General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28921, 15 June 1959, Page 10

General News

Pink Plane The Duke of Edinburgh flew into London on Friday from Bar-row-on-Fumess, Lancashire—in an aircraft painted a luminous pink from nose to tail. The plane is the first of the Royal Flight to be painted experimentally in the new fluorescent colour recommended by a civil flying safety committee in an effort to reduce the possibility of mid-air collisions.—London, June 14.

Third Tour One of the first people to meet the British Isles Rugby team at Whenuapai last night was Mr Taffy Davies, who will be their baggage man throughout the New Zealand tour. For Mr Davies this will be his third British Isles tour. The other two teams were the 1930 and 1950 teams. “It is great fun,” said Mr Davies. “Already they seem like a wonderful bunch of chaps.”— (P.A.)

Strong Winds In North

Strong winds, with gusts of up to 50 miles an hour, battered gardens in Auckland and Northland early yesterday morning. At Kaitaia, the wind reached its peak soon after 5 a.m., when gusts of 50 miles an hour were reported. In the six hours to 6 a.m., .76 inches of rain fell, and surface water flooded some paddocks. Gusts of up to 50 miles an hour were also recorded in Auckland.—(P. A.) Whales At Wellington All round Wellington harbour yesterday motorists and sightseers stopped to watch two whales which appeared about mid-morning. For most of the afternoon, they sported about most points of the harbour. Whales are passing through Cook Strait on their annual migration north at the present time. — (P.A.) No Help For Motorists According to a report from a resident of Okuru, in South Westland, Mr W. D. Nolan, some motorists are attempting to reach that area from Otago by way of the Haast Pass. This was in spite of notices, erected by the Ministry of Works, that vehicles from Otago could not proceed further than Pleasant Flat, which is not quite 60 miles from Wanaka. Only Ministry of Works vehicles and those belonging to the contractors may use the road in that area. In the meantime motorists getting into difficulties are unlikely to receive any assistance from the Otago or Canterbury Automobile Associations.—(F.O.O.R.) Consumer’s Say The Commission of Inquiry into the distribution of electricity received this submission from an Auckland consumer, Mr C. F. Wood, of Onehunga: “I wish to protest at the Auckland Electric Power Board having a banquet and paying over-award wages and bonuses in recent times. I submit it is wrong when citizens are under strict awards, and that consumers’ money is sacred and should not be used so.” No Oxygen Sir Edmund Hillary told reporters in Melbourne last evening that he hoped to climb Mount Everest again—but without oxygen this time. He is on his way to Adelaide, where he will lecture to the Royal Geographic Society.—Melbourne, June 14.