General News

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28346, 3 August 1957, Page 12

General News

Pine for Christ's College A Norfolk pine, flown from Norfolk Island by Tasman Empire Air Ways, will be* 'pifesented to Christ’s College on Tuesday. The presentation will be made to the headmaster (Mr H. R. Hornsby) by the Trade Commissioner for Australia (Mr H. Sullivan) on behalf of the Administrator of Norfolk Island (Brigadier R. H. Norman). Mr Sullivan will plant the tree. Similar trees are being presented to Auckland and Wellington schools. Conscience Money The receipt of conscience money totalling £176 19s 4d is acknowledged in the latest Gazette by the Secretary of the Treasury (Mr E. L. Greensmith). The Inland Revenue Department benefited most, receiving four sums, the largest of which was £65. The smallest amount received was Is 6d, by the Social Security Department. The Army, Police, and Post and Telegraph Departments and the Public Trust Office also received conscience money. Train Hits Slip

The East Coast railway was blocked for three and a half hours yesterday by a slip near the top end of the Kopuawhara valley about 28 miles from Gisborne. A Gisborne-Napier goods train ran into the slip about 9.30 a.m., and three waggons were derailed, but the track was not damaged. Noone was injured. The slip was cleared by 1 p.m.—(P.A.) Record Coal Output The 56 miners employed at the Wallsend State coal mine produced 607 tons of coal on Thursday, an average of nearly 11 tons a man. This created a record fcr the West Coast, as on no previous occasion had 600 tons been exceeded. The miners also produced a record total of 5100 tons during their last pay fortnight of 10 double shifts—an average of a little more than 500 tons a day. —F.0.0.R. Opossum Control Rabbit boards were well equipped to undertake opossum destruction, said the annual report of the Rabbit Destruction Council, released in Wellington yesterday. The report said that the council feit opossum destruction could he integrated with rabbit destruction work with benefit to the latter. The council added that it was hoping a workable scheme could be brought into operation this year.—(P.A.) Russian and Chinese Classes

Classes in Russian and Chinese were conducted for students from the armed forces last year, according to the annual report of the Air Department tabled in the House of Representatives. Representatives of the Internal Affairs, External Affairs, and Prime Minister’s Departments also took the classes. Jury Service Pay Employees of the North Canterbury Catchment Board called fo* jury service will be paid in full while so engaged, the board to receive any payment for such service. This was decided by the board yesterday, on- the recommendation of the finance committee. N.A.C. Passengers for July During July, 4569 passengers departed and 4721 arrived at the Christchurch airport by National Airways Corporation aircraft. This is an increase of 380 departures and 398 arrivals over the corresponding month last year, and represents a 9 per cent, increase in the number departing from Harewood. Sliced Bread Price Provision is made in a new price order in the latest Gazette for charging extra for pound loaves of sliced bread. The maximum retail price for bread delivered to the retailer’s premises is sd. N.Z. Cattle for Tahiti A consignment of 22 pedigree bulls, five heifers and some pigs was loaded into the freighter Waitemata at Auckland yesterday. The stock have been bought by the French Government to help improve the quality of the livestock on Tahiti. Nineteen of the bulls and heifers are Herefords, six are Shorthorns, and two Friesians.—(P.A.)