General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29192, 30 April 1960, Page 12

General News

- Spice When an alert officer of the Customs Department saw the title, “Oh, for a French Wife,” among the list of Moks ordered by a Christchurch bookseller he interrogated the importer elosely before he was satisfied of the moral tone of the book. It is an introduction to French cooking. Daughter In Law In the Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday, Mr Justice Shorland admitted his daughter. Miss Anne Gertrude Shorland, as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand on the motion of Mr C. P. Hutchinson.—(P.A.) Job Needs Pluck Wanted, man, reliable, to pull cow tails. This advertisement puzzled many readers of an Auckland newspaper this week. The answer, according to Mr W. H. Hargreaves, who inserted the advertisement, is that a cow tail puller is a person who plucks the hair from the tail of cow hides after slaughter. Mr Hargreaves said the hair was sent to Britain and he believed it was used in the making of horse saddles. There were several applicants for the position, and Mr Hargreaves now has a satisfactory cow tail puller. Coughing At Concerts Something that might well be copied in Christchurch concert programmes was a notice he had seen printed in American concert programmes. Mr K. R. Newson said in a talk on American music to the Christchurch Civic Music Council last evening. The notice read: “For your convenience cough-drops will be available from the ushers.” Heavy Mails During the last 10 days the mailroom at the Christchurch Chief Post Office has been particularly busy. In addition to heavy local postings more than 2000 bags of mail have been received from overseas, chiefly from the United States. the United Kingdom and Australia, and most mailroom sorters ano postmen's sorters have been recalled for extra duty. Football Protest The Canterbury Council for Civil Liberties last evening de-l cided to endorse an intended demonstration to protest against the proposed official Government farewell “to a New Zealand football team about to depart for South Africa.” The council considered that Government recognition of the team, from which Maoris were excluded, amounted “to official recognition of race discrimination in this country, which is a threat to civil liberties.” Marathon Harrier Relay A harrier race over a distance of 156 miles, from Christchurch to Greymouth, via Arthur's Pass, in connexion with the Westland centennial celebrations, will take place next month. Christchurch and West Coast harriers will take part. The first runner will leave Christchurch at 9 p.m. on Friday. May 13. with a special baton containing a message from the Mayor of Christchurch to the Mayor of Greymouth. The last man will arrive outside the Greymouth Municipal Chambers about 3 pm the following day The event, which has been organised by the Greymouth Harrier Club, will mark the opening of the club’s 1960 season—(FOOß.) Profitable Ewe The busiest ewe in New Zealand during the last seven months has undoubtedly been an aged animal from the Southland prooerty of L W Stuart and Sons With the killing of her quintuplet lambs at the Makarewa works vesterday. she can now take a well-earned rest The animal reared her offspring from birth until a few weeks ago The lambs killed at 351 b. 361 b, 421 b. 421 b. and 521 b—an average of 41.41 b (P.S.S) Electronic Alarm The most modem electronic fire-alarm system in the world will he in use in Auckland within the next four months. Designed by a Christchurch firm, the new system, which is already in use in Wellington, relays any alarm call to all stations in the area. Station doors are opened automatically by the alarm bells ringing, fire engines are started and the lights switched on—all before the fireman have had time to get out of bed The Real Rebuke Remits to the annual conference of the New Zealand Catchment Boards' Association should be circulated to boards earlier so that they would have time to =tudv them, and instruct their delegates, complained a Rangitikei Catchment Board delegate at the catchment boards' conference. “I'll call on the secretary to answer that one.” said the chairman (Mr T R. Beatty). “The real rebuke should lie with the Rangitikei Catchment Board—because it was the last board to forward its ren'ts." said the secretary. “Well, if that is the case. I apologise, but 1 feel that the executive should have refused the Rangitikei rem’ts. and sent ou* the others earlier," said the delegate "Thanks for the tip.” said the -hairman. “We'll know what to do nex‘ time.” Mouth Resuscitation The mouth-to-mouth method of resuscitation will be recommended to the National Water Safety Council by the standing committee on resuscitation The committee met in Wellington on Wednesday to consider a report on the method from the international convention on life-saving techniques which was held recently in Sydney. Members of the committee attended the con vention A spokesman for the committee said yesterday that the method was recommended as the nost efficient The council would be asked to publicise it by posters. films, and other media so that the public could be fully educated —(P.A.).