General News

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27990, 9 June 1956, Page 8

General News

Power Cuts Power will be cut off today in the whole of the Municipal Electricity Department’s district for one hour between 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. Tomorrow 1 there will be a two-hour cut over the whole area between 2 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. All consumers may use their electric water-heaters between 7 p.m. today and 7 a.m. tomorrow, and 7 p.m. tomorrow and 7 a.m. on Monday. On Monday areas C and D will have an hour’s cut between 6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. Water-heaters may be used between 7 p.m. on Monday and 7 a.m. on Tuesday where consumers have no alternative means of heating water. Oranges to be Cheaper

Island oranges will be cheaper in Christchurch next week. A price order, which will come into force on Monday, reduces the maximum retail price from lid a pound to lOd in Christchurch, Blenheim. Nelson, Greymouth. Timaru, and Oamaru. In other areas the price will be IOJd a pound. Bequest to Waitress

For 25 years Miss Rene Cowood, now aged 60. served lunch to Mr Samuel Screeton. of Wimbledon, in a restaurant near the Tower of London. Now he has left her 2000 shares in the company of which he was chairman. He died last March, and in his will he said: “To my waitress for 25 years at the restaurant where I lunched. 2000 shares.’’ Mr Screeton did not know Miss Cowood’s surname. His executors had to find out her name and tell her about the legacy, which is worth £5OO. “He was one of the real old school,” she said. “We get few like him nowadays.”—London. June 8. Confusion Over Name Because the name of the South Island Tuberculosis Association (Northern Group) has led to some confusion as to the area covered by the association, consideration will be given at the annual meeting to changing the name to the Canterbury and West Coast Tuberculosis Association. The president of the association (Dr. W. Gordon Rich) says in his annual report that the confusion has arisen particularly since associations were established in Nelson. South Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. Seed Shop Cat Still Missing Blackie, one of the best-known cats in Christchurch, is still missing from the seed shop in Armagh street where he was born five years ago. Thousands of customers have made his acquaintance as he lay peacefully on the counter. Blackie was in the shop last Saturday but there was no sign of him the next morning. He did not appear for his meal on Monday. His owners believe that he may have been taken away from Christchurch. They are anxious to know where he is or what has happened to him. Industrial Radio Network New Zealand’s biggest industrial radio-telephone network will come into operation within the next - three months when the Kaingaroa Logging Company puts into operation its plans for complete radio coverage of its 250,000 acres of forest. Twelve vehicles in the company’s fleet are at present equipped with radiotelephones which send their messages through Station ZLKL which is the base station at the company’s headquarters, Murupara. Eventually 36 vehicles will be similarly equipped. Car Colour Schemes Upset Motorists in Wanganui are complaining about the colour of the new number plates. They say that the red-brown background will clash with the colour schemes of most cars. Motorists with expensive new cars in pastel shades are among those most annoyed. They say the plates will ruin their carefully planned colour schemes. Monetary Fund Policy The Government included a number of members who felt pledged against signing the Bretton Woods Agreement, in terms of the articles of agreement of which the International Monetary Fund was established, said the Post(Mr T. P. Shand), in Wellington. Art Therapy Classes > The art classes for patients at the Cashmere Sanatorium have been revived by Mrs D. Cresswell, and have a regular following of about 17 pupils, says the president of the South Island Tuberculosis Association (Northern Group). Dr. W. Gordon Rich, in his report to be presented to the annual meeting this month. In some cases, he adds, an extremely high standard has been attained in both painting and sketching, and a start is to be made soon with instruction in modelling. Oyster Queue Holds up Traffic When the first shipment of oysters for the season arrived at Whangarei wharf from Parua Bay there was a long queue of buyers and 160 bags were sold in 20 minutes. Such was the congestion of buyers’ cars that normal wharf traffic was hindered and a traffic officer had to be called to get traffic moving. Reflecting Tape for Horses

Horses decorated with reflecting tape will soon be seen on New Zealand roads at night, if a recommendation by the New Zealand Pony Clubs’ Association is followed by club members. The association resolved at its annual conference in Auckland, in view of the extreme danger from motorists to children riding and leading horses at night, to urge all club members to use reflecting tape. Types of reflectors, in the form of arm and hat bands for riders, and nose and tail bands for horses, have been tried at Palmerston North with great success, it was said. Horses and riders could be picked out in car headlights two chains away. Four children riding together, said one delegate, had stopped one car completely. “That driver didn’t know what was coming.”— (P.A.) Sanatorium To Be Closed The Pukeora Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Waipukurau is to be closed. The Minister of Health (Mr J. R. Hanan) announced this in Auckland on Thursday night. The decision to close the 142-bed sanatorium was made after talks with medical and hospital authorities. New and powerful drugs had cut the tuberculosis rate in New Zealand, and there was now no need to continue the sanatorium. The Minister said he had visited Pukeora last week, and there were only 43 patients on the premises. The closing date and the future use of the sanatorium had not yet been decided.—(P.A.) Replacement of Submarines

By 1959 the Royal Navy submarine squadron serving Australia and New Zealand is to be re-equipped with bigger and newer A-class submarines. The squadron's commander (Commander J. H Bromage) announced this in Wellington after arriving by air from Sydney for discussions with the Naval Board. No. 4 Submarine Squadron. Royal Navy, now based on Sydney, is now equipped with T-class submarines. One of the souadron’s present submarines, the Tactician, which was well known in New Zealand waters, was being returned to Britain, he said. The A-class submarine Aurochs would arrive at Sydney later this year to replace the Tactician. A-class submarines were specially built and designed for operating in the Pacific. — (P.A.) Hospital Board Loan

Most subscriptions to the North Canterbury Hospital Board’s loan of £450.000. which opened on April 4 and had met with the encouraging response of about £350.000, had come from the Christchurch area, said an officer of the board yesterday. Other subscrintions had been spread from Auckland to Dunedin, with a particularly good response from MidCanterbury. Only £100.900 remained to be taken up of the loin.