General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 14

General News

O’Regan For Full-Back Some Australian support for the campaign against the New Zealand Rugby Union’s policy on the 1960 tour of South Africa seems to be more enthusiastic than wellinformed. Mr E. C. Bellchambers, of Brisbane, has sent to “The Press” a petition signed by 48 persons who claim to represent a cross-section of the Australian community. The petition urges “the upholding of fair play in respect to the dispute concerning the banning of members of the All Black Association from the team which is to represent New Zealand during the coming tour in 1960” and “appeal to our New Zealand brothers to include members of the Citizens’ All Black Tour Association in the team which is to be represented in the coming tour of South Africa.” Cold Storage Rear-Admiral D. M. Tyree, commander of the U.S. Antarctic expedition, in an informal talk to the North American Club last evening, said that his wife’s hobby was collecting cookery books. One day last year when he wished to read the book “Operation Deepfreeze,” by his contemporary, Rear-Admital George Dufek, it could not be found. It later turned up on the shelf among his wife’s cookery books. “It goes to show you what some folks think of the place,” he said. More Whitebait Sizeable quantities of whitebait are now arriving on Christchurch fish markets. Yesterday 11851 b were sold on one market for prices ranging from 8s 5d to 9s 2d per lb. The West Coast is the main source of supply for the whitebait, but local rivers are also producing reasonable quantities. Keen Member Canterbury Progress League members had been sent enrolment forms to encourage them to enrol new members, said the secretary of the league (Mr H. R. Pool) at a meeting of the council last evening. “But,” he added, “one existing member has enrolled.” Bell Shortage Because of import restrictions, the new St. Phillip's Church, St. Heliers Bay road. Auckland, ( is searching for a bell. The church authorities have taken the unusual course of advertising in “Board and Council,” a journal which circulates among local authorities. Addressing the advertisement to "all firemen and board members,’’ they ask that if anyone knows of a bell weighing about 9cwt or a disused fire bell they should be advised. Lion’s Wallet Lost A. J. F. O’Reilly, the Lions wing-threequarter, received a shock when he began packing his cases yesterday in preparation for the team’s departure next Tuesday. A wallet inscribed with his name and containing £5O and personal papers was missing. O'Reilly believes he misplaced it while water-ski-ing at Lake Rotoiti last week.—(P.A.) Wedding At Chateau A wedding ceremony—the first held in a New Zealand hotel for many years—will take place at the Chateau next Tuesday. The couple to be married are Mr John Harper, a Mount Ruapehu ski patrol supervisor, and Miss Janet Fore, a cashier at the resort. Special permission to hold the ceremony at the hotel had to be obtained from Roman Catholic Church authorities. The wedding will be held in the cinema.— (P.A.) Sound System The Riccarton High School has had specially built an instrument which the headmaster (Mr A. J. Gainsford) calls “a sound reproducer.” He told the board yesterday that none of the newfangled names quite suited. The instrument would reproduce sound from records, tapes, radio, or microphone in media up to stereophonic level. Its control made it suitable for a small music class or a packed assembly. Globemaster Arrives The United States Air Force complement in Christchurch was increased to 184 yesterday when a Globemaster arrived at 10.30 a.m. with a further 13 passengers. The Globemaster brought cargo for the American Antarctic operation. Four more Globemasters are expected to arrive this week—two support cargo aircraft which will return to the United States, and two passenger aircraft.