General News

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26886, 12 November 1952, Page 8

General News

London Policemen “Grand” “Children in New Zealand appear to , be afraid of policemen, but in England it is Mr S. W. Jameson, a Christchurch accountant, yesterday. He recently returned from a visit to England. “The London policemen are grand. At the Trooping of the Colour, I was standing in Pall Mall, and the policemen in front of me were holding children up so that they could see the parade,” he said. No Sale Some Eastbourne children may be short of a Christmas party this year. The anntial raffle held by the East Harbour Returned Services’ Association *to raise funds for a children’s Christmas party stopped suddenly last Saturday. The local barber offered a ticket to the local constable, who decided that the raffle was irregular. As a result of the constable’s investigations and revelations, a newspaper advertisement appeared, stating that the raffle had been cahfelled and that money paid for tickets already sold would be refunded. When this was referred by telephone to the president of the East Harbour R.S.A. (Mr H. Wilkins) he refused to answer any questions.—(P. A.) Eating-House Improvements Restaurants and tea rooms in Christchurch generally have complied with the Eating House Regulations, which came into force last January. The by-laws committee of the City Council has authorised the prosecution of an owner of one tea room for allegedly failing to carry out the requirements of the regulations. Pan American Flight Cancelled For the first time in its history, Pan American Airways has cancelled a flight from the United States to New Zealand. Because of engine trouble, a Stratocruiser expected at Auckland last Friday was delayed at Canton Island and at Nandi. Fiji. Yesterday, arrangements were made for the plane to leave Nandi at midnight, on its way back to America. Mr N. B. Lendrum, Auckland manager of Pan American Airways, said the reason for the cancellation of the last leg of the trip was that all the passengers had either been transferred to other airlines or had elected to remain in Fiji until next Friday at the company’s expense. Instead of bringing an empty aircraft to Auckland to pick up north-bound passengers, the company had arranged for these people to travel as far as Fiji fey B.C.P.A. DC6 aircraft which left Auckland yesterday afternoon.— (P.A.) Natural Gas for Stoves Early in 1953, New Plymouth gas consumers will be burning at least 20 per cent, of natural gas pumped from the wells of the Egmont Oil Company at Motoroa. Arrangements between the oil company and the New Plymouth Gas Company were announced yesterday by Mr A Blackman, engineermanager of the gas company. It will be the first time in New Zealand that natural gas has been used for domestic or industrial heating on a major scale.— (P.A.) University Salary Adjustments When the board of governors of ; Canterbury Agricultural College, i Lincoln, received advice yesterday of grants to meet increased costs, there i were tags that the money should not be used to pay academic or admin- 1 istrative staff salaries and that the board would not enter contracts for : which money was not available. The ] board accepted the conditions, but : decided to inform the Education De- : partment that university salaries i still required adjustment. The director ' (Dr. M. M. Burns) said some staff ’ had not yet caught up with changes ’ in 1951, and it seemed that there < might’ be further moves which would 1 make them even more out of line with the Public Service. Replacing of Telephone Boxes The old type of circular concrete 1 telephone box is disappearing. An • officer of the Post and Telegraph De- ; partment said yesterday that the con- < crete boxes, which are about 20 years < old, are being replaced by the stand-: ; ard rectangular boxes as-they become j available from the workshops and are ’ not required for new installations. The i octagonal boxes, which are older than i the concrete boxes, Wil] also eventu- , ally be replaced.

Short Courses at Lincoln The whole teaching staff of Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, has had a full discussion on short courses offered by the college. A sub-committee has been appointed to recommend a programme for 1953.