General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28629, 4 July 1958, Page 8

General News

Light Frost If they noticed it at all Christchurch residents, particularly ■early risers, would have shrugged | off lightly the mere 6J degrees of frost recorded yesterday morning. An easterly wind j brought cloud to shelter the i city from a repetition of life 14.8 degree frost recorded on Wednesday morning. Nevertheless a 26 degree frost was recorded at

Hanmer Springs. Temperatures were as high as 40 degrees’ at 9 p.m. yesterday and cloud was I still thickening. By midnight, however, there were signs that the cloud might disperse and leave the way clear "or another frost. Napkin Broke An Eastbourne housewife who washed babies’ napkins before 7 a m. one day this week and hung them out, found them frozen stiff just after 8 a.m. “I tried to pull one off the line and it broke right in half.” she said. “I left the others to thaw out.” Self Interest “This bank account does not now appear to serve any useful purpose.” says the Auditor-Gen-eral (Mr C. J. Atkin) in his annual report to Parliament, dealing with the marketing account. “The assets of this account now all belong to the Crown, so that interest on the investment is being paid by the State to itself, and a ..ank credit is lying idle while interest is, on occasions being paid on the public account overdraft.” Doctrine Nearly 35 years ago a young theological student from Knox College wrote in the autograph book of a woman from Lovell’s Fiat Pope’s translation of the Greek: “To err is human.” The woman did not attach any significance to the fact that the second part of the quotation, “To forgive—divine” was left out until she heard last week’s Budget The inscription was signed A H Nordmeyer. Lecturers’ Course The first refresher course evei organised for all teachers’ college lecturers in New Zealand will be held in Auckland from January 19 to 23. Sectional courses in special subjects have been held before: but never one for staff in all departments of all colleges. The number entitled to attend is more than 250.

Personal Items

Mr Z Imamura, of the. Japanese Embassy. Wellington, has been transferred as second secretary to New Delhi, and will Leave Wellington by air. accompanied by Mrs Imamura. at the end of this month He will be succeeded by Mr K. Takahashi, of the sterling area section of the Economic j Affairs Bureau in the Foreign Office in Tokyo. Mr Takahashi, accompanied by his wife and four children, is expected to arrive in Wellington about July 21. Mr lan Matheson, a past president of the Wellington Rotary Club, has been selected as Governor nominee of District 294 of Rotary International.—(P.A.) Congratulations to the headmaster of the Christchurch Boys’ High School (Mr J. Leggat) on his award of the C.B.E in the Queen's Birthday Honours were received by the school’s board of governors yesterday from the governors of Christ’s College. Dr. D Berryman of Christchurch, has passed his final examinations for a fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, according to advice received by his mother. Mrs E. Berryman, of 20 Kirkwood avenue. Riccarton.

Mr R. W. Cawley has rejoined the staff of the Wheat Research Institute of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research after two years in industry. He is now engaged on biochemical research. Dr. P Meredith, who has been working for a doctorate of philosophy at the University of Birmingham, is due in New Zealand next month to join the staff of the institue He is also a biochemist