General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29220, 2 June 1960, Page 14

General News

Nothing In It “King Edward Barracks is just a great big open space with a roof on it,” said Major R. E Johnston speaking at the meeting last evening of the Canterbury Territorial Association. School Council The Burnside High School now has a school council with a boy and girl formally elected from each form. Strict Parliamentary procedure is insisted upon at meetings and this is already proving educationally useful. “The council has already brought to our attention certain matters which teachers were not aware of,” the headmaster (Mr C. Cross) reported yesterday. Hard Play A watersider in the Supreme Court yesterday, being crossexamined by Mr C. M. Roper, told counsel he eould do his work just as well as he could before he was injured in an accident. Counsel: You can do a hard dav’s work on the Wharves? Witness: Yes, sir. Well, I would not say a hard day’s work—just a normal day (laughter).. Counsel: But you can no longer referee senior league matches? Witness: No, sir. Counsel: You would say refereeing was harder work than working on the wharves? Witness: Definitely, sir. Why, I used to train for refereeing . . .(laughter). Chile Fund Now £745 The Chilean appeal fund organised by the North Canterburv centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society had now reached £745, said the president of the centre (Mrs R. I. Brake) late yesterday afternoon. More Fish Expected Fish has been scarce in most fish shops in Christchurch for the last week because of the rough seas and bad fishing conditions encountered by the trawling fleet at Lyttelton. It was reported that conditions had improved yesterday, and the whole of the trawling fleet at Timaru was out. There should be an improvement in the supply today or tomorrow, a spokesman said yesterday afteinoon More oysters were expected today from Bluff, and would be selling at 2s 3d for a carton of a dozen. Tsunamied School Although some distance from the coast, the Aranui High School is apparently the only one in Christchurch which suffered from the tsunami a week ago. The headmaster (Mr W. J. A. Brittenden) told his board yesterday that unloading of heavy equipment for new buildings had been delayed—first by the ship "going up and down like a lift at the wharf ’ and later by the stoppage of work at Lyttelton because of threatened further high tidal waves.

Queen’s Birthday The official birthday of the Y iU b ® observed with traditional civic and military ceremony in Christchurch next Monday. The Army, Navy and Air Force will participate in a parade to mark the occasion: the Mayor of Christchurch <Mr G Manning) will inspect a guard of honour from Burnham Camp and deliver an address, and an artillery salute will be fired. Ceremonies will be held in Cathedral square at 10.30 a.m The Royal Salute will be fired from the riverbank alongside Cambridge terrace.

High School Enrolments

Enrolments announced by two Christchurch high schools yesterday coincide fairly closely with the preliminary survey of the likely spread’of applications. The Aranui High School so far has 172 applications (boys and girls equal) compared with 177 in the survey and the Burnside High School has 100 girls and 80 boys, compared with 188 in the survey. Aranui could take 100 to 130 more and Burnside could take about 90 more. All these places are almost certain to be filled by latecomers.

“Positive Policy”

The National Party had no wish to become the Government merely on the unpopularity of its opponents, Mr W. H. Fortune, chairman of the Auckland division of the party, said at the annual conference yesterday. “Our thoughts, actions and policies must be positive—not negative,” he said. “I assure you this is fully realised by our party heads and in consequence a forthright, honest and positive policy has been formulated.”—(P.A.)