system proposed by Labour, said Mr J, E. Tait, in reply to Mr A. L. Jones. The electors would be given a chance of voting for the system they preferred.

“I would not be in favour of such a referendum,” said Mr Mac Gibbon in reply to a question whether the association would support a referendum on the question of a port at Lyttelton on the Estuary.

The only housing carried out by Labour when it was the council was the pensioners' cottages, said Mr G. D. Griffiths. The Citizens’ Association did not want to continue with transit housing, except for immigrants.