General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29051, 13 November 1959, Page 12

General News

Back on his Feet Peter, mouse star and ringmaster of the mouse circus at the A. and P. Show, was just standing on the sidelines watching the performances yesterday. He was not in the act because he is getting over an accident he had at the Royal Show at Palmerston North last week. His accident made headlines when he was rushed to a veterinary surgeon after dislocating a knee-cap and had to have a hypodermic injection. Peter’s manager said yesterday: “He has almost completely recovered, but he is taking it easy for a few days.” The Big City The 1959 statistical guide for New York City, released by the Department of Commerce and Public Events, shows it has 8,042,000 residents, 32 colleges and universities, 786,240 buildings, 255 public libraries, 2,282,000 trees, 111 newspapers, 35,234 lifts and escalators, 224 billiard parlors, 3364 churches and synagogues, 31 companies with assets of more than 1000 million dollars and 3955 beauty shops—among other things.—New York, November 12. Special Votes About 250 votes for the mayoralty, City Council, and other city elections to be held on November 21 have already been cast at the booth set up in the City Council’s offices for the recording of special votes and the issue of special voting papers. An elector may vote as a special voter if he or she will be away from New Zealand or absent from the district on polling day, will not be within two miles of a polling place, or does not have his or her name on the roll but believes that it was on or should not have been deleted from the roll. There are other qualifications, including persons who are too ill or infirm to attend a polling place. In their case application can be .made for special voting papers, which are sent to the elector. Catalogues Closed Catalogues closed at 5 p.m. yesterday for the third Christchurch wool sale of the 1959-60 wool selling season which will be held on December 4. An mtry of 33,000 bales is scheduled for the sale. Hawaiian Pineapples A quantity of Hawaiian pineapples, transhipped from Auckland, arrived in Christchurch yesterday and were sold for 64s a carton. Limited supplies of local strawberries sold at 5s 9d a punnet. Halo Round Sun About noon yesterday there was a distinct halo round the sun. A meteorological officer at Christchurch airport said it was caused by cirrus stratus cloud. Cabbages Cheaper Heavy buying earlier this week, the arrival of plentiful supplies of cabbages, and about 600 sugar bags of new potatoes from Nelson, caused prices to drop sharply in the Christchurch produce markets yesterday. Prices of new potatoes fell from 18s a sugar bag to 12s 6d, and of cabbages from 8s to 10s a case to Is 6d to 2s 6d a case. Old season’s carrots sold well at 27s a case while spring carrot prices rose slightly to 12s a dozen bunches. Increased picking before the long week-end caused tomato prices to fall to 2s to 3s 4d a pound. - Long Service Mr A. G. C. Yarborough, has retired from local body politics. He has been Kohukohu riding member of the Hokianga County Council for the last 38 years and chairman of the Hokianga Harbour Board for the last 31 years. For 25 years until 1950, Mr Yarborough was county chairman. At a special ceremony yesterday, in Mr Yarborough’s garden at Kohukohu with its cannon from the ill-fated Boyd, sacked and burned by Maoris in Whangaroa harbour in 1809, he and his wife were given a silver tea service by the people of Hokianga. Mr Yarborough’s father was the first chairman when the County Council was formed in 1876.—(P.A.)