General News

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29271, 1 August 1960, Page 10

General News

Women And Trouble Lady Hillary agrees with Sir Vivian Fuchs that women would be more trouble than they were worth in the Antarctic. “I couldn't agree more,” she said at Whenuapai on Saturday when she and Sir Edmund Hillary returned from a two-months trip overseas. But Lady Hillary has no plans to go to the Antarctic. Instead, she and Mrs June Mulgrew, wife of Sub-Lieutenant Peter Mulgrew, are leading a sixwoman "walkabout” expedition into the Himalayas next February, and they will be independent of their husbands’ scientific expedition, with no plans for “snowman” hunting—just “fun.” —(PA.) By Air To Ploughing Southland ploughing enthusiasts were at the national ploughing championships at Washdyke on Saturday in less time then spectators who motored from Christchurch. Mr E. Gutschlag, of Waikaka, and his 12-year-61d son and Mr D. Jenkins, of Kelso, boarded a Cessna piloted by Mr I. Ritchie at Gore at 9.30 a.m. An hour and 10 minutes later they stepped out of the aircraft in a paddock adjoining the match ground and climbed over the fence. Mr Ritchie had initially intended landing at the nearby Timaru airport, but put down near the ploughing field when he saw a landing place even more handy. Guides For Samoa Three Samoan Girl Guide leaders arrived in Auckland in the Tofua yesterday to spend three months at the guide training centre at Marton. They are Mrs Faafeai Thompson, Miss Melesete Leo and Miss Sia Esene. —(P.A.) Claims And Propaganda Sir Edmufid Hillary is sceptical of Communist Chinese claims to have climbed Everest from the difficult northern side. “Perhaps they did: but, quite frankly, I’m a bit sceptical,” he said on Saturday night. “There is so much propaganda, that you don’t know where things begin and where they end. I have always been a supporter of the idea of climbing it from the northern side. Up to 28,000 feet the slopes are easier than the southern side, but the last 1000 feet is pretty steep. If they did it without oxygen, they did extremely well. But nobody has really heard anything and people would like to know a whole lot more.”—(P.A.) Sightseers At Lyttelton The fine day yesterday brought many visitors to Lyttelton. The sightseeing bays by the side of the Summit road and the roads overlooking Lyttelton harbour were crowded with cars, and in the port itself, many persons strolled on the wharfs.Wool Board In Auckland Members of the Wool Board arrived in Auckland yesterday to begin their four-day August meeting in the city today. For many years it has been the board’s policy to hold one monthly meeting a year outside Wellington. This is the second time it has met in Auckland.—(P.A.)