General News

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28447, 29 November 1957, Page 14

General News

Election Chart

To allow radio listeners to keep a record of the General Election returns as they are broadcast tomorrow evening “The Press” will publish a chart tomorrow morning. The 80 electorates will be shown and there will be space against all of the 259 candidates’ names for progress returns and the final result. The electorates will be numbered according to the numbers used by the Broadcasting Service which will give a complete cover of the results from 7 p.m. to midnight, with further summaries on Sunday. A map will also be published to show the readers the boundaries of the European electorates.

“Doggie In The Window”

A sales representative of a Russian firm which exported glass to New Zealand, recently asked the secretary of the Canterbury Tomato, Stonefruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (Mr J. P., Goldsmith) if the association would be interested in a consignment of glass. At a meeting of the association last evening Mr Goldsmith asked if there were any members interested. One member replied: “There might be a doggy in the window.”

Election Day Weather Although a general Dominionwide improvement in the weather is forecast for today, unsettled conditions are expected in Nelson and Southland tomorrow (election day), the Weather Office said last night. Temperatures are expected to be warmer, however, and are likely to be mild in most areas. Showery and unsettled weather is also expected to develop in West Coast areas of both islands from Taranaki south. Conditions should be mainly fair in east coast districts and in the northern part of the North Island.—(P.A.)

Eleven Months’ Cruise

Two young Wellington men, Mr David Beard and Mr William MacQueen, who set sail across the Tasman on December 8 last year in their 26ft yacht Christina for a cruise in Australian waters, berthed at the Wellington boat harbour at 7.30 p.m. yesterday. The two men had a rough trip down the coast from Whangaroa, their first New Zealand stop on the return journey. “Winds reached 60 miles an hour at one point, and we had to heave-to three or four times,” said Mr MacQueen. The Christina gave her crew no trouble during the cruise and suffered no damage except an 18in tear in her jib. To date she has logged 6200 miles.—(P.A.)

Vegetable Supplies The recent heavy rains in and around Christchurch have not caused any serious damage to vegetables. At a Christchurch produce market yesterday a representative said that the rain had slowed up suop’ies of potatoes from Nelson but that was all. Potatoes were sold at the market yesterday at from 32s to 36s a sugar bag. This was a slight increase on earlier sales this week. Because of the floods in Otago more vegetables were sent there from the Christchurch market.

Globemaster Delayed After a 24-hour delay because of a radio blackout between Christchurch and McMurdo Sound, a United States Air Force Globemaster aircraft scheduled to leave Christchurch airport for the south last evening, was further delayed by bad weather, and did not leave. The aircraft was to take 22,0001 b of equipment to support the United States I.G.Y. Antarctic programme. Cost Of Signposts While considering the naming of side roads to be desirable, the roads, patrol and service committtee of the Automobile Association (Canterbury) considers that it is beyond the scope of the association’s activities to participate in the cost of the signposts. The committtee made this report to the association's council last evening on an inquiry by the Malvern County Council whether the association would consider sharing the cost of between 60 and 70 posts bearing the names of side roads. High Wind At Port The strong southerly wind at Lyttelton yesterday made the working of cargo on the waterfront difficult. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s cargo ship Hinakura, which arrived from Auckland and was to have anchored in the outer harbour, found the wind too strong in the harbour. The vessel put out again and remained outside the heads all night. The Hinakura" is to berth early this afternoon. Paint Off Memorial The Ministry of Works party has removed all the lettering painted on the Massey Memorial by vandals, without any damage to the stone. If a shadow should remain after further weathering, officers of the Scientific and Industrial Research Department have something up their sleeve to remove it. Because of preliminary work done in the D.S.I.R. laboratory, the cost of removal was much less than anticipated by the Ministry of Works. Soldier Naturalised A last-minute formality in Wellington yesterday for Private J. C. Benschop, a member of the New Zealand Battalion, bound for Malaya, was taking the oath of allegiance before Mr M. B. Scully, S.M., to complete his naturalisation papers. Private Benschop, who was born in Indonesia, migrated to New Zealand from Holland five years ago and has long been determined to join the Regular Army. However, no Justice of the Peace could be found in Waiouru camp to take his oath and so it was left until yesterday for Mr Scully to officiate at the Magistrate’s Court.—(P.A.)

Kiwi Mascot One of the officers of the Ist Battalion, New Zealand Regiment, on seeing the battalion’s mascot—a mounted kiwi—exclaimed: “We’ll have to guard this thing with our lives. Sure as eggs the Aussies and the British will be after it as soon as we get there. It’s better than a stuffed kangaroo.”—(P.A.) 40,000 th Member The 40,000 th member of A.A. (Canterbury) was enrolled at 1.15 pjn. yesterday. He was Mr B. W. Arthur, tjie council of the association was informed last evening.