General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29146, 5 March 1960, Page 12

General News

Lottery Prizes ■ j The first and seventh prizes iof Tattersail’s lottery No. 837 I were won by New Zealand ticketholders today. The first prize of : £lO.OOO was won by "Go Getter” of Napier, with ticket number 63109, and the £350 seventh prize was won by M. and L. Synd. 6. ! Avondale, Auckland, with ticket ~ No. 95542.—Melbourne, March 4. Canberra From Ohakea j The jet bomber which made two ’. low runs over the centre of the ! city yesterday at midday was a , ! Royal New Zealand Air Force Canberra from Ohakea. The ! plane also made overshoots at : Wigram and the Christchurch air- . port. It was over Christchurch j during a cross-country training flight No Hurry * I Cross-examining a defendant in the Magistrate s Court yesterday, Sergeant T. A. A. Marson asked: j “Were you in a hurry to go home?” “Oh no. sir,” replied; the defendant “Im a single; Iman.” Wrong Car I A car taken from outside the [ ’Napier Post Office one morning! this week was soon afterwards ‘displayed by a car sales firm as [“for sale.” The Napier police [recovered it and returned it to Jits owner. The police said the 'owner parked his car while he (Posted some mail. An employee of the motor companv borrowed ; Jone of his firm’s display cars to [ call at the post office to collect [ [mail. Both cars, which were. ; identical were parked together, j ’The car salesman came out and i [took the wrong car, placing it in j J the “for sale’’ display of his firm.! School For Rangers ! Rangers from four national; parks are attending a climbing; ’school at Malte Brun hut. Mount jCook, until March 10. They will receive instruction on snow’ and ice techniques from the chief ’ranger of the Mount Cook ; ! National Park, Mr H. Ayres [Those attending the school are Messrs W. Sander (Egm on t ’National Park), P. Dorizac (Milford), P. Croft and D. Bell [ ((Arthur's Pass), and A Peters i I (Tongariro). Nun Is Boilerman j Sister Apolline, who is in ■charge of the boiler house at the Little Sisters of the Poor home [for the aged in Auckland, will •be examined soon for her boilerjrnan’s ticket. In a letter, the ’ Deputy-Prime Minister (Mr Skinner), said an engineer would be sent soon to examine her. Sister Apolline has_ been in charge of boilers in New’ Zealand ; .and Australia for many years.[ When Mr Skinner visited the | home in December he found she i did not have her. ticket, and he : i promised to rectify the matter. New Aircraft Lights • The National Airways Corporation will soon be fitting new ‘identification lights to its entire fleet to improve air-to-air identii fication in poor conditions. Th? I Tight, technically known as high: intensity identification, is fitted high on the tail fin. It reflects a rotating bright red beam on a two angle. V-shaped, mirror, thus casting two beams of 1000 and 4000 candle power in the same fashion as a lighthouse beacon. From the ground, the fights appear to be blinking.—<P-A.. Huckleberries Sold Garden huckleberries, well known to all Americans, were sold for the first time in the city market at Wanganui this week. They realised up to 3s a punnet. This is the second time that huckleberries have been offered at produce markets in New Zealand. The first time was in Wellington last week. Oyster Soup A new oyster industry is to be started at Bluff in the next few | weeks when the Southland Canning Company will market oyster soup. Experiments were made last year and it is now intended to market the soup throughout New Zealand. The manager of the company, Mr D Chisholm, said today that 100 gallons of milk would be used each day in the manufacture of the soup. The company this year is also canning the entire production of lamb and sheep tongues from the Makarewa and Mataura freezing works. Later in the year, ox tongues will be canned —(PA.) Fishing Rivers The condition of fishing rivers in Canterbury at 9 a.m. yesterday as reported by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society was: Waiau. Hurunui, Ashley, Waimakariri, and Selwyn. clear and fishable: Halswell at Greenpark, clear and fishable subject to; Catchment Board operations; j ißakaia, clear and fishable.