General News

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28434, 14 November 1957, Page 14

General News

Hydatids In Stock All stock livers might have to be rejected at freezing works and banned from export if the percentage of livers condemned because of hydatids did not improve, said the deputy-chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board (Mr F. C. Johnstone) at Waitara yesterday. Farmers were not treating their dogs as they should, he said.— (P.A.) Another Australian Car Australia next year will produce a second make of motorcar. Suitable for Australian conditions. it will be in the “mediumsized” bracket, and ultimate production will be 50.000 vehicles a year. This was said yesterday by Mr J. W. Bache, export sales director of the Austin Motor Company, who is visiting Dunedin. During the last two years £15.000.000 had been spent in extending plant and equipment in Australia, he said. The factory would be manned chiefly by Australians, but some English employees were already in the country. The car would not necessarily be sold in New Zealand. Mr Bache added. But should there be alterations to import licensing of British vehicles it would be made available to the Dominion’s market.—(P.A.) Cahlccar for Museum The last Mornington cablecar is to go to its final resting place, a museum in the Newton Islands. America. The cablccar was given by the Dunedin City Council to the New England Electrical Railways Historical Society traction museum in the Newton Islands. It is in original condition, complete with wheels, undercarriage, and gripper hooks. Cablecar No. 105 was made in New Zealand and was used for a few years on the Maryhill route before ending its long life on the Mornington hill. The cablecar will be unloaded at Boston. Massachusetts, where it will be transported to Newton Islands to be placed on view in the museum. Mouowai’s Cruise The Union Steam Ship Company liner Monowai will make a cruise of the Pacific Islands next winter, sailing from Auckland on July 1 and returning on July 18. It will be her first Pacific Islands cruise since 1937. The company has arranged the cruise because of the increasing inquiry for winter trips around the Islands. Bells, But No Train The new railcar service between Whangarei and Auckland has presented a traffic problem on the main road entering Whangarei from the north. The railcar starts from the Mair station at 6.43 a.m. and. while waiting at the station, rings the alarm bells on the level crossing in Kamo road, about a quarter of a mile away. The railcar does not run through the crossing Railway officials have said there is no way to overcome the difficulty without dangerously shortening the distance to the crossing for through train traffic. Arrangements have, however, been made so that the lights and warning bells will be on for only one minute if no train or railcar is going beyond the Mair station. Endorsing Cheques The trading banks in New Zealand are favourably inclined toward dispensing with the endorsement on a cheque being collected by a bank on behalf of a customer who is the payee. A letter to this effect from Mr C. P. Edwards, chairman of the Associated Banks in New Zealand, to the Associated Chambers of Commerce was received by the Auckland chamber. The association was aware of the legislation to this effect passed recently in the United Kingdom, but was at present inquiring from legal quarters whether similar objects would be achieved in New Zealand. Satellites Photographed Russia’s two satellites were photographed by Mr J. Lesnie. as they flashed over Auckland almost at the same time yesterday morning. He had made two exposures of Sputnik I when almost immediately his wife shouted a warning that Sputnik II was overhead. Mr Lesnie was able to photograph the second satellite before it vanished. Mr Lesnie is a professional photographer.— (P.A.) Gas From Oil The Hastings Gas Company’s new plant to produce gas from oil is ready for testing and operating. It will be the first gasworks in Australia or New Zealand producing gas from oil. The plant is to be given a thorough test before it is put into operation. The old gas-producing plant will be kept as a standby in the meantime. There are two independent gas producers in the new station, each capable of supplying more than the present needs of Hastings. Only one will be operated at a time. The gas company has guaranteed an oil company that it will take about 1000 tons of crude oil a year.— (P.A.)