General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28747, 19 November 1958, Page 14

General News

£250 From Auckland ' The president of Town Hall 'Promotion (Mr J. L. Hay) yesterday received a cheque for £250 1 from an Auckland manufacturer ! for the town hall fund. They 'had met last week and the manufacturer said he would make the (gift in appreciation of Christ- | church business and also because ihe thought the city badly needed |a town hall. Shore Leave The crew of the American ice- ■ breaker Staten Island marched 1 through New Plymouth yesteri day, applauded by a crowd esti- ,• mated to be about 10.000, while | its two orange-painted helicopters ! flew overhead. The half-mile i long route was crowded with spectators on the pavements, I motorists who had farsightedly 1 occupied parking meter spaces iup to an hour ahead of time, land office and shop staffs who 1 crowded every window and used street veranda roofs freely. The Mayor of New Plymouth (Mr A. G. Honnor) took the salute.— I «P.A.) i Roads Board Aid Only £350,000 was available for ispecial assistance from the board s funds this year, said the chairman lof the National Roads Board (Mr J Watt) at a reading conference iin Christchurch last evening. “We have not been able to give it I where needed, in many cases. I The income has almost been fully I committed before it is ever received.’’ he said. “I am hoping jthe Government will find a way 'to amend the National Roads : Board Act to give assistance I where needed.” Respite For Firemen ! Cooler weather yesterday • brought a welcome respite for I the men of Christchurch’s fire brigades, who have been hard ! I worked over the last few days ■with outbreaks of fire during the • hot north-west weather. Up till 9 p.m. yesterday, no fire calls had I been received in the city. Tribute To Drivers The Traffic Superintendent of jthe Christchurch City Council Traffic Department (Mr G. P. ; Kellar) yesterday paid a tribute ito the motoring public of Christ- | church. He said that Christchurch , motorists were to be congratuI lated on the way in which they •co-operated with officers of the department during Show weekend “The co-operation was most I evident on the Show Friday.’’ •he said Officers had had little lor no complaints and the road courtesy was wonderful. Mr Kellar said that he thought the “motoring education” of recent : years was at last paying dividends. Kerrs Reach The Christchurch Drainage 1 Board has given its consent to ; plans for improving the Kerrs i Reach rowing course, received from the Christchurch City Council. These include provision of a .cycle bridge over the old channel I near its northern end: the nar- ■ rowing of the old channel (in the .meantime near the Kerrs road end. but ultimately, perhaps I throughout its length,; the construction of landing stages conI sisting of concrete steps, and ex- | tending to below tide level on the i eastern side of the cut. The School Plot Visitors at the opening of the new Taita College in Hutt Valley | recently were intrigued by a plot, ■ 6ft by 3ft, in the main courtyard of the school. Thev were told by the principal ?Mr S Rockelb that the pupils fancied the "ominously-shaped mound" as the last resting place of the first principal. But the plot was really intended as a space for a statue —"if some friend of the school likes to give us a Henry Moore." Mr Rockell said Mahers Road Sewer The Mairehau Residents’ Association has complained to the Christchurch Drainage Board about slow progress on Mahers road sewerage. Last evening, before this letter was received, the board had expressed its own dissatisfaction and decided to warn the contractor that it might exercise its contract rights to intervene if there was evidence that the job could not be completed on time. Personal Items The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Holyoake) visited the factory of Lane. Walker, Rudkin, Ltd., in Montreal street yesterday. He was the guest of the directors at morning tea. and was then taken on a tour of inspection of tne , various departments by Mr A. H. Lee. managing director. The Registrar of the University of Auckland, Mr J. A. Kirkness. will leave this week to visit universities in Britain under an Imperial Relations Trust fellowship. He has been granted leave from the university until next May. Last year, Mr Kirkness visited universities in Australia. He was previously Registrar of Canterbury Agricultural College. Lincoln.— (P.A.)

Dr. J. H. Darwin, principal scientific officer. Applied Mathematics Laboratory of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, has been awarded a United States National Academy of Science fellowship. He will undertake two years of post-graduate research at the University of Michigan. He is a graduate of Canterbury University and gained his doctorate at Manchester University.—(P.A.)

Mr V. H. Reid, resident delegate for Wanganui, was re-elect-ed chairman of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association's council last evening. Mr Reid, who is a headmaster, is one of the longest-serving officers on the council. The meeting also w’elcomed back the West Coast resident delegate. Miss Doreen Brown, who was an official at the Empire Games at Cardiff.