General News

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27751, 31 August 1955, Page 12

General News

Long Arm of the Law The widow, Mrs Gladys Webster, whose fine of £2 for having an unlicensed radio was remitted by the Queen last week, yesterday received a Court demand for the payment of 3s costs. According to the “Daily Mail,” a Court official said costs were not covered by the remission.—London, August 30. Rugby Question Disallowed

Whether the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr S. W. Smith) would use his influence with the New Zealand Rugby Union to ensure that a national selector was present at the next match played by South Canterbury, was asked by Mr C. L. Carr (Opposition, Timaru) in the House of Representatives yesterday. However, the ActingSpeaker (Mr C. G. E. Harker) ruled the question out of order. Mr Carr said , South Canterbury had recently beaten Canterbury, West Coast, North Otago, and Southland, and had won the Hanan Shield, but in no case was a national selector present. The Acting-Speaker then intervened, saying: “There is no authority in the House. The question is out of order, and is disallowed.” The Minister of Agriculture (Mr K. J. Holyoake) commented: “Another injustice to South Canterbury.”— (F.0.P.R.) A Matter of Conscience

The “doubting Thomases,” who did not think that the Christchurch Rotary Club would reach its target of £50.000 for the Aged People’s Welfare appeal, were asked to “stand up and pay up,” by the Dean of Christchurch (the Very Rev. Martin Sullivan) at the club’s luncheon yesterday, when a cheque for £52,093 Is 7d was handed over to the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr R. M. Macfarlane, M.P.). “This is purely a matter of conscience,” said the Dean, the club’s sergeant-at-arms, when about 20 Rotarians arose and made their contributions. “We thank you for your honesty and we hope the doubters who did not stand up are squirming in their pews,” he said. Whites Only at Rugby Match

No non-whites will be allowed to attend the Rugby match between the British Isles touring team and the junior Springboks at Bloemfontein on September 14, says the Cape Town correspondent of the British United Press. The Orange Free State Rugby Union announced this decision. —London, Aug. 30. Housebroken A circus monkey, which has left a trail of disorder since it escaped last week, invaded a schoolmistress's alpine home near Trento in Northern Italy, lined up all the available flower vases on her bedroom floor, removed all her clothes from the wardrobe to lay them out neatly on the. bed and then fled with several tubes of lipstick.—Rome, August 30. Lifting of Tracks The lifting of tram tracks in Cathedral square yesterday attracted large groups of interested onlookers, among whom were many schoolboys. A row of iron posts and chains at a corner outside a tobacconist’s shop provided the spectators with a convenient point from which to watch. Although there was a slight bottleneck at the northern end of the square during the morning, the City Council’s Traffic Superintendent (Mr G. P. Kellar) reported that the track-lifting operations had cnly slightly affected the movement of traffic. Missionaries in South-East Asia The biggest difficulty which Euiopean missionaries in South-east Asia had to face was the colour of their skins: the fact that they were while was the biggest thing against them as far as the inhabitants were concerned, said Mr W. T. Roy in an address to the convention on international relations yesterday. “If the church wishes to remain there it must train indigenous clergy and enable them to be raised to the highest possible ecclesicastical levels,” he said. Asians would be persuaded to turn to Christianity only by the example of a missionary, and would resent being told their own religions were wrong and barbaric. Their religions were a part of a proud culture, and they were very sensitive about them.

Boat Wreckage Found The wreckage of a boat—believed to be a 20ft yacht—was washed up recently on a rocky beach just south ot Motunau Island. The boat was identified by a name plate as the Mistic. The discovery was reported to the police, but so far neither the origin nor the fate of the boat has been ascertained. When the wreckage was found the paintwork on the hull was grey, although it was covered in places with a green slime. Auction Sale of Whisky

The sale of 336 cases of Scotch and Australian whisky created considerable interest when they were offered by auction in Christchurch yesterday. A number of private persons evidently had an eye to Christmas, but bulk buyers predominated. Bidding for the Scotch whisky opened at 10s a bottle and rose to 17s, at which price several lots of three cases were sold. The remainder was sold at 15s a bottle. The Australian brand was not so eagerly sought and was sold at an average price of 10s 6d a bottle. Ranfurly Shield Gate The net gate-money received by the Canterbury Rugby Football Union from the Ranfurly Shield match between Canterbury and Auckland on Saturday was £2951. This was reported at a meeting of the management committee of the union last evening. The gross takings were £42£7. Land Settlement “There are numerous farms in this country where the farmer would be better off if he held less land,’’ said Mr A. Leigh Hunt, president of the Dominion Settlement and Population Association, in evidence before the Monetary Commission in Wellington yesterday. Mr W. G. V. Fernie. a member of the commission, had asked where, if immigration were greatly accelerated, the additional population would be settled. If he had his own way, said Mr Hunt, he would have whole villages shifted from England to New Zealand.—(P.A.) International Convention The Christchurch convention on international relations, which began on Saturday, will end this evening. An attempt will be made this afternoon, under the chairmanship of the secretary of the National Council of Churches (the Rev. A. A. Brash), to bring down a report on subjects discussed in the last three days—the British Commonwealth, the United Nations, and South-East Asia. Delegates had quibbled, argued, and had been a little ill-tempered at times, said the chairman of the organising committee (Dr T. H. Scott) at last evening’s session and he would urge that in thrashing out the report delegates should adopt a spirit of conciliation, in the same manner as the spirit of mutual respect and understanding had appeared in the small discussion groups. “Let us come together prepared to agree where we honestly can rather than to try and change the other man’s view,” he said. Weed-spotting by Air A Gisborne district noxious-weeds inspector will soon take to the air to spot infestation over hill country. He is Mr W. Brown-Bayliss, who will be accompanied by two members of the Cook County Council, his employer. His aerial tour over the whole county will take about an hour, costing £5 ss.