General News

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28753, 26 November 1958, Page 14

General News

Not Court Dress “This is no way to come into Court—go home and be properly dressed when you return.” said Mr S. S. Preston, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Wanganui yesterday when referring to the ostentatious dress of three youths who had interested themselves in a case being heard by the Magis- | trate. When asked by the Magistrate if the youths were witnesses in the case. Sergeant P. C. Revell said he was of the opinion that they were more interested in a girl witness. Sergeant Revell then ordered the youths to leave the Court.— CP.A.) The Weather The dry weather was naturally a talking point at yesterday’s field day at Canterbury Agricultural College. Lincoln. Dr. M. M. Burns, director of the college, who returned from seven months overseas, including two months in Britain, only 10 days ago. said that he had seen more sunshine in that brief space of time than in Britain last summer. If farmers were getting ulcers because they could not feed their lambs then they would have had ulcers trying to harvest grain crops in the last British summer. Dr. Oliver Smith, a research agronomist with the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, who is at Lincoln under a Fulbright award, said that he had had advice from home that they had had two inches of snow and 25 degrees of frost. “I like the sunshine and roses any time.” he said, expressing his pleasure at being at Lincoln. Dr. Smith comes from Reno, Nevada. Last Antarctic Flight An additional return flight to the Antarctic has been tentatively set down for December 2. The reason is understood to be the delay in flying out last winter’s party from the South Pole station —some of whom were to have flown out from McMurdo Sound by Super Constellation and arrive in Christchurch this evening This aircraft was not to have returned to Christchurch until the early hours of tomorrow morning, but will now spend only three hours on the ice. Popular Painter The exhibition of paintings by I Sir Winston Churchill at the Dunedin Art Gallery which concludes today has attracted more than 2500 persons since last Wednesday This is comparable with th? attendances for the Henry Moore exhibition, and is considerably more popular than the Picasso exhibition at present in Dunedin, seen by only 300 per- • sons.— (P.A.) Hardy Breed Members of the Waikato Hospital Board were puzzled when thev dealt with an employment application from a man living in the South Island. They did not know how they could have him medically examined. There was laughter, however, when Dr. G. W. Gower reassuringly suggested: “If he’s lived in Invercargill for 50 years, he’ll be all right here.” Port Labour Shortage There was a shortage of labour on the Lyttelton waterfront yesterdav for the large amount of shipping in port Work could have been found for an additional 200 to 300 men had they been available. In all. there were 17 ships in port, including eight overseas vessels, with a gross tonnage exceeding 83.000. Living Memorial Wild red poppies from the fields of Flanders, plants from Rhododendron Spur on Gallipoli and shrubs from the battlegrounds of World War II may be planted in the grounds of the Auckland Provincial War Memorial Museum as a living memorial to New Zealand troops killed overseas. The plan, put forward by Mr J W Kealy, S.M., president of the Museum Council, is being investigated by the Auckland City Council’s parks department. Plants from most countries in which New Zealanders fought would flourish in Auckland’s climate, Mr Kealy says.— (P.A.) Tax On Students University students with holiday jobs are among those who have found out that things are not what they used to be before the introduction of PAY E. Previously, students who took employment to supplement a bursary or other funds for their education paid the Social Security tax of Is 6d in the £ only. Now. if they hold bursaries, they are liable to be taxed at the rate for secondary employment—ss fid in the £—on earnings from holiday employment. The Inland Revenue Department has authority to grant a certificate entitling an employer to deduct tax at the rate for primary employment, but officials insist that each case must be considered on its merits before this concession is granted (P.A.) Double Parking Double parking in Christchurch streets by heavy transport drivers when they were not lawfully engaged in loading or unloading their vehicles was prevalent, said Chief Patrol Officer J. Brown, who prosecuted traffic offenders on behalf of the Christchurch City Council’s traffic department. in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. ‘‘There are three cases of double parking of heavy trade vehicles before the Court today.” he said. ‘‘ln some cases offenders have double parked their trucks while buying fish and chips for lunch, but drivers should be aware that they cannot double park unless legitimately parked to load and unload their trucks. In spite of repeated warnings and publicity drivers persist in this offence.’’ Chief Patrol Officer Brown said. Push Button Service Elderly pensioners living in the Ellerslie Borough Council’s new block of pensioners’ flats are getting service with a smile from their landlord. Though the pensioners have to walk only a short distance to the municipal offices to pay their rent, some of them find that climbing the stairs to the first floor is too much for them. So the council has installed a buzzer on the ground floor. The pensioners have only to push the button and an office girl goes down to street level to collect the rent money and issue a receipt