General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28938, 4 July 1959, Page 12

General News

Parking Plan Parking for Rugby enthusiasts going to see the British Isles team play Canterbury on July 25 will be provided in the grounds of Christchurch Technical College. Boys of the college will supervise the parking and the money collected will go to a charity decided by popular vote. The principal (Mr D. W. LyalJ) said some of the boys had suggested using the grounds for parking on> the day of the match. Sixty to 70 boys were willing to help and to give the proceeds to charily.' he said. . .. " •

Hospital Chapels The success of the Christchurch hospital chapels appeal has created such widespread interest that five hospitals in other parts of- New Zealand have asked for details of the scheme. In four cases the request came from the nursing staff and in the other from the medical superintendent. • The North Canterbury part of the local appeal will begin this weekend; but some districts may not start collections today because the big job of distributing envelopes has not been completed. One of the earliest contributions to the country appeal was 10 lambs from Lake Coleridge, sold this week at Addington for £2l 12s. “Pricy” Pineapples A high price of from 65s to 105 s a case was paid for Queensland pineapples at auction in Christchurch markets yesterday. The consignment of 100 cases (each containing from 14 to 21) sold quickly. Particulars ef the next shipment were not known yesterday. Depending on size, prices charged in city shops varied from 6s fid to 7s 6d each. The Inexplicable It was cheaper to deliver his company’s products to London than to Invercargill, said Mr James Wattie, managing-director of a company operating food canneries at Hastings and Gisborne, in evidence in the Arbitration Court yesterday. Asked by Mr Justice Tyndall whose fault he thought that was, Mr Wattie said: “I don’t know. I wish I could find out.”—(P.A.) “Punters’ Bridge” Off-course punters can pat themselves on the back whenever they cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge—their money helped pay. for its construction. The latest Bridge Authority list of accounts tb be paid shows one payment of £11,521 to the Totalisator Agency Board. A spokesman for the authority yesterday confirmed that this payment had been made and that it was interest on a temporary loan made to the authority in 1957. (P.A.)

Smog With almost calm conditions, smoke rising from hundreds of chimneys hung over Christchurch in a dirty pall last evening. The Weather Office explained that the conditions were caused by a temperature inversion, with the

smoke being kept at a low level. Visibility was worst in the city and towards Cashmere, but traffic was not affected.

Easily Fed A Pan American World Airways plane left Auckland on Thursday with a passenger that will not require feeding for a fortnight. The passenger, a tuatara on its way to the Calgary zoo. will be carried in a special box in a comfortably heated pressurised compartment on the flight deck of the aircraft. A tuatara eats little more than enough food to compensate for the energy expended in getting it—and when hand-fed, the energy involved is not very great There will be facilities at all stopping places along the route for handling and feeding this one if necessary. Invercargill Airport A decision to go ahead with investigating and planning for an extended runway at the Invercargill airport, suitable'for Viscount aircraft, has been made by the City Council. The council has considered a detailed report* from the Director of Civil Aviation • Sir Arthur Nevill) outlining his department’s requirements. For Viscounts, the department requires a runway of 5600 ft, with 2500 ft sealed to a width of 150 ft. The present runway is 4400 ft, with 4000 ft sealed to 150 ft width. Some strengthening of the existing surface would also be required.