General News

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27472, 5 October 1954, Page 12

General News

Power Cuts In accordance with the increased power restrictions announced yesterday .here will be a general cut in all areas of the Municipal Electricity Department's district between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. There will be similar evening cuts tomorrow and on Thursday. In the Thick of It Dame Sybil Thorndike, her husband, Sir Lewis Casson, and two other passengers in the Canterbury Aero Club’s ae Havilland Dragonfly received a quick education in the efficiency of New Zealand’s aerial topdressing as they taxied across Harewood aerodrome yesterday. They landed in time to see the new Fletcher ajrcraft demonstrating, and were completely enveloped in a cloud of flying superphosphate.

Hillary’s Occupation Sir Edmund Hillary’s occupation in private life was a puzzle for one schoolboy in Curacao, Dutch West to a letter received ™ er ?, b .? “ e “Sunday Express” lv ?> rs ?' p- Maas - She says that at tne end of term examination in a curacao school recently a translation be made from English into Dutch’ part of which consisted of Sir Edmund Hillary’s exploits. One sentence read: “Sir Edmund Hillary is a This , was ingeniously fr an slated by one boy as: “In private for tn r £ <i ’ nun < l „H»llary is a goalkeeper for the B team. —London, October 4.

Orphanage Appeal hin^ U r? a u’ s eoUecti °n for the Com„iD9lpJ?al?ages Appeal Fund has so Jb ?, 1 . d 5. d about £l °so at the end of Ute first day s counting. The chairman or tne appeal committee (Mr J. L last evening that he expected last year's total of £2500 would day hCd when countin g ended to-

AucUand Borough’s Water Shortage rS ® easo ®al water shortage in Ast Aiieki^ a J'\ the new boroug h north of Auckland, has occurred much earlier than usual, and residents are having Kd to' V F £1 12s Mto £ 1 I’? od for 400 gallons, according to the hydrant, which is at Milford. The water carrier worked yesterda r ySpA d ) niOre ° rderS Ca “ e “

Visit of Vampires pn v f J al PP lre i et fighters from the Chri?/L' F ' s , tatlon ' Ohafcea, called over ST I ;l church yesterday morning, and left their cards—three clear white vapour trails. A large number of people Z laV .t b . een s!j y-gazing at the .. the trail excited considerable ov^r 6 at n? mnr» Clty ' Th e aircraft flew St 3 Jo°° f t on a routine training flight, and returned to Ohakea with«L an « g ' A sunfl ar flight was made m tne afternoon.

Transport Operators’ Charges Efforts to check price cutting by transport operators are to be made by the New Zealand Road Transport Alliance. A Franklin remit approved at the annual conference of the alliance at Gisborne yesterday urged that a condition of continuous goods serc.e should be that licensees strictly observe the rates schedule in force for the area in which’ the licensee is domiciled. A note to the remit urged the Transport Department to investigate promptly any reported cases of price cutting. Sponre£lit ’ Mr . J - A - Anderson Franklin) said that in his own disH l^L- there were delinquent members stabbing everyone else in the back. jj j On^y way to check them, he added, was to bring them before a Magistrate—(P. A.) Memorial to Mr A. E. Flower

As you stand here you look on the grounds which owe so much to his work.” reads the inscription on the memorial to Mr A. E. Flower which will be unveiled by the warden of Cnrists College (Bishop Warren) on Saturday. The memorial takes the form of a post situated at the entrance to “upper.” the sports ground on the college premises. Mr Flower, in his early days as a master .at the college, was primarily responsible for most of * xi including the construction of the ban’: on the north of the ground, which make the ground so suitable for football and athletics. The unveiling ceremony will be held at 12.15 p.m. on Saturday, the second day of the college sports. Inspections of Trucks TJie New Zealand Road Transport Alliance yesterday supported a remit i urging that vehicle inspectors carry ■ out inspections in accordance with a uniform set of instructions. Mr F. E. Bognuda (Wellington) said that vehicle inspectors drew up their own interpretations of standards required. There was a need for uniform standards. (PA ? perators could us - as a guide. Immigrants For N.Z. The next flight of Dutch immigrants to New Zealand will arrive at Whenua* pai on November 3. When the Captain Cook leaves Glasgow for New Zealand on October 12, she will be carrying more than 1000 immigrants. Hokitika Airport The Government is considering proposals to provide an all-weather airport at Hokitika at a cost of £16,400. information has been given to Mr J. B. Kent. M.P., by the Minister m charge of Civil Aviation, Mr T. T. Macdonald. The Minister said that it was proposed to remedy the existing unsafe conditions and to provide allweather operating for D.C.-3 or larger aircraft.—(F.O.O.R.)

Armoured Squadron’s Range Shoot A very successful range shoot with three Valentine tanks was held at Birdlings Flat on Saturday and Sunday by 100 territorials of the headquarters squadron of the 3rd Armoured Regiment. The gun control officer at the shoot was Captain N. S. Murchison. All the trainees had range practice with the two-pounder guns and 7.92 mm. Besa machine-guns on the tanks. Stationary targets—drums and tank turrets—were used. Road Accident Toll

A large graph in the entrance to the Transport Department’s offices in Christchurch shows the number of deaths caused by motor accidents on New Zealand roads month by month so far this year, compared with each month last year and in 1952. Another placard shows that 248 persons have already been killed in 273 days this year, as against 239 in the corresponding period last year. Miners Walk Out

The Dobson State coal mine employees, soon after entering the mine yesterday morning, walked out and the mine was idle for the rest of the day. The secretary of the union, Mr J. White, said later that there was no dispute and that the mine would probably resume production today. The output of stone from a stone drive in the mine had been holding up coal production for a long while, he said, and the men. when they found that the stone output was interfering with their own coal output, walked off.— (F.0.0.R.)