General News

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29068, 3 December 1959, Page 16

General News

£lOOO Prize For Widow Mrs Colleen McCollum, of Grey Lynn, whose husband, Desmond McCollum,, died from injuries received in a stock car racing accident early this year, has won second prize of £lOOO in the “Lucky At Last” art union drawn on Tuesday.—(P.A.) Ceremony For Portrait Members of the new North Canterbury Hospital Board will assemble in the vestibule of the Princess Margaret Hospital next Tuesday morning for a brief ceremony in which a specially signed portrait of Princess Margaret will be formally unveiled by Dr. L. C. L. Averill, who was chairman of the hospital’s commissioning committee. Postal Facilities Attendance at the postal counter at the Chief Post Office, Cathedral square, will be extended until 8 p.m. during the period December 14 to 24, the Chief Postmaster (Mr R. Elcock) announced yesterday. The normal closing time is 5.30 p.m. The postal counter will be open for the sale of stamps and for the acceptance of packets for posting. Airport Roundabout Tenders have been called by the City Council for the construction of a traffic roundabout at the main entrance to the Christchurch airport. The work will include the building of carriageways, islands, kerbs, channels, footpaths and grass verges. Air Force Colour The Queen’s Colour of the Royal New Zealand Air Force is to be handed over and lodged at Air Force headquarters unit, Shelly Bay, Wellington, next Sunday. The colour was paraded and lodged at Taieri last Queen’s Birthday week-end, and would normally have remained there until next June. Since Taieri will close down as an Air Force station on December 24, the Colour is to be lodged at Shelly Bay until Queen’s Birthday, 1960, when it will be transferred to R.N.Z.A.F. stores depot, Te Rapa, near Hamilton.—(P.A.) Satellite The answer to a question in the English paper of the school certificate examination given by one pupil of the Whangarei Girls’ High School may not pass the examiner, but it may be classed as correct by others. The question: Give one example of the following ... a heavenly body. The answer: .Marilyn Monroe. Sweet Tooth That rabbits have a marked liking for high-class apple and raspberry jam had been shown m dealing with rabbit poisons, said Mr F. Hudson, of the Department of Agriculture, Masterton, at a recent field day to view an experiment on populations of wild rabbits. The jam is mixed with phosphorus and laid in poison lines with a jam “gun.” Of various jams tried, this kind is most favoured by the rabbits. Christmas Raffles With the increased price of liquor, there are fewer Christmas “hampers” being raffled this -year than for many years. Hams are not in particularly good supply for Christmas and raffles for them have also declined. But a Christmas raffle of undoubted popularity .is that for gigantic Christmas stockings filled with gifts for all the family. These have become increasingly profitable for organisations in the last few years. In Colombo street yesterday three women were kept busy throughout the day selling tickets for a seven-foot Christmas stocking crammed with gifts for young and old and with £5 and £1 notes to help to make up the £lOO value. There was seldom a time when they did not have customers, waiting. French Lessons A discussion on French lessons in some intermediate schools brought quick reactions at the Auckland Education Board meeting. ‘‘lt is for the education of future Ambassadors to France,” said the secretary-manager, Mr G. H. Shorland. ‘‘l don’t agree,” said the chairman, Mr I. J. Day. “It is for the education of future Directors of Education.” The retiring Director of Education, Mr C. E. Beeby, has been appointed Ambassador to France. Mobile X-Ray Unit The Health Department’s mobile X-ray unit yesterday handled 206 persons. Today it will be at the Wycola shopping centre from 9 a.m. to noon, from 12.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. at the corner of Carmen and Waterloo roads, and at the corner of Carmen and Main South roads between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.