General News

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28368, 29 August 1957, Page 12

General News

' « “Puffers’ Rest” While the lift in the Government Buildings in Worcester street is being replaced—the old directcurrent installation will give way to an alternating-current one under the modernisation plans—the staff are doing a lot of walking up and down the main staircase. To make the lot of the older members easier a chair has been placed on the landing between the first and second floors. It bears a card marked: “Puffers’ Rest”

YJMLC.A. Street Day A large smile appeared on the face of a young boy, when he discovered that a cheque for £ 100 had been placed in his • box while he was collecting for the Y.M.C.A yesterday. Of about 260 collectors, 70 per cent, were boy members and the youngest was aged six years. Mort than £730 was collected, and there are still some returns to arrive from factories. Before the collection day, consternation was felt as nearly 80 volunteers had contracted influenza. Included in the total was £46, which was collected in New Brighton last Saturday from suburban work. In the stall in the Square, more than £7O was taken by the Boys’ Gordon Hall Ladies' Auxiliary. Bell Causes Alarm

The ringing of a bell inside the premises of the National Mortgage and Agency Company in Hereford street last evening caused detectives to be called. The bell was heard by persons parking their cars in the right-of-way between Hereford street and the entrance to the Christchurch

Transport Board’s depot in Cathedral square before 8 p.m. At 10 pjn. the bell was still ringing, and the police .were called by a bus driver. Detectives made a quick inspection of the building, but no signs of an entry having been forced were found. It was then discovered that the bell war ringing because of an electrical fault Rear Vision in Cars

A recommendation that all motor-vehicles be required to have an external rear vision mirror on the right side will be made to the National Road Safety Council by the Christchurch Metropolitan Road Safety Committee. Proposing this at a meeting of the committee last evening, Mr A. J Luxton said that a large portion to the right rear of a vehicle was not visible in the internal real mirror.

University Visit from Russia. The Senate of the University of New Zealand yesterday referred to its executive the question raised by the Chancellor (Sir David Smith) of the visit by a university delegation from Soviet Russia, postponed because of the Hungarian revolution. “One has consultations with the Government on these matters, and it can be raised again at an appropriate time,’’ Sir David Smith said. New Zealand Sole If a Melbourne man wanted to treat a friend to the best dinner in town he ordered New Zealand sole, said Mr R. B. Roscoe, one of the bankers in Christchurch yesterday with the Australian Trade Mission. Smoked blue cod was another New Zealand speciality which was always in demand, and Australians could never get enough of the Dominion’s toheroa soup. These were three lines oj New Zealand produce which would always have a firm place in the Australian market.

Combined Churches’ Campaign The organisers of the Combined Churches’ Campaign, embracing 10 denominations in Christchurch, will begin the final preparations at a series of breakfast meetings starting tomorrow morning at the Durham Street Methodist Church. All members of the central committee and one representative from each of the 17 zone committees will gather regularly in this way until the campaign begins on September 15. Patients for Homes A monthly list is being compiled showing patients in the Christchurch Hospital who would be suitable for care such as could be obtained at the Jubilee or Tuarangi Homes. These are patients, the hospital committee reported to yesterday’s meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital Board, who do not in fact require the full facilities available in an acute general hospital such as Christchurch. The first return showed a total of 68 such patients on August 4. U.S.A.F. Camp at Weedons Most of the 50-odd United States Air Force officers and men now in Christchurch will move into their camp at the R.N.Z.A.F. depot, Weedons, on Tuesday. Since their arrival, they have been billeted at the R.N.Z‘.A.F. station, Wigram. The tents and mess accommodation at Weedons are now being cleaned out in readiness. School Transport Because of legal and insurance liabilities which would be incurred, the North Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday declined a request by the Burwood School Committee that the board should allow neighbouring school children to be transported to and from school on the Burwood Hospital bus. The hospital committee discussed the request with the board's solicitors and the Canterbury Education Board. Damage to Monowai

The Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer, Monowai, is to be put into the Calliope dry dock at Auckland today for repair tn a damaged plate, which was sprung in heavy seas during her recent rough crossing from Sydney. This will delay the liner’s scheduled sailing from Auckland today for seven hours. Instead of leaving at 3 p.m., she will sail for Sydney at 10 p.m. The damaged plate ‘is in the forepeak. According to the general manager of the company (Mr H. H. Dobie), the damage is minor. A steel patch is to be welded over the damaged plate.—(P.A.) Tangaika to be Sold

The former German prize yacht Tangaika, which has been used by the Naval Sailing Club at Auckland since 1949, is to be sold. It has been found expensive to maintain and it is felt that experience in sail can best be stimulated by the use of naval sailing dinghies. The Tangaika is a Bermudan-rigged sloop which was offered to the Royal New Zealand Navy by the Admiralty in 1948. She arrived in New Zealand in 1949, her name being changed from Leuchtkafer to Tangaika, meaning in Maori “spoils of war.’*