General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29264, 23 July 1960, Page 12

General News

Stations And Schools

One could go down Moorhouse avenue past the new railway station and see the amount of money and permanent material of concrete, brick, and marble put by the Government into something which was a doubtful venture—yet at the same time the schools were begrudged some degree of beauty and permanence on their building, said Mr R. R. Beauchamp, at yesterday’s meeting of the Canterbury Education Board. "Let’s keep the cost pf railway stations down, and allow a bit extra when it comes to schools,” suggested Mr Beauchamp. Paintings On View Paintings from the Robert McDougall Art Gallfery not needed for displays at the gallery will soon be on display at the City Council chambers' and offices instead of being in store at the gallery. The City Council had adopted a proposal by Cr. P. J. Skellerup that paintings should be hung in the Mayor’s and Mayoress’s rooms, committee rooms, councillors’ lounge, and public foyer for short periods not exceeding six months, provided they are not needed for displays at the gallery. Off For A Haircut ■Excusing himself at the end of a luncheon engagement at the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Prime Minister (Mr Nash) said: “I have been trying for three weeks to get my hair cut. You have no idea what you can’t get done when you are Prime Minister.” Tuataras For America Five tuataras were flown out of Auckland by Canadian Pacific Airlines last night to five different American and Canadian institutions. They were caught on Thursday on Stephens Island, Cook Strait, and consigned by the Wild Life Division of the Department of In Tern al Affairs. They are destined for tl : Calgary Zoo. Alberta. the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: Buena Park, near San Francisco: the City of Portland 1 Zoo, Oregon: and the City of Detroit Zoo.—<P.A.) Baboons For N.Z. Three baboons and a giraffe from the London Zoo are New Zealand-bound in the ship Illyric. The animals are to be exchanged with others from the Auckland and Wellington zoos. It is not yet known what animals will be sent in return. The giraffe will be held in captivity at Auckland and the baboons will come to Wellington. The Illyric is due at Auckland on August 14. (P.A.) School Terms Primary school terms for next year were fixed by the Canterbury Education Board yesterday as follows: First term, Wednesday, February 1 to Friday, May 5; second term, Monday, May 22 to Friday, August 18; third term, Monday, September 4 to Tuesday, December 19.

Cheaper Lemons New Zealand standard ' lemons which were on sale in the .produce markets yesterday at 50s a case will be available on Monday at 45s a case The shipments of bananas and paw paws which arrived earlier . in the week were sold yesterday at 47s fid and 35s a case respectively. Good supplies of New Zealand grapefruit, from Kerikeri, Were on sale at 20s to 25s a case. Shipments of Australian navel oranges and tangerines and grapefruit from Rarotonga are expected to arrive at Lyttelton in the Crusader on Wednesday.