General News

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26513, 30 August 1951, Page 6

General News

“Don’t Follow the Tnun* 1 A motorist at the Heathcote bridle haff of which is closed while decking and tram tracks are being repairea. failed last evening to heed the red m?M s .. or 4 he , slgn . “ Don,t Follow the JF” 1,8 toWar 4 Redolitfs he ran over the sleepers and the car came m„5 est “J 1 cnawis and could not move under its own power. While a break-down van was being called a * t rQn \ Sumner and one from tc « hu X oh de l ayed on either side of the bridge. The mishap occurred about 9.15 p.m.

Capture of Swimming Stag Photographic proof that a red deer was caught while swimming in Queen Charlotte Sound 15 years ago is held b y Mr Stanley Vivian, of Christchurch, He was on a launch near j-ory Channel when the stag was seized by the antlers by another passenger. One of the set of photographs shows the head and shoulders of the deer under the counter of the launch. t^Ly i h ian h Pro< ?? ced the Photographs token bR se J f on reading that Dr. G. B. proell and other stalkers of long experience had thought that the n 5 Rimming red deer stag m Lake Te Anau had never been perbefore. u Another Christchurch man who telephoned "The Press” last evening said that about 10 years ago when on holiday in Yncyca Bay ¥" rl ? Sound > he helped to capture a stag from a launch. The stag was u.mnh lnt A° th e-sea and Chased fn the launch. A rope was dropped over its antlers, and after its head had been puljed over the gunwale its throat was

New Schools in Auckland The Government has plans for SPendmg nearly £4,000,000 on interSiL anii Post-primary schools in Auckland province. The reason is that no other part of New Zealand shows SA 7 the Ur^ nt need fQr class s i ld by the Minister of pducatiqn (Mr R. M. Algie) when reviewing the Auckland projects y eß " terday. So severely overcrowded i th .l jne tr opQlitan post-primary n-S . that three or f °ur could be X£ et L to -morrow and filled immediately, he The plans include new at Takapuna and Artificial Heart Wanted

"Plans are being made to try to aevue an artificial heart which will take the patient's heart out of circulation so that it can be operated on in a dry state,” said Dr. Gordon Murray, the noted Canadian heart surgeon, who arrived in Auckland by a * r - au Murray is a senior surgeon of the Toronto General Hospital, associate professor of surgery in the University of Toronto, and director °f the Caven Research Institute. "This artificial heart would give access to a lot of heart troubles which are now difficult to get at.” he said "Experimentally, other artificial hearts are a success, but no artificial heart has ever been used successfully in a human being.” Dr. Murray is the only person in the world practising surgery of congenital defects in the heart.

Sale of Holmglen Negotiations will be completed soon for the sale of the veteran Wellington coastal ship Holmglen to the New Hebrides Shippine and Trading ComSWjy. _*/ie Holmglen is owned bv the iota Shipping Company. She will be renamed Vila Star before being delivered from Wellington to the islands, probably next week. The Vila Star’s new master will be Captain D. M. R. Maxwell.—(P. A.) Marriage and Divorce

"Marriage and divorce constitute a terrific problem.” said the Rev. Raymond Dudley at the annual synod of the North Canterbury district of the Methodist Church yesterday. "Most of us are frightened of dealing with it, as there are so many ramifications,’’ ne said. Inquiries were being made into the problem by a commission set up in England.- Mr Dudley reported that the commission set up by the Methodist Church about a year ago had made no progress with the problem.

Large Meteor Seen A large meteor, described by a milkman as a pear-shaped object about the t ll n ' loon - was seen over Wellington about 6.5 a.m. yesterday. It travelled at great speed, leaving a huge tail of orange and blue flame behind as it disappeared over the eastern ranges. The Carter Observatory has reports from three persons who saw the meteor, but more reports are needed before its path can be plotted. —(PA.)

Plenty of Cheque* The many applications for loans from the church buildings and loan committee at present being received reminded him of a story told in a Christchurch bank recently, said the Rev. H. L. Fiebig, when the commitS*» rapor ‘ wa * considered at the Methodist Synod yesterday. “The accountant told me he had written a curt note to a customer in. North Canter“u.y a EJ? u ’ an overdrawn account,” he Mia. The bank received an equally 'J** not ® ba ck regretting the over- ■ •’’Closing a cheque for £25. Js nn w abou l l he committee’s Plenty of cheques,” added Mr Fiebig. Sugar From Overseas The first shipment of Fijian sugar to-Teach Auckland for some years will arrive on Monday in the Italian steamer Ata. The Ata is bringing about 8000 tons. She will follow into the f3fe a n UBar J )er ! h the British fo evn!r^ an J On de Darrifiaga, which is expected to complete discharging Queensland sugar about Monday Another sugar cargo from Queensland will arrive at Auckland about the end HoPvnlrU? b A r L n ii? e Glas Bow steamer of & A o UI j Cargo of 9500 tons WeUinat™ r ® fined sugar arrived at & nr?! 0 ” Wlll 2009 tOnS ’ and the rest ® wfi] be discharged at LythnHnn ®P d BlUff - The dlstrit l9 n the greater part of the cargo So « th Xsland wi H enable the Chelsea refinery to concentrate its detel™!? 8 j o .”* Auckland and other North Island districts.—(P.A.) a B»nus For First Baby hours after the Palmerston c Hospital Board decided to pay a inl^°k US JJ I ®, parents of the first hnma* or ? n 011 9 ln g s ne w maternity aim ai ; riV6d Warwick John Huthnance was born m the small Mr U « rS ß Of w h t e i, His mother, Huthnance, Kimbolton road, Feildmg, a former trained nurse at the Palmerston North Public Hospital, will receive the bonus. The board’s EcM for twins has not Two hundred tons' of supplies for K Force will be carried from Auckland J? e £ re tehter Swan when she sails fO i j ap , an - 11,6 Arrn y ship, tost Sn ?k part of material 12” l n he w J eck °< the Wahine in the Arafura Sea this month. * The omi ai }># 8 a 0 ♦ reach Japan about the end of September, and the cargo will be transhipped to Korea,-(P,A) n-m p *\ ,Un B Day Anomaly l iay ’ next Saturday; will be firy for Maoris all day, but for Europeans only from midday to 7 p m. This anomaly in bar hours has arisen because legislation passed last year reS ,l be l^eV?° ri a tk d E P r(> P ea ii elections w be held on the same day did not fnr n t?J nt °i bo ?,|he differing provisions for the sale of liquor on polling day.

torial department of “The Press” rejecting a letter and the advertising department saying it would ” consider ” an advertisement on the same subject if submitted in writing. There is no inconsistency here. The letter was “ considered ” by the editorial department with the same care that the advertisement would have been considered by the advertising department; and although the two departments are independent, we have no doubt that the advertising department would have reached the same decision for the same reason—that the advertisement, like the letter, was improper anq in bad taste. But propriety and taste are of little concern to Labour politicians—when there is an election within a few daya.