General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28973, 14 August 1959, Page 10

General News

Weather For Test The latest weather forecast for the second Rugby test in Wellington tomorrow is fine, clear, and cool, with a light southerly.— (P.A.)

Another Mower Case? | A director of the plaintiff company in the mower dispute said yesterday that his own garden mower would not cut anything. “Are you taking action against the manufacturers?” asked Mr R. A. Young (senior defence counsel). “Maybe the witness [should see Mr Young.” suggested .Mr J. B. Weir (junior counsel jfor the plaintiff). Adjourning the [hearing for lunch. Mr Justice • Adams said the witness would ibe able to decide during the | break whom he should consult. A Woman’s Reason Supporting a remit, which was • defeated, to change the date of [the annual conference to the end of July, a delegate to the conference yesterday of the Associated General Contractors’ Federation said his wife was in favour. The present date was too late for the winter sales and two weeks too early for the summer fashions display. A man’s view was that “so long as it doesn’t conflict with Rugby any date will suit me.”

U.S. Plane Due An American Globemaster transport aircraft is due at Christchurch airport this morning with cargo from the United States. The cargo is for the United States Navy’s Antarctic expedition. The plane is due to make a quick turnround. Paid The Fare The defendant, who had been arrested for drunkenness'in Manchester street, had paid the fare of the taxi used to take him to the Central Police Station, said Mr G. R. Lascelles, in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. ‘‘This was like the days of the French revolution when a victim paid the executioner to ensure that the blade was sharp and the cut was clean,” Mr Lascelles said. He asked that in the circumstances no fine be imposed, on the defendant, who was a first offender. The Magistrate, Mr A. P. Blair, S.M., was afraid he could not accept Mr Lascelles’s submission and fined the defendant £l.

Mobile X-Ray Unit The Health Department’s mobile chest X-ray unit was attended by 252 persons while in the Linwood area yesterday. Today the unit will be at the corner of Linwood avenue and Buckleys road from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Heavy Frost Christchurch had its heaviest frost so far this month yesterday morning, when 8.2 degrees were recorded at the Botanic Gardens and 9.2 degrees at Harewood. Last Monday morning’s 7.9 degree frost was the previous heaviest. There was no frost recorded at this time last year. Rangiora had its heaviest frost of the month, 12 degrees, yesterday morning.

Striking It Rich The Cashmere High School board of governors appeared to “strike it rich” at its meeting last evening. It received advice of various Education Department grants totalling £BOO. Among the items the money will be expended on are biology and physics equipment, outside seating, copy-holders for the typewriting classroom, and drill tumbling mats.

Cashmere Assembly Hall Cashmere High School may soon have a new assembly hall. Advice that it was honed to include the hall in the Education Department’s 1960-61 building programme was received by the school’s board of governors' last evening. After “going into a huddle” over standard plans, the board decided to adopt the Nelsontype standard plan as its choice. More Meat Wanted ,A fte L their poor showing in the 19a6 Olympic Games, at Melbourne, the large Japanese contingent blamed the lack of meat in their diet as the reason for their failure, the New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Tokyo <Mr J. S. Scott) told the Wellington branch of the Institute of Public Administration yesterday. He said that though the consumption of meat in Japan had doubled since the war, the Japanese would still like to see more meat on their diet.—(P.A.)