General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28926, 20 June 1959, Page 12

General News

Shortest Day

Tuesday will be the shortest day of this year in the Christchurch district, according to the sunrise and sunset times in the Nautical Almanac. On Tuesday. June 23. the sun will rise at 8.3 a.m. and set at 5.59 p.m., giving 8 hours 56 minutes above the horibon. On each of the three preceding days sunrise will be at 8.2 a.m. and sunset at 4 59 p.m. Sunset time has been 4.59 p.m. since June 11 On June 24 it w|ll be 5 p.m. Sunrise time will be 8.3 a.m. each day from June 23 until July 5 when it will be 8.2 a.m. Fast Talk He found the achievements of racing commentators quite incredible, the Governor-General (Lord Cobham) confessed to a gathering while on his first official visit to the 'Upper Hutt Borough. “How can anyone speak so fast?” he asked. “Perhaps the answer was given by an American wit who said of a commentator: ‘His father was a wool auctioneer and his mother a woman.’ ”

Danish Partridge Eggs

The first consignment of 300 partridge eggs to come from Denmark was presented yesterday to the Acting-Secretary of Internal Affairs (Mr J. K. Hunn) at the Übburn home of the Charge D’Affairs of Denmark (Mr T. Wegener-Clausen). After experimental breeding from the eggs it is hoped to place from 3000 to 4000 partridges in selected areas. The eggs have been imported because Danish partridges are free from Newcastle disease and fowl pests.—(P.A.) Hydatids Education Another circular about the eradication of hydatids with a new Department of Agriculture folder on the subject has been sent to all schools by the Canterbury Education Board so that teachers may instruct pupils about the present campaign. Westland Road Closed The South Westland highway will be closed to heavy traffic m working hours between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m today and tomorrow to enable repairs to be carried out on the Poerua river bridge, three miles south of Harihari. according to advice received by the Automobile Association, Canterbury. Light traffic will probably experience delays of up to half an hour because of the repair work. Fog To Frost When the fog of Thursday evening—the heaviest so far this year—started to lift about midnight, the temperatures dropped to make Friday morning the coldest for a week. Wigram was the coldest part of the city, where 11.6 degrees of frost was recorded, and Harewood airport was next with 9.2 degrees. In the city itself, at the Botanic Gardens., there was a 7.2-degree frost. Schools And Lions Several school committees have sought the Canterbury Education Board’s permission to close on the afternoon of July 1 so that pupils may see the Lions play in Christchurch. The board yesterday authorised committees to use one of the half-day holidays allotted at their discretion. Schools further afield may take a full day’s holiday if necessary. Personal Items The Bishop of Nelson (the Rt. Rev. F. O. Hulme-Moir) is at present in Christchurch to conduct a mission at the St Barnabas Church in Fendalton. He will return to Nelson after the mission ends on Sunday evening. Judge K. G. Archer, of the Land Valuation Court, has been appointed chairman of the Government Service Tribunal until October 30 this year, according to a notice in the Gazette.

Messrs J. D. Ormond and L. A. P Sheriff have been re-elected unopposed to the Meat Board for a further term. Mr Ormond has been chairman since 1950.—(P.A.)

Mr R. Scott, of Lyttelton, has been appointed a member of the Lyttelton Licensing Committee in place of Mr W G. Salmon. J.P., who has resigned. The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Churches: chairman, the Rev. H. G. Brown; vice-chairman, the Rev. S. C. Francis; secretary, Mrs W. Mackay The Rev. O. M. Bambury and the Rev. R. Hart were elected to the committee.

The Canterbury Education Board yesterday paid tributes to the late Mr J. Wyn Irwin, a former inspector of schools in the board’s district.