General News

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28161, 27 December 1956, Page 6

General News

Waitangi Anniversary A petition to have February 6. the date of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, known as New Zealand Day may be presented on behalf of the New Zealand Founders' Society at the next; Parhameitary sitting by Mr D.; M. Rae» MP. Mr Rae, who > offered to present the petition.; after discussions with society effi- i dais, said last night that there; was no intention of abolishing; ! exiting provincial anniversary j days. “Most countries have; , national days,” he said, "and this! i would be an additional day of; . national importance.” If adopted j ias New Zealand's national day.; -February 6 would not be a holi- ; day, Mr Rae added. It would' i merely be officially recognised—! pP-AJ Ten Christmas Day Babies • No coys were born in Christ-: ; church on Christmas Day. but i • there were ten girls, including: i one set of twins. One was born: 'at St. George’s, and Calvary, j Lyndhurst and St. Helens had! | three each. Ten babies were! ' also born in Auckland on Christmas Day. but there seven boys j were born and three girls. Attendance at Pool Although yesterday was the! hottest day this summer, only 14C0 persons visited the Centennial Pool during the six hours it was open—about half the num-! her expected on a Saturday as; hot. "This is a good crowd for: a holiday like Boxing Day, though." said the custodian (Mr: S. B. Mason). The pool opened at II a.m. and 300 persons visited it before lunch. Attendance was! lighter until about 120 p.m., and from then was fairly steady for most of the afternoon. By 4 pm., however, only about 20 persons. of whom all but two or three were children, were in the ! pooL No thefts were reported . to the custodian during the day. Blood Bank Open I To meet the expected demand i (for blood for transfusion purposesj ■ during the holiday period, the | ; blood bank at the Christchurch- ■ Public Hospital will be open to- ’ i day from 2 pm. to 4 p.m., on; ' Monday. December 31 from 31 : a.m. to 11 a.m.. and on Thursday | ; January 3, from 2 p.m. to 41 | pm. All donors will be wel-i ' come, especially country donors j and visitors, and new donors will jbe accepted.

War-time Host Visits N.Z. Three young New Zealand officers who were stationed at Red Deer training camp in Alberta. Qin ad a, for a time during World War H, used to spend every other week-end on a TOGO-acre cattle ranch 160 miles north-west of Calgary. Their benefactor. Colonel H. Snyder, has arrived in Arckland with his wife to begin a month’s tour of the Dominion. He cannot remember the names of the officers and has no idea of their addresses, except that one ; might have lived at Napier. After I i spending the next few months i visiting various countries, includ-: ing Pakistan and Turkey, Colonel' : Snyder will attend the Interna- ■ ; tional Rotary Convention in ‘ Lucerne next May. Migrants from He Hand Forty-four Dutch immigrants | arrived by air at Whenuapai shortly after a.m. yesterday. The specially-chartered airliner [left Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, ion Friday, and was to have ari rived at 7 am. on Christmas Day ! However, it had to make an un- ' scheduled halt at Nice because of fog. The immigrants have been partly assisted by the Dutch Gov-! ernment. Several are farmers, and! the list includes a secretary, a i welder, a textile worker, and a [ tailor. Seven are staying in Auckland for at least the next few days: others flew south yesterday, j —(PA.) “Digger Padre’s" Greetings Christmas greetings to New, Zealand soldiers who served in World War I have been sent in a letter to the Editor of “The Press’’ by Brigadier Walter Sim Winton, a retired Salvation Army officer who was well known as the “Digger Padre’’ at Codford Military Camp in England. Brigadier Winton, who now lives in Brookvale. New South Wales, recalls how he returned to Wellington in 1920 when he was padre on board the Moldavia, which i brought New Zealand troops back from England. Actor Wins 16,0<M Dollars Boris Karloff, the actor, a con- . testant on the television . show "64.000 dollar question.” settled; for 16,000 dollars last night rather ! ' than try for more because he said; i he had learned in Holly wood “not [ [ to press your luck.’’ Mr Karloff.' ; an actor who won fame in horror [ ! roles, won the 16.000 dollars last! I week answering questions about : children's stories. He could have! : tried to win 32.000 dollars, and I then, if successful, gone on to try' ; for the top prize of 64,000 dollars, f —New York, December 26.