General News

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27636, 18 April 1955, Page 10

General News

Tall Scoring University beat the Eastern Suburbs senior second division team by W points to 3 in a Rugby match at Athletic Park, Wellington, on Saturday. By the time the game was ba« over, details of scores were not being kept, but it is known that R. A. J ar " den stopped his scoring at 22, and that two other All-Elacks, W. H. Clark and J. F. Fitzgerald, scored many ox the remaining points. A. S. Clark, H. Kawharu. and R. Bristow also played a big part in the rout. The University team won last year’s»competition.—(P.A.) Sunday Cooking Dallington housewives who were cooking a hot midday meal yesterday had their plans upset by an interruption in the pow*er supply. The power was off in the Dallington area from shortly after 11 a.m. until almost I p.m. The cause was a flash-over in the sub-station near the end or Galbraith avenue and repairs to switch gear took some time to complete. Some Burwood consumers were also affected by the breakdown, but supply was Boon restored to them by alternative means. Green Recruits for Navy The “fighting Irish” are interested in the Royal New Zealand Navy, but apparently with some reservattJJ New Zealand Naval Board, after exploring recruiting possibilities other countries, has received the »>*• lowing letter from Ballagh-Moon-County Carlow: “I see on the paP er where you could join the RoyaltNew Zealand Navy,” the letter reads. “There is two of us interested. I am 20 ano the other is 22. I would be glad tyou would write by return and let ntknow, if two of us wou v ’ be taking in it, and what is the 1 igth of tne time you would have to rut up witn it.” The letter was to tne Auckland branch of the Navy League at a luncheon by the Chief of tne Nava] Staff (Commodore Sir Charles Madden). Vehicle Registration Plates Learners’ registration plates ftj’ motor-cycles will be coloured black (”> a white background from July year, according to a notice pubhshea by the Minister of Transport (Mr S. Goosman) in the latest issue of’tne Gazette. All other registration for motorvehicles will have white numbers on a brick-red background*

Liner Hits Whale On her last passage from Auckland to London, the 15.000-ton Shaw passenger liner Corinthic hit a Mr G. Youngman, second electricI*** 1 *** on the ship, writes to a friend Auckland: “On nearing Panama , w hit and killed a whale while moving at a good speed. It passed the ship along the keel and several bumps were felt in the engineroomThe whale must have been caught W the propellers, for there was a larg amount of blood in the wake of tne ship. A diver inspected the vessc, at Panama, but there was no damageThe Corinthic reached London April 6.