General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29010, 26 September 1959, Page 12

General News

Tagged Rubbish dumped at the side of the road in Heathcote County causes concern to the county council, but among rubbish dumped on Mount Pleasant road recently were old luggage tags giving the name and address of the dumper, the county clerk (Mr R. W. Morris) said in his report to the council at its meeting last evening. Family Matter While submitting legal argument during the hearing of the mower dispute in the Supreme Court yesterday Mr R. A. Young found the name of “Adams” cropping up with surprising regularity in the authorities to which he referred. Remarking on the recurrence of this name, Mr Young observed that he had referred to a text book compiled by a legal author named “Adams,” and would later refer to a judgment of Mr Justice Adams, and a case in which one of the litigants bore this name. Mr Young was even more surprised when he learned that the litigant was in fact Mr Justice Adams, who is hearing the case. No Fan Mail The Minister of Education (Mr Skoglund) who is on a tour of Australia, thinks he did not “go over” very sensationally on his first appearance on Australian television. In a letter received in Palmerston North, Mr Skoglund, who is now in Perth, says that when he landed in Sydney, he had his first experience of television. “I was asked to make an appearance and say a few words, but as no fan mail has followed, apparently I made no great impression,” he wrote.— (P.A.)

Lions Tour Film Under the title of “The Lion and the Kiwi,” the Government Publicity Division has made a full length film of the tour of the British Lions Rugby team. It is intended for the British unions and it is hoped that it will be screened in New Zealand. The film should be ready in three weeks. It takes in the four tests against the All Blacks, a few other incidents of other matches, various welcomes and visits made by the visitors to places of interest. School Furniture A physical education group at the Canterbury Teachers’ College is occupied with a special assignment checking measurements of children from the ages of 5 to 15 years. The object is to compile reliable data from which to design more suitable school seating and furniture. Mr R. K. Milne told members of the Canterbury Education Board yesterday that he endorsed the project. In the past, school furniture had been designed on the basis of children’s measurements in Britain, but it was now felt that something “more desirable” should be designed for New Zealanders. Big Whitebait Shipment Whitebait railed to Christchurch from Greymouth yesterday amounted to 1 ton 4} cwt. Of this quantity 25881 b came from South Westland, 1001 b from Westport and the balance of 671 b from Hokitika. No fishermen at Greymouth reported any catches owing to a four-knot fresh in the Grey river.—(F.O.O.R.) Mobile X-Ray Unit The Health Department’s mobile X-ray unit was attended by 175 persons while it was in the Beckenham area yesterday. For the week 987 persons attended. On Monday the unit will be at the corner of Church square and Ward street from 10.15 a.m. to 11.15 a.m., Spencer street and Poulson street from 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. and at the corner of Jerrold street and Collins street from 2.15 p.m. to 4 p.m.