General News

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26800, 4 August 1952, Page 6

General News

Miss Williams’s Plnm* Mr T. Williams, of Dunedin, father of Otago’s Olympic champion, .JVffss Yvette Williams, received, the following cablegram from his daughter on Saturday: "Wonderful opportunity touring Continent with’ Shirley Strickland and Verna Johnston, athletics, returning October; wire opinion; upsetting your plans.” Mr and Mrs Williams had proposed to be in Auckland for the return pf the New Zealand Olympic Games team this month, but Mr Williams has now cabled his daughter to take advantage of the opportunity of touring Europe. —(P.A.) Barrow Beats Train A parcel pushed to Melbourne from Sydney in a wheelbarrow beat one sent by rail freight, the president of the Cement Carriers’ Association claimed last night. He said that on July 23 a Sydney firm consigned a parcel by rail to Melbourne and placed an identical one in a barrow, which a six-man team pushed in relays. The barrow arrived in Melbourne at noon yesterday, but the parcel sent by rail still had not turned up. The association arranged the stunt as a protest against what they describe as the New South Wales Government’s policy of putting road transport out of business. —■Melbourne, August 2. N.Z. Concert Party in Korea The New Zealand concert party in Korea is proving very popular among the Commonwealth troops, according to K Force soldiers who returned to Wellington on Saturday. Among those expressing this opinion were Staff Sergeant B. J. Berney, of Nelson, and Sergeant-Major E. J. Brown, of Wellington. The returning draft of 23 men was welcomed by the Minister of Defence (Mr T. L. Macdonald), the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Nash), military officials, and a representative of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association.—(P.A.) Supplies for Raoul Island Cigarettes, tobacco, mail, and meteorological instruments were amon the supplies dropped from a Hastings transport plane on Raoul Island, in the Kermadec group, yesterday. The drop was made on a restricted area, and the big four-engined aircraft flew level with the tops of a cluster of pines. After flying 591 miles from Whenuapai, Flying Officer G. H. S. To-land, adjutant of No. 41 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who was captain of the Hastings, found steep, thicklywooded Raoul island shrouded in cloud, but there was one spot clear—the dropping area, where the few inhabitants live. Altogether, the transport plane flew 1182 miles in about seven hours.— (P.A.) Official K Force Photographer The official photographer to K Force since February, 1951, Sergeant I. C. Mackley, of Lower Hutt, was among K Force soldiers who returned to Wellington on Saturday from Korea. During his period of service, he has taken about 1500 photographs for publicity purposes and for records, in addition to many others taken on behalf of other Commonwealth units in Korea. To take his pictures, he had to travel widely, as New Zealand units are spread throughout the whole of Korea, and this involved the use of many forms of transport, Sergeant Mackley said. One of his most interesting trips was made durihg the visit to K Force of the Minister of Defence (Mr T. L Macdonald). Sergeant Mackley was in Tokyo when the Minister arrived, and flew to Seoul in General Ridgway’s private plane. At Seoul, he transferred to a spotter plane specially put at his disposal. It took him to the Commonwealth Division’s lines, where he transferred to a helicopter to fly to the 16th Field Regiment’s lines. On his discharge. Sergeant Macklev plans to return to his former position as a photographer with the Department of Agriculture.—(P.A.)