General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28604, 5 June 1958, Page 12

General News

Windy City In both speed and constancy, winds in Wellington in the last six months have set a record. Since October, there have been exceptional winds corping from the K south-east and north-west; not, as usual, from the south. The cause appears to lie in high pressures to the north and low pressures to 5 the south. These make a strong - westerly current which passes . through Cook Strait and hits Wellington with considerable force. 1 —(P.A.) > Redhanded Senior-Detective Reg. Hender- . son, who is noted for his photographic memory, recognised a - man whom he thought was a » pickpocket in a Melbourne street ( and patiently followed him, watching for evidence. Detective ' Henderson made his arrest on a i crowded tram after the pick- . pocket had slipped his hand into a pocket—Henderson’s.— Melbourne, June 4. Better On Water Bill Burrows rode on water skis for an hour yesterday behind a ; pilotless speedboat. The empty speedboat, with Burrows behind, ; roared up and down Darwin harbour at 30 miles an hour after the driver had fallen out. Burrows tried to haul himself along the ski tow lines, hoping to climb aboard the boat, but the wash forced him back. So he controlled the boat from behind and took it out to sea—away from swimmers. He did it so well that watchers on the beach did not realise that the boat had no driver. The driver of another speed boat eventually got close enough to knock the fuel line away from the carburettor Burrows was towed back to the beach. Soon afterwards he fell down a flight of stairs and is now in hospital.—Darwin, June 9. Fish Market Very small quantities of fish have been coming into the Christchurch market during the last few weeks because of the rough weather met by the few fishermen who have left port Yesterday only two tons of tarakihi. half a ton of gurnard, and one ton of other fish passed through the market. Poor weather at Bluff has also prevented oyster boats from leaving port. The last consignment of oysters to reach Christchurch arrived more than two weeks ago. Bungalow Sold A four-roomed bungalow at 324 Prestons road. Marshland, was sold for £2300 at an auction in Christchurch yesterdav. The property, which was sold on account of the estate of Mr W. McFadden. is situated on a quarter acre section. Bidding began at £l5OO and finished after eight £lOO bids. There were 12 persons present at the sale. Cold Blast The hope that the cold blast from import control would not affect the port of Lyttelton was expressed by Mr W. S. MacGibbon at yesterday’s meeting of the Harbour Board. “We have had a cold blast in May as far as imports were concerned,” Mr G. Manning commented. The imports at the port for May were 67,082 tons, compared with 107,970 tons in May of last year.* Crane Charges Objection to the decision of the Lyttelton Harbour Board to increase charges for the hire of its cranes has been lodged by the Port Employers’ Association. “The objection should go forward to the Minister of Marine and let him arbitrate,” said the secre-tary-manager (Mr A. L. Burk) at yesterday’s meeting of the board “The Employers’ Association can’t see any reason for increasing the charges, but that is their side of it,” said the chairman (Mr W. P. Glue). Incentive Built In “People do not realise that, since World War 11, Germany’s resurgence—the greatest in economic history—has been accomplished with money mostly at round about 10 per cent. That was probably the reason why they saw they got value for it.”—The general secretary of Federated Farmers, Mr A. P. O’Shea, in an address in Wellington to the New Zealand Institution of Engineers ;