General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29269, 29 July 1960, Page 12

General News

Smashing Wish His wish if he won £lOOO would be to buy £lOOO-worth of rock *n* roll records, and smash one a day for the next 10 years. This answer, in a nation-wide competition, won for Brian Greenall, of Timaru, the second prize of £5OO. There were 83,000 entries. Brian is a first year engineering student at Canterbury University.—(P.A.) Bulldozers Extricated Two bulldozers which were submerged in the Rakaia river on Monday after one fell into a hole were hauled out late on Wednesday. A Christchurch skindiver, Mr L. Moore, attached cables to the machines which were dragging high tension lines across the river when the mishap occurred. No Responsibility A Heathcote resident’s wife recently drove the family car over a water-pipe trench, part of sewer installation works in Bridle Path road, and broke the axle. It was its trench, admitted the Heathcote County Council last evening, but not its responsibility, it decided, when a letter was received from the woman’s husband claiming £lO for the damage. Councillors all expressed sympathy, but denied any responsibility. “It was our trench, but it was part of the roadworks,” said Cr. R. F. Shepard. East Of Suez The Automobile Association Canterbury now has new responsibilities in the international motoring field. Reporting to the association council meeting last evening the secretary (Mr E. S. Palliser) said: “We had to fix up a carnet (an international motoring document) for a chap who wants to buy a car in Singapore and ship it to Greece.” Electra Delayed Passengers booked on yesterday’s T.E.A.L. Electra flight to Melbourne had to spend last night in Christchurch hotels and other accommodation. The aircraft arrived at Christchurch airport almost two hours and a half late yesterday afternoon and will not return to Melbourne until 8.30 a.m. today—a delay of about 18J hours. It is believed that a mechanical fault was the cause of the long delay. Letters In Evidence In support of an application before the No. 9 Transport Licensing Authority by Midland Motorways Services, Ltd., for an extension of its route on the Main North road, counsel (Mr W F. Brown) produced a letter from the North Papanui-Styx Residents’ Association asking for the extended service. Objecting for the Christchurch Transport Board. Mr J. G. Hutchison produced a similar letter in his evidence. Mr Hutchison’s letter akked the Transport Board for the new service. The handwriting and the dates of the letters were the same. Shirley Gymnasium The Cabinet has given its approval to the provision of a £ for £ subsidy on the cost of erecting a full-size gymnasium measuring 70ft by 40ft at Shirley Boys’ High School. Advice of this decision was given to Mr N. G. Pickering, member of Parliament for St. Albans, yesterday afternoon by the Minister of Education (Mr Skoglund). The provision of the subsidy is in accordance with present Government policy. The Parent-Teacher Association has already raised almost the whole of the local contribution of *£400.—(F.0.0.R.) Maori Late The Maori, delayed by a gale force wind, was 40 minutes late arriving at Lyttelton yesterday morning. The express to Dunedin and Invercargill was held at Christchurch to enable passengers from the ferry to connect Planetarium Pupils Three hundred and sixty-five pupils were “put through” the new Canterbury Planetarium yesterday, which was the first day for school sessions. Museum education officers took two primary schools’ upper forms in the morning and in the afternoon four parties from the Cashmere High School (which has a planetarium operator on the staff) had lessons. “They were all fascin- . ated,” said the senior education officer (Mr Rhys Griffiths). Vegetables Dearer Vegetables were slightly dearer in the Christchurch produce mar- , kets yesterday. Cauliflowers from Qamaru were 10s to 15s a sack and spring cabbage was 7s to 10s : 6d a sack. Oamaru lettuce were 12s to 18s a dozen. Local hothouse , lettuce were dearer at 21s to 24s a dozen. Loctk hothouse tomatoes . were much dearer than those . from the North' Island. North Island tomatoes made from 2s lOd to 3s 9d per lb, while local tomai toes ranged from 6s 6d to 7s 3d per lb. ’ Airdrop Off With unfavourable weather forecast over Campbell Island during the next two days, the supply drop by a Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighter > from Christchurch yesterday was postponed indefinitely. The aircraft flew back to its base at i Whenuapai. Originally the aircraft should have left for Inver- . cargill and thence to Campbell Island on Tuesday but a technical fault delayed the Bristol for , a day. The delivery of mail and * food for the island’s residents will now have to wait until another ‘ aircraft becomes available. * Bus Route Altered - The Wharenui bus service, be- , ginning* on Monday, will operate i by a new route. The bu, will run s via Riccarton avenue, Deans . avenue; Blenheim road, Picton . avenue and Elizabeth street It will return via the same route. . The school bus which leaves Cathedral square at 8.15 am. will conj tinue to run via Riccarton road, ’ Picton avenue and Elizabeth * street In The Air Discussion at the Automobile Association (Canterbury) council meeting last evening was rang- , ing around a proposal to put a ; flat on the roof of the association’s new building. “The secretary (Mr E. S. Palliser) does not mind so long as we leave room on the roof for a. heliport,” said the . president (Mr £ R Casbolt).