General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28599, 30 May 1958, Page 8

General News

£3700 Oxi Conscience Under the heading “conscience money” paid to the Inland Revenue Department, according to the Gazette, published last night, is the sum of £3700. It is listed simply as one of 10 conscience money items paid to the department, the others being £2O, £25, 2s 6d, £42, £3, £55, £B5, and 10s. With this list, the Inland Revenue Department fares best of aIL The Social Security Department received £4 10s and £l5, the Army Department £7 10s, the Customs Department £5, and the Post and Telegraph Department £2.—-(F.0.0.R.) Glider Record Reaching 14,000 feet, a Hastings glider pilot, Roy Russell, broke the Hawke’s Bay gliding altitude record near Waipukfirau yesterday. He exceeded his own previous record of 6600 feet. The journey was made in Mr Russell’s own single seater German-built machine, Rhon Sigler His altitude, he believes, was made possible by the strong lift created by the wind coming over the Ruahine ranges.—(P.A.)

A Budding Joe Louis A small boy Was the happiest purchaser at an auction sale of surplus Government stores yesterday. He bought for 4s a pair of junior boxing gloves in good order. Doing his own bidding, he caught the auctioneer’s eye and held it. and when the gloves were knocked down to him he produced the money from his cardigan pocket. His mother, whose original advance of pocket money of Is was increased by the boy’s appeals to friends, laced the gloves on. the little fists and the boy hurriedly left the auction to display his possession. Top bid at the auction, which was largely attended, was £5OO for a generating plant, driven by a light petrol motor. New sheets of aluminium sold for less than the market price for corrugated iron.

Holiday Arrangementfl

Offices and shops, except dairies, will be closed on Monday for the New Zealand observance of the Queen's Birthday. Essential services will observe holiday hours. Petrol will be available at garages normally open on holidays. The urgent dispensary will observe its usual holiday hours. “The Press” will be published as usual. There will be no delivery of mail by postmen, but the usual clearance of posting boxes will be made.

Modernisation 1 For the first time the City f of London archives contain • a typewritten report on the » year’s activities. From 1257 the report had always been written by hand. The typewritten report has > been filed away at the end of a ■ long line of yearly the , earliest of them written by quill on parchment. The records for s 683 years are intact. They have • survived the Great Fire of Lon-

don in 1666 and the World War II blitz.—London, May 29.

Mr Nash’s Transport

The Prime Minister (Mr Nash) was yesterday flown by a Dakota aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 42 Transport Squadron from Paraparaumu- to Timaru. The plane flew back to Wigram where it will stay until Saturday and fly to Timaru to pic' up Mr Nash and take him to Invercargill. Mr Nash was yesterday on his way'to the official opening of the new Hermitage Lodge at Mount Cook.

Vegetable Supplies

Produce markets in Christchurch yesterday had one of their busiest days for many weeks. Cauliflowers, coming from as far away as Nelson and Oamaru were in the most plentiful supply, as the recent spell of mild weather had quickened growth. They were selling for as low as 4s to 6s 6d a case. Large quantities of outside local lettuces as well as those from Oamaru sold well. The quality was very good especially the Oamaru lettuces. These sold at from 4s to 7s ‘ a a case. Glasshouse lettuces sold at about 8s a dozen. There were also large supplies of root crops. Carrots sold at 10s to Ils a sugar bag and parsnips brought about 14s a case.

Fairy Feet

A contracting firm which repaired some concrete steps at Papanui High School assured the caretaker that the steps would be quite useable on Tuesday when the second term began. Their optimism was unjustified for 800 pairs of feet left their mark. Steps have crumbled at the edges and will have to be reconcreted.