General News

Press, Issue 29236, 21 June 1960, Page 14

General News

Not Forgotten "I intend to pursue the policy of amalgamation of this board. 0 thejjew chairman of the Christchurch Transport Board (Mr J. Palmer)' said yesterday afternoon. He said he hoped to see some advance towards amalgamation during the next 12 months. New Zealand Culture The true sound of New Zealand's culture is not the voice of a university lecturer, nor the sound of cash registers, but those of the people, said Mr Brian Bell, a frte lance journalist, and editor of a monthly publication called “Broadsheet,” in Christchurch yesterday. “The blatter of a race commentary in a crowded pub on Saturday afternoon; the soliloquy heard in a pie cart at two in the morning, and the laughing chattor of hotel housemaid's as they hang out their washing on the hotel's firp escape are the true sounds of our culture,” said. Mr BeU. Hungarian Naturalised The first Hungarian who fled from Hungary after the 1956 uprising to become a New Zealand citizen took the oath of allegiance at the naturalisation ceremony in the Christchurch City Council chamber last evening. She is Mrs Maria Catharina Pepperell. Because she is married to a British subject she was able to short-cut her way to citizenship. Mrs Pepperell arrived in New Zealand early in 1957. Congratulations Members of the Christchurch Transport Board at their meeting yesterday afternoon decided to congratulate the Mayor (Mr George Manning) on being created a C.M.G. in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list Last Of Tangerines The last of the tangerines from last week’s shipment were sold yesterday. Their price ranged from 30s to 46s for a 30 pound case. The smaller quantities of mandarins and grapefruit which were included in the shipment last week, were all sold on the first day. New Zealand mandarins are still down in price to 12s for a 101 b case. Their price before the island mandarins arrived was 18s a case. Authors’ Streets “The Oxford Companion to English Literature” provided the names for seven new streets on subdivided land adjoining Taylor street in the Auckland suburb of Avondale. The City Council works committee approved them. They are Keats place, Marlowe road, Meredith street, Addison street, Swinburne street, Chaucer place, and Congreve place Early New Potatoes The earliest new potatoes to appear in the Christchurch produce markets for many years were on sale yesterday. The consignment was small, and the demand keen. They sold at Is 2Jd a pound. The potatoes were from the Nelson district where the weather has been very mild. Kumeras from Niue Island were also on sale and they sold at 54s a sugar bag, of about 461 b. Growing Membership The membership of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association is growing, Twelve firms admitted to membership by the council last evening. Inscribed Stone A unique inscribed stone, once used as a Maori boundary marker, has been presented to the TaranaH museum by Mrs A. Petty, Pihama. In shape the stone is a three-sided pyramid rising to a rounded apex. Qn one side it has five spirals and several angular lines. The other two sides each bear one spiral. The stone, which weighs about 4001 b, is 2 feet 9 inches high. It originally stood 1 foot 3 inches out of the ground. Island Produce Bananas, pawpaws, egg fruit and coconuts will arrive in the Tarawera from the islands either today or tomorrow. They will be on sale in the Christchurch produce markets later in the week, depending on the weather, which will affect the unloading of the ship. Model Aviation Award The McDonald Memorial Award, given annually for the most outstanding contribution to model aviation in New Zealand, has been won this year by Mr J. Sheppard, of Papakura, who is now in England. There were only two other nominations, Messrs P. Dyer, of Christchurch, and J. Winn, of Auckland. Attitudes In Industry “There has been criticism of career advisers at odd times and this is an opportunity to get together,” said Mr R. G. Pearce (vice-president) when the council of the Canterbury Manufacturers* Association last evening accepted an invitation from the Vocational Guidance Centre to an informal meeting on July 7, to discuss attitudes in industry Answering Mr L. H. Govan, the secretary (Mr R. T. Alston) said a careers advisers’ course for the South Island, on the lines of one held recently in Auckland, was proposed.