General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28963, 3 August 1959, Page 10

General News

Defaulted For Rugby It wasn’t only the menfolk who were at Athletic park on Saturday afternoon to see the British Isles-Wellington Rugby match. The Wellington Basketball Association decided to play their matches in spite of the Rugby match. Twenty basketball games —a fifth of the total to be played —went by default.—(P.A.)

Laying Of Sewer The whole section of the railway crossing at the intersection of Normans road and Wairakei road, Bryndwr, was lifted out yesterday to accelerate the laying of the northern relief sewer. Contractors and railway gangers, working with two bulldozers and four cranes, had the section out at 8 a.m. and laid aside while the road was excavated for the laying of the- sewer pipes. By 7 p.m. the pipes were laid, and the gangs began to relay the tracks.

Players Lose £3l Money totalling £34 Is 6d, two watches, and two wallets were stolen from the clothing of members of the Atlantis and Christchurch Teachers’ College third division Soccer teams, left in an open pavilion in North Hagley Park on Saturday afternoon. The thefts occurred between 2.45 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. when the players returned at half time. One Teachers’ College student lost £ll 10s. The clothing had been left unattended in the pavilion. Other players lost £8 14s, £5 16s, £4 17s, and £3 4s 6d.

Arthur’s Pass Excursion There were six policemen at Arthur’s Pass yesterday when two excursion trains from Christchurch went there for the day. Four policemen travelled on the trains. Behaviour, in general, was reported to have been good. Three or four windows in the trains were broken, but this is not regarded as excessive. The first train arrived back at 7.31 p.m. and the second at 7.54 p.m.

£lB5O For Licence Sums between £lBOO and £3lOO were mentioned as consideration for the transfer of taxi licences in applications for transfers which came before the Wellington Metropolitan Licensing Authority last week. Sums of £lBOO and £lB5O were paid to cover licences only, cars not being included. In another case £lB5O was paid for the licence and taxi equipment, such as the radio apparatus and taxi-meter, but not the vehicle. High Tension After the British Isles and Wellington captains had spoken at an after-match reception on Saturday, the referee, Mr R. Forsyth, of Taranaki, replied to their thanks. He said: “Judging from your remarks, this was one of the friendliest games ever played at Athletic Park. I assufe you it wasn’t. The tension was terrific. I want to thank Dawson and Mclntosh for keeping their men under control.”—(P.A.) Lake Ida A record number of skaters enjoyed skating in ideal conditions at Lake Ida yesterday. It was calm and sunny and the occupants of the 20 buses and 120 cars that had travelled to the lake found that there were 30 acres of safe ice for skating. A group of Christchurch’s best skaters, including several New Zealand champions, provided an exhibition on an area of ice that had been specially prepared by spraying water the night before to give a glassy surface. The road leading to the lake was dry and in good condition.

Sold For £57,000 The Kodak Building in Lambton quay, Wellington, was sold last week to the Provident Life Assurance Company for £57,500. The 49-year-old building was to have been sold by public auction last week but Kodak New Zealand, Ltd., accepted this price, which is more than £20,000 above the present Government valuation. Fog Closes Whenuapai Fog which rapidly spread over Whenuapai airport at 9.45 p.m. yesterday prevented a Tasman Empire Airways aircraft from Sydney from landing. It circled the airport several times and was then diverted to Ohakea. The plane carried 50 passengers. Customs officials were called from Wanganui and accommodation was found for the passengers at Palmerston North. —(P.A.) Visitors Welcomed Stratford has begun to give visitors special parking facilities, becoming probably the first New Zealand town to do so. Visitors may buy yellow and white stickers from the borough council, the yellow ones allowing 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. parking, and the white 1 p.m. to 530 p.m. parking on metered spaces without being bound by the meter. Commercial travellers and other visitors can leave their cars and attend to business without the worry of having to make trips back to replenish the meter.