General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28630, 5 July 1958, Page 12

General News

£lO,OOO To Roxburgh A syndicate of six employees of the Bank of New Zealand, Roxburgh, yesterday received notification that they had won the £lO,OOO first prize in a Tasmanian lottery drawn last Monday.— (PA..) Blizzard Causes Fire A blizzard on Mt. Ruapehu yesterday cause a fire in Christiania hut, high up on the mountain About 5 a.m. one of four skiers in the hut awoke to smell burning. He found, the blizzard had blown in a plateglass window and was sweeping the embers from an open fire around the room. The four soon had the blaze under control.—(P.A.). Bus Passengers More motorists may be leaving their cars at home and travelling by bus since the petrol tax was increased, but it is too early yet to be noticeable. The genera! manager of the Christchurch Transport Board (Mr J. F. Fardell) said he expected it -o be a few weeks before any change was apparent. “Wait until they have filled the tank a few times at the new price,’’ he said. Street Appeal < The combined street appeal yesterday on behalf of the Cholmondeley Memorial Children’s Home and the Society for the Protection of Home and Family realised about £3OO, the same figure as the previous year, said the appeal convener (Mrs R. L. Jacobsen) last evening. “There were larger amounts in the boxes but there were fewer boxes,” said Mrs Jacobsen. She thanked the collectors and the public fortheir efforts on such a cold day. Alpine Museum ; More subscriptions were received towards the Arthur’s Pass National Park £2OOO museum appeal this week—after the Budget —than have been received in any week since the lists opened in May. About £l5 was received each day this week and the fund is now nearing £6OO. The museum is estimated to cost £7500. Subscriptions will be subsidised by the Government at £2 for £l, and a spokesman for the Lands and Survey Department said yesterday that tenders will be called when the subscriptions reach £lOOO. , Trust’s Gifts A total of £4OOO will be distributed this year by the Invercargill Licensing Trust from its profits for last year. This is the thirteenth distribution of profits the trust has made in its 14 years. The grand total distributed is now £64,366, an average of just under £5OOO a year. More than half of the £4OOO will go to the Invercargill City Council, £5O for the juvenile library and £2150 for civic amenities. Two donations of £5OO have been made. These are to the Y.M.C.A. for its building fund, and to the civic community centre. The civic amenities include a learners’ swimming pool and a child figure statue in Queen’s Park.—(P.A.) Medieval Catapult Miss Elizabeth Whitcombe, a third-year arts student studying classics at the University of Otago, has made a scale model of a medieval Norman catapult—or “trebuchet”—“just for fun.” Experiments with golf and tennis balls have not been very successful, but the carefully-sonstructed model, which is about 3ft high, has propelled match boxes more than 10 yards. Holiday Missed It was 'independence Day yesterday—a statutory holiday in the United States—but Chief Radioman Thomas Williams, U.S.N., more than 8000 miles from home, had to work. As the communications officer at the United States Antarctic Expedition headquarters, he has to call in each day. seven days a week, to pick up teleprinter messages. Last evening, Mr and Mrs C. L. Shields welcomed more than 60 guests at the North American Club buffet dinner in a city restaurant. Cheaper To Brew A home-brewing outfit complete with a copper vat equipped with an electric element, two large jars, and a bottle-topper, was sold for £2 10s at an auction in Wellington on Thursday. Although the cost of a glass of beer is expected to rise there were few would-be home brewers in attendance.