General News

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27638, 20 April 1955, Page 12

General News

Equation For Living Professor Albert Einstein said recently he had an equation for living. It went like this—“A” equalled “X” plus “Y” plus “Z.” He explained that if “A” was success in life, then “X” was work and “Y” was play.” “Z,” he said, was keeping your mouth shut. —Princeton (New Jersey), April 20. Less Profanity In less than 10 hours 2117 sheep were recently treated in a new sheep dip on the Ashley Dene farm of Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln “The ease of dipping was beyond all expectations,” said the Director <Dr. M. M. Burns) to the Board of Governors yesterday. ‘‘lt is also reported that the bad language usually associated with dipping was almost absent’’ Buried Tram Tracks The burying of abandoned tram rails in Christchurch may cause the Christchurch Drainage Board future difficulty and expense, the works committee reported to the board last evening A request was before the board for extra payment to contractors for wages, machinery hire and extra road restoration involved in removing tramway sleepers and reinforced concrete encountered when they were repairing the Bealey avenue stormwater sewer. It was not the only instance where abandoned lines had been buried, said the committee, which had forwarded a copy of the contractor’s letter to the City Council and the Christchurch Transport Board for comment. Shield Risks The management committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union was advised last evening that a telephone message had been received from the New Zealand Union stating it had no objection to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce using the Ranfurly Shield in a display during a conference there. The New Zealand Union said the shield was insured against all risks throughout New Zealand. Canterbury, as holder, “would of course be responsible if anything happens to it.” No Responsibility

The abnormally dry summer and the dewatering operations of contractors Io the Christchurch Drainage Board were blamed by the North New Brighton Residents’ Association for the excessive use of water for their gardens, and a rebate of excess water charges was sought from the City Council. Last evening the council passed the letter to the board, which disclaimed responsibility. If the people had had sewers they would not have had the water to use on their gardens, said Mr W. P. Glue. The dewatering plant would not work for long outside an individual garden. There was no doubt that the dewatering plant affected water levels, said Mr E. R. Price, a member of the board and honorary secretary of the residents’ association. If sewers were installed they would not use the same amount of water.

* Ancient Method of Beating A method of heating a shelter in the Korean winters was copied by some New Zealanders from the South Koreans, said Brigadier J. T. Burrows, in a talk to members of the Christchurch Tin Hat Club last evening on some of his experiences as Commander of K Force. The Koreans used to heat their huts—built on hard-packed earth floors—by lighting a fire in a fireplace outside the hut. The chimney ran under the floor and came up on the other side of the hut. The New Zealanders used the same principle, using an oil or petrol burner to supply the heat. ‘‘lt was interesting that wfe, with our modern civilisation, could learn from the Koreans something they had probably learned a few thousand years ago,” said Brigadier Burrows. Supply of Mortgage Money

Increasing numbers of property sellers were granting second mortgages to buyers because of difficulty in obtaining adequate sums on first mortgage, said Mr R. H. Rolle, a spokesman for the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Institute'of Valuers, yesterday. He said mortgage money had been difficult to obtain for some months, because of the tightening of bank advances, the fact that private funds were not unlimited, and the additional demand created by the group building schemes, which had resulted in further applications for larger advances from buyers with small cash resources. The real estate market was now reasonably stable, said Mr Rolle. —(PA.) Mass X-Ray Unit In the first four weeks after the Health Department opened its mass miniature X-ray jmit in Manchester street, nearly 2350 people attended for examination, and three cases of tuberculosis were discovered. At present attendances at the unit are averaging about 500 a week. Ashes to Be Dropped in Sea The ashes of an elderly Wellington woman will be scattered in mid-Pacific by Captain R. A. Barnes, master of the Waiwera, which will sail from Wellington today for Britain. Before she died on March 25, at the age of 78, Mrs Annie Louisa Baillie, of Tawa Flat, expressed the wish that her ashes be scattered at sea. This was arranged with the co-operation of the Shaw Savill and Albion Company, in whose ships she had made several voyages to England. She was. a great lover of ships and the sea. Two wreaths, from the daughter and son of Mrs Baillie, will be dropped overboard when the ashes are scattered.— (P A.)

College Enters Milk Business The Canterbury Agricultural College dairy farm at Lincoln has entered a town milk supply contract with the Canterbury Dairy Farmers’ Cooperative Supply Company. The tentative quota is 60 gallons. Insecticide Alarm When a passer-by noticed the windows of a Tauranga clothing store apparently filled with smoke, he called the Tauranga Fire Brigade. It was an unusual false alarm. The manager of the store, taking precautions against moths and insects, had released an insecticide bomb which had slowly filled the shop with smoke-like fumes. Buttered Pigs as Prizes Two pigs each smeared with a pound of butter attracted 27 contestants in a “catch the greasy pig contest” at the New Zealand Easter Show in Auckland. Barefooted men and boys in overalls, shorts, and dungarees rushed the two pigs as they were released from the pen. One pig was caught easily, but the other after a brief run was pounced upon by about 15 contenders and immediately had the sympathy of the crowd of about 1500. The winners were given the pigs as prizes;