General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29250, 7 July 1960, Page 12

General News

- Ministers’ Hours The idea that a minister did very little except take tea with the ladies and work on Sundays should be “hit very hard on the head,” said the Rev. C. W. Venimore, of Patea, at a session-of the Wellington diocesan synod. One week he had taken a tally and found that he worked for 84 hours. He did not claim to be a hard worker, and he did not work those hours every week. However, many ministers did work such hours every week. Australian Oranges Australian oranges were on sale in some Christchurch fruit shops yesterday. These oranges, which are of very good quality, are being rationed to retailers, and are being sold at a fixed price of 44s a case of about 501 b. The Egyptian Reefer, which has a cargo of pineapples, oranges, mandarins and tangerines from the Cook Islands is not now expected to arrive until Friday. The fruit is expected to be on sale in the markets on Monday. Unlicensed Drivers There are still about 5000 drivers in the Christchurch area who have not yet renewed their driving licences, the City Council traffic department reported yesterday. Up to July 5, 19,135 driving licences had been issued and a “steady trickle” of Mrivers is still coming in. Motor vehicle relicensing is almost completed, and the motor vehicle registration office had a quiet day yesterday. Car inversions Four hundred and fbrty-seven vehicles were converted in the Auckland police district in the first six months of this year. The total is 118 higher than for the corresponding period in 1959. (P.A.) Bananas Finished The last of the bananas from the previous shipment were sold in the Christchurch produce markets yesterday. Bananas will still be available in fruit shops for a limited period, depending on the quantities held in reserve. The next shipment of bananas is due in the Tarawera on July 18. Personal Items Professor T. W. Walker, who is returning to his old post as professor of soil science at Canterbury Agricultural College, is expected to sail from Southampton on October 6 and will reach New Zealand about the middle of November. Professor Walker has been way from New Zealand for about two years. Mr J. T. Ward, lecturer in agricultural economics at Wye College, University of London, who has been appointed senior lecturer in agricultural economics at Canterbury Agricultural College, is due to leave the United Kingdom on September 8, reaching this country early in October. The Rev. Canop Alan Richardson, of Durham, will visit New Zealand in August, and the Bishop of the United Church* of the Philippines (the Rf; Rev. E. Sobrepena) in November. This was announced at the annual meeting of the National Council of Churches in Christchurch yesterday The Rev. Alan A. Brash, New Zealand general secretary -of the National Council of Churches, will leave Christchurch on Sunday to visit India. Geneva. Berlin and Scotland.