General News

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26510, 27 August 1951, Page 6

General News

A Busy Day Few clergymen can have spoken in so many churches in one day as the rector of Birmingham (Canon Bryan Green) did in Christchurch yesterday. He spoke in five churches in the morning and at another five in the evening. The churches included Presbyterian, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Salvation Army, Church of Christ, and Congregational. At all except the Cathedral, where he conducted an after-church service, Canon Green spoke for about 10 minutes. In addition, he found time in the afternoon to baptise the infant daughter of the Rev. Harvey Teulon and Mrs Teulon at St. Thomas’s. Bryndwr. Mr Teulon was for a time curate to Canon Green in Birmingham, and Mrs Teulon also comes from Birmingham. Canon Green married Mr and Mrs Teulon. He also spoke to Y.M.C.A. leaders at a tea meeting. Mayor’s Arrival

Pushing through the crowd after someone had called “Where’s the Mayor?” Mr J. M. Dea§, Mayor of Otahuhu and Labour candidate for that electorate, forced his way to the official platform after the Prime Minister (Mr Holland) had opened the second Otahuhu Industrial and General Exhibition on Friday afternoon. "I was not advised of the starting time," Mr Deas shouted to Mr Holland. "That’s why I was not here to welcome you, sir.” Mr Deas added in a loud voice: “This is typical of what’s been going on around here.”

Road Safety Campaign A motor-cycle road safety campaign has been opened in Rotorua. It is to be given a 12 months' trial and is the motor-cyclists’ response to the declaration by the Commissioner of Transport (Mr G. L Laurenson) that the accident rate in which motor-cyclists are involved must be reduced. A committee has been formed from representatives of five bodies and nine voluntary patrolmen from the ranks of the motor-cyclists have been appointed. The men are known to the committee by numbers but are unknown to one another.—(P.A.) Ringing of Beils

For the first time since the bells were installed in the tower of the Christchurch Cathedral a set of 720 changes was rung on the heavy six bells on Saturday afternoon. This is the limit of the number of changes that can be rung on six bells. The bells were rung in honour of Canon Bryan Green, rector of Birmingham, who is now visiting Christchurch. Two of the six bellringers of the Christchurch Cathedral Society of Bellringers came from Canon Green’s church of St. Martins in the Bull Ring. They were Squadron Leader J. S. Mason and Mr G. H. Claydon.

Old Clock A clock that may be 100 years or more old has been removed from the meeting room of the Kaiapoi Borough Council and will be replaced by an electric clock. When the clock was taken down recently it was found that the dates on which it had been repaired and the names of the firms who had done the work were recorded on paper in the back of the clock. The first repairs were made on July 2, 1869, before the council chambers were erected. It is understood that the clock was originally the town clock, being then on the old fire brigade buildings near the present Rialto Theatre.

Cramping His Style Spectators at football matches are accustomed to hearing referees blowing whistles to summon first-aid men to injured players, but at a Rugby League match between Addington and Prebbleton at the Jerrold street reserve on Saturday the referee, Mr H. Williams, collapsed on the field just after a try had been scored. A very concerned group of players from both teams gathered round. It was discovered, however, that Mr Williams required only the briefest attention for cramp in a leg.

Power Failure Power was cut off yesterday morning in the Bromley and South Brighton districts, when a high-tension insulator broke down in New Brighton. The cut lasted from about 2 a.m. until the fault was discovered and remedied at 8 a.m. Long Service One of New Zealand’s oldest steamships, the 46-ton Ben Lomond, is being withdrawn from service on Lake Wakatipu. Formerly known as the Jane Williams, the 82-foot Ben Lomond was built at Dunedin and launched on Lake Wakatipu in 1872. The possibilities of securing a replacement or of working the lake with only one vessel are being investigated by the Railways Department, which operates the two Wakatipu steamers.