General News

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27501, 8 November 1954, Page 10

General News

Young Charles After the success of the youthful golfer from Masterton in the New Zealand open golf championship, even those golfers who leave the racing game severely alone are considering whether they might risk 10s, or even more, on the chances of Young Charles in the New Zealand Trotting Cup tomorrow. And what a pity; they may think, that the Totalisator Agency Board could not have accepted a shade of odds-on for the golfing-trotting double. ' Political Mix-up The Prime Minister (Mr Holland) seems unable to avoid being involved in the Labour Party’s electioneering campaign. First he and Mr Nash held simultaneous meetings in Hamilton last week. Then the two leaders met unexpectedly on a Devonport ferry boat. Yesterday Mr Holland had another “remarkable experience” when motoring through Auckland to visit a centenarian. “We came across a bridge—not the harbour bridge—and travelled along some back streets,” Mr Holland told the centenarian later. “Then I got the shock of my life. We had landed up in the Labour Party procession.” Mr Holland set out to make his social call when a Labour Party, procession was on its way to the domain. His car fell in with the procession in Park road.—(P.A.) No Cup Commentary To fit in with shopping arrangements in New Brighton the Municipal Electricity Department cuts off power to the district on Saturdays between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. instead of between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. as in the rest of its area. This arrangement had an unfortunate result for racing enthusiasts on Saturday. They were denied the opportunity of listening in to the running of the New Zealand Cup at. Riccarton. Left-Handers The Masterton Golf Club, of which R. J. Charles, the left-handed player who won the latest New Zealand open golf championship, is a member, had some good left-handers in former years. W. H. Robieson, a left-hander, won the club championship several times, and his sister, Miss Eunice Robieson, another left-hander, won the Masterton Club’s ladies’ championship more than once. A sister, Miss Jane Robieson, a right-hander, won the club championship several times and one year was runner-up to Mrs Guy Williams in the New Zealand ladies’ championship. Power Storage There was a further slight improvement in power storage during the week-end. On Friday morning storage was 11,999,000 units. Ey yesterday morning it was 12,650,000 units —an increase during the two days of 660,000 units. The daily gains were 80,000 units on Friday and 580,000 units on Saturday. But the weather was still “calm right round the storage areas,” an officer of the State Hydro-electric Department said yesterday! Bullion Van in Accident A bullion van loaded with silver bars burst open at Paddington Station, London, today, when a goods train rammed it into the platform. Guards quickly surrounded the wrecked van —one of four carrying among them more than £500,000 in silver. The bullion had been shipped from the Far East for silversmiths in London. —London, November 6. Money Taken from Brewery The office and strongroom of Ballins Breweries in Byron street were broken into between 12.15 p.m. on Saturday and 8.20 a.m. yesterday, and between £BO and £9O was taken from the safe. Payment for Churchgoing Forty “poor” people who attend a service at West Wickham (Kent) parish church today will each receive Is. A sermon will be preached “in memory of the execrably gunpowder plot” and the preacher of it will be paid £l. The money comes from a bequest to the parish church by Sir Samuel Lenard, Bart., in 1617.—London, November 7. Black Canary in Show A black canary was among exhibits at the Ipswich Cage Bird Society’s show yesterday, according to the “Daily Mail.” It was the first black canary entered at any British show “and probably the first in the world,” said the hewspaper.—London, November 6. Ban Relaxed for Winter Colonel John Dilly, the United States Army commander at Frankfurt, in Germany, has relaxed for the winter his ban on slacks for women, according to the Bonn correspbndent of the “Daily Mail.” Colonel Dilly earlier this year shook American service families by his ban on bare midriffs, blue jeans, shorts, and “pincurlers unless covered by headgear.” But yesterday he said: “In the coming cold and wet winter’s weather I think it reasonable that women members of families of the men under my command can wear slacks when going to the commissary or otherwise appearing in public.”—London, November 6. Import Control of Crayons

Objections to the proposed exemption from import crayons have been lodged with the Board of Trade. .Therefore the board has decided to postpone consideration of decontrol until tariff duties have been reviewed.- The tariff item excludes tailors’ chalk, sheep marking pencils, and lithographic crayons.