General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28552, 3 April 1958, Page 12

General News

No Paper Tomorrow “The Press” will not be published tomorrow, Good Friday. 8Long Litigation A civil case which' had been notable for its long duration, the number of times it had been adjourned, and the marathon addresses given by counsel, concluded in the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr Justice Adams. Opening on March 3, the case, which was a motion for an injunction, had been heard in part six times and adjourned five times. On Tuesday Mr E. P. Wills spoke for four hours on behalf of the defendant, but this was capped yesterday by a fivehour address by Mr J. G. Leggat for the plaintiffs. However, Mr Wills, having the right of reply, more than made up the leeway with a further address lasting nearly three hours. Tourist Bait New Zealand’s best advertisement for prospective tourists from North America was to offer “a country with no television,” Dr. C. D. Ellyett, senior physics lecturer at Canterbury University, told the Canterbury branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand last evening. Dr. Ellyett said a recent survey showed kindergarten children watched television 14.2 hours a week, and primary school children 26 hours. “When I was there I visited homes and saw children go to sleep watching TV and carried to bed. It was not abnormal,” he said. Who’s Who? Although the chairman (Mr W P. Glue) promptly ruled him out of order, Mr F. W. Freeman at yesterday’s meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, raised the question of the constitution of the board. He said the members included a resigned deputy-mayor of Christchurch, ' two members, one of whom was certain to be elected Mayor of the city, and a Deputy-Mayor, as well as the president of the New Zealand Counties’ Association, a ’’mere ’ county chairman, and past mayors. With the chairman, members were nonplussed until Mr Freeman explained that all he wished to do was to extend good wishes to two members contesting the mayoralty of Christchurch. They are the chairman (Mr W. P. Glue) and Mr G. Manning, who. until his recent resignation, was deputy-mayor, a position now filled by another member, Mr L. G. Amos. Mr W. F. McArthur, a county representative, is president of the Counties’ Association, and Mr E. C. Bathurst is a former’ Mayor of Ashburton, and Mr C. W. Tyler Mayor of Rangiora. Also on the board are Mr A. A. Macfarlane, chairman of the Amuri County Council, and Mr R. T. McMillan, chairman of the Ellesmere County Council. Mr Freeman is chairman of the Heathcote County Council. Herb Dinner For Zoo Russian comfrey, a large to-bacco-like plant, will be fed'to animals in the Auckland zoo next year, according to the actingdirector, Mr G. Dean. A one and a half-acre paddock is being prepared to receive transplanted plants. One of the herbs used in ancient times for the preparation of healing potions, a decoction was made from the dried roots to treat wounds and ulcers, and the fresh root was macerated for poulticing. It was also used internally to treat gastric ulcers. Now replaced by modern drugs, comfrey has been removed from the British Pharmacopoeia. Westland Highway Open Although caution is still needed the South Westland highway is again open after having been blocked where the Whataroa river washed away a section of the road at Parker’s Bluff last ■week-end. The road will be open to traffic only between / a.m. and 6 p.m. in the meantime.— (F0.0.R.) Extra Effort Professor G. S. Peren, principal of Massey College, received an unexpected round of applause during the graduation ceremony at the college yesterday. When he was reading a list of names of those who were to receive diplomas in dairying—among them a large number of Colombo Plan students—he was applauded when he successfully pronounced the name o* one—Saravanamuttu Vivekananada Rajah.—(P.A.) Memorial Plaque A bronze plaque of the late Dr. John James North, first principal of the Baptist College, Auckland, by Mr Frederick Mancini, a distinguished London sculptor, will be unveiled at the college in about two months. It will be placed above the foundation stone of the Dr. North memorial dormitory wing. The plaque was sculptured from photographs sent to Mr Mancini.