General News

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27637, 19 April 1955, Page 12

General News

No Touting “There is one by-law here prohibiting touting in cemeteries,” said Mr Justice McGregor, in the Supreme Court yesterday when reading advertisements of Christchurch City Council by-laws during the hearing of appeals concerning building by-laws. “I did not think that would be necessary in a city like Christchurch, but apparently the council thought it was as it saw fit to legislate,” said his Honour. Petrol Storage at Lyttelton The erection of an additional storage tank for petrol at Lyttelton will soon be commenced. A tank of 716,100 gallons capacity is to be erected there by F. Matthews and Company, Ltd., for Caltex Oil (N.Z.), Ltd. Steel for the tank has arrived from Australia.— (F.0.0.R.) Daylight Milk Deliveries

Kaiapoi milk vendors will be permitted to carry out deliveries during daylight from May 1 to September 30 if a two-week trial period beginning on May 1 is successful. Deliveries will be made in the afternoons. “The milk you would receive tomorrow morning you will receive this afternoon,” said Cr. H. L. Oram at a meeting of the Kaiapoi Borough Council last evening. “It will come straight from the machine to the consumer.” Two T.E.A.L. Flights

The Qantas DC-4 Skymaster chartered by Tasman Empire Airways for a special Sydney-Christchurch-Sydney flight arrived at 8 a.m. yesterday carrying freight and six passengers. The normal DC-6 service arrived on schedule at 3 p.m. yesterday, but it will not leave to return to Sydney until 7 a.m. today. Thirty-two passengers came in on the DC-6 and 47 are due to go out. The plane was delayed overnight for the replacement of defective heating and de-icing equipmentGreek Anzac Delegation

A delegation of four Greek officers will visit Burnham Military Camp on April 29 as part of the 1955 Anzac commemoration ceremonies. The officers are Captain J. Evagelou (Air Force), and Captains G. Letsas, M. Kazekess and B. Belissaroulis (Infantry). They will arrive in Auckland on Thursday. All have served with Greek forces in Korea and the visit has been arranged by the Internal Affairs Department in conjunction with the Returned Services’ Association. Garlands Road Crossing

Although letters have already been sent to officials of the Railways Department, the Minister and Railways Commission, Opawa householders recommended that the new Opawa School committee they elected last evening should take necessary steps to have the Garlands road railway crossing improved. The biennial meeting of householders discussed the dangerous nature of the road surface at the crossing, and the lack of an adequate footpath. The rough state of the crossing forced small children on to the roadway on which there was much heavy traffic, it was said. Many children attending the Opawa School had to cross the railway there, and the number would increase when a new footbridge was erected over the Heathcote river in the area. About 50 persons attended the meeting. Harbour Bill Opposition

A resolution “to oppose the Lyttelton Harbour Board's Loan Empowering Bill” was discussed by members of the Kaiapoi Borough Council in committee last evening. The council remained in committee for more than half an hour and when it resumed open business no further mention of the subject was made other than to confirm the business done in committee. The Mayor (Mr N. E. Kirk) was invited to make a statement concerning the council’s views to “The Press” but declined. No Forest Fires

“We have come through what has not been an easy fire season with no fires,” said the Conservator of Forests for Canterbury, Mr A. P. Thomson, yesterday when he expressed appreciation of the co-pperation of the public in making this result possible. Though there had been heavy rains in December and February there had been periods of extreme fire risk in the exotic forests and the high country after the dry winter and spring, but there had not been any fires in the State forests in Canterbury during the past year, he said. Promotion in Navy There were unrivalled opportunities for promotion to officer rank from the lower deck in the Royal New Zealand Navy today, said the Chief of the Naval Staff (Commodore Sir Charles Madden) to trainees at the end-of-term parade at H.M.N.Z.S. Tamaki, Auckland, yesterday. He said there were still 50 loan officers from the Royal Navy serving in New Zealand. It was right that? these gaps should be filied by New Zealanders, and it had to be remembered that Britain wanted her officers back. Sir Charles Madden said it was significant that of 50 men training to be officers in the Royal New Zealand Navy today, one-third came from the lower deck. All promotions to officer rank in the volunteer reserve came from the lower deck also.— (P.A.) New Wing At Av onside The board of governors of the Avonside Girls’ High School decided last evening to write to the Minister of Education (Mr R. M. Algie) requesting him to open the new wing at the school at a convenient time next month. June 1 was approved as the enrolling date for next year's pupils.