General News

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27006, 4 April 1953, Page 6

General News

Governor-General’s Colt 'Die un-named colt belonging to the Governor-General (Sir Willoughby Norrie) is still un-named. His Excellency told the council of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association on Thursday that when it became known some weeks that he could not think of a name for his horse, sired by the Derby winner, Midddy Sun out of Knockout, he had been inundated with suggestions, but had not decided on one. “I have received about 70 letters and some of the suggestions were very good, but many of the names were already taken,” he said. ‘‘About the best, I think, came from Sir William Perry, who suggested Western Desert. That’s very good for Midday Sun and Knockout,” Sir Willoughby Norrie said.— (P.A.) Service A taxi-driver at Toledo, Ohio, saw George Upchurch standing with raised arms, and thought he wanted to hire his taxi. The driver did not see a man standing behind Upchurch, holding a pistol to his back. When the taxi stopped, the would-be' robber took to his heels. ‘‘l will never say again that I couldn’t get a taxi when I needed one,” Upchurch said. —New York, April Caronfa to Visit Lyttelton The Cunard White Star luxury liner, the 34,000-ton Caronia, will visit New Zealand on a South Pacific cruise. She W’ill leave New York on January 23, arrive at Auckland on the morning of February 23 and leave the next night. One day will be spent, at Wellington on February 26, and one day at Lyttelton, Shore excursions for the 550 wealthy American tourists on the cruise will probably include visits to Waitomo, the Chateau Tongariro, Rotorua and Wanganui. The ship may visit the Marlborough Sounds on the way to Melbourne, where she is due on March 4.—(P.A.) Earthquake at Cheviot

An earthquake was felt at Cheviot at 8.23 am. yesterday. Although it was slight, it was sufficient to swing lights. The direction of the earthquake was from east to west. Usually when an earthquake is experienced in the district, it is accompanied by a fairly loud rumble, but yesterday there was no noise. “Hammer Shield” Mr Dag Hammarskjoeld, who has now accepted the post of SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, yesterday suggested that English-speaking people pronounce his name “Hammer Shield." “After all that’s about as near as most people can get to it, and anyway, it’s exactly what my name means in English,” he said.—New York, April 2. Business Premises Sold A large single-storey building on the corner of Manchester and Dundas streets, owned by the Apex Ice Cream Company, Ltd,, has been sold to George Henry and Company, engineers and importers, and the Apex Ice Cream Company has purchased from Mervyn Stevenson (Christchurch), Ltd., a property of two roods and 18.9 perches with frontages to Sandyford, Durham, and Cass streets. v More Immigrants Arrive A total of 506 new immigrants arrived at Wellington yesterday in the Largs Bay. First to disembark in driving rain were the wives and children of men working on the Roxburgh power scheme, comprising 33 adults, 12 children, and 10 infants. They were taken by bus from Pipitea wharf to Paraparaiimu. After lunch there, two chartered National Airways aircraft took them to Dunedin. The Director of Employment (Mr H. L. Bockett) officially welcomed the immigrants aboard the ship. There were 125 single women, 106 single men, and 200 members of family groups.—(P.A.)

County Council Champion “Any person who has received reasonable, decent, and courteous treatment from any concern would have some slight feeling of loyalty to ‘’it, specially when it is surrounded and attacked. I am satisfied with the service I have received in my street,” said Mr H. W. Thompson, a Christchurch lawyer, who appeared as a Waimairi County ratepayer before the Local Government Commission on Thursday. Mr Thompson was replying to some of the criticism of the Waimairi County Council which had been made by petitioners seeking amalgamation with the city. Mr Thompson, who lives in Fendalton, said it was not fair to expect the City Council to pay for the development of areas at present in the county. After a slightly facetious exchange between the city solicitor (Mr W. R. Lascelles) and Mr Thompson, the chairman (Judge Archer) said that the commission was not considering at this sitting the issue of whether Fendalton should be included in the city.

Stowaway on Aorangi A Czech stowaway oh board the Aorangi when it arrived at Auckland was not allowed to land, and he will have to remain with the ship until it returns to Hawaii in about a month. The Czech was discovered on board six days after the - Aorangi left Hawaii. He was living in a lifeboat and told the ship’s officers that he was a displaced person wanting to get to New Zealand. At Suva there was excitement when the Czech disappeared- Many thought that he had jumped the ship there, but he was discovered on board a day out of Auckland.—(P.A.) Power Commission

The establishment of a power commission to investigate the power supply and lay down a policy for New Zealand was proposed in a resolution adapted by the council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening after it had discussed increased power charges. Mr R. C. Neville said he felt that the policy of power generation should be controlled by an independent commission free from political interference. The president (Mr J. Boyd-Clark) said the best power supplies in the world were run by private enterprise. Some happy medium would have to be found here so that the supply of power could be put on a business basis. Freak Weather for Bowls

Vagaries in the weather affected the progress of play in the Christchurch Bowling Centre’s Easter tournament yesterday. Most people in Christchurch would describe the day as dull and showery. The morning did not appear promising. Heavy rain stopped the bowls at Beckenham for an hour in the middle of the afternoon. At Elmwood some jnatches were played in a drizzle, but vpawa had such hot sunshine in the morning that shady spots were in demand, and the afternoon was warm, with about five minutes’ drizzle. Military Training Camps To assist employers whose employees have to go into camp for compulsory military training, the Army Department proposes to advertise camp dates in advance in the newspapers. The Army Secretary (Mr F. B. Dwyer) said in a letter to the Associated Chambers of Commerce received by the council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening that the department hoped in most cages to be able to give several months’ notice of the camps. Originally the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce suggested that there should be. a footnote to the training notice suggesting that the trainee should advise his employer immediately of the time of training. The Associated Chambers of Commerce suggested that employers should be notified in advance of camp dates, but Mr Dwyer said that as more than 25,000 territorials would be doing part-time service each year when the military training scheme was at its peak, units would need additional staff solely to send out notices, and there would be the additional expense of postage and stationery. The Fishing Rivers

According to advice received by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, the condition of the fishing rivers at noon yesterday was: Selwyn, clear and fishable; Hurunui, Waiau and Rakaia, dirty and unfishable; Waimakariri and Ashley, dirty; Hals well, milky; Upper Rakaia, above normal and dirty. The .weather at Lake Coleridge was south-east and it was cloudy. At Highbank it was calm with light rain.