General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29467, 20 March 1961, Page 14

General News

Struggling Student “I never thought that w’hen I was struggling through my accountancy examinations that I would be here addressing you in this capacity,” said the Minister of Finance (Mr Lake) at a seminar of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries in Ashburton on Saturday. "As one who sat beside you during those days,” said Mr R. G. Pearce, “neither did I.” No Conclusion “If every economist in the w’orld was laid end to end no conclusion would be reached. This,” said Mr A. R. Low, assistant governor of the Reserve Bank, “is one of the many nasty comments made about economists.” Mr Low was speaking at a convention of the Independent Grocers’ Alliance. Taxation Reduction The Government had promised to reduce taxation, said the Minister of Finance (Mr Lake) when discussing the high level of direct taxation at a seminar of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries held in Ashburton on Saturday. “I do not say we will do it this year, but in three, six, nine, or 12 years,” he said. Sump Trouble Three dead cats, seven dead dogs and a number of •dead fowls were found in a sump used by the Kaiapoi Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1926. The chairman of the Fire Service Council (Mr S. S. Dean) gave this information when he opened the brigade’s new station on Saturday afternoon. He said that in 1925 the brigade decided, after a demonstration, to buy a new fire engine. The next year, however, it was reported that while the brigade was efficient there was no water in the sumps because of fouling of the strainers by drains, tins, and mud deposited by youngsters. Before Or After? The French Rugby team will drink wine every day while on tour in New Zealand this season Mr T H. Pearce, president of the Auckland Rugby Union, told an Auckland Rugby club recently that the New Zealand Rugby Union had contracted to supply each of the tourists with one litre of wine, about 1? pints, a dav. The cost will be about £7OO. Well Seasoned After having stored several bales of bamboo cane on its premises for the last five or six years, a Wellington firm of cartage contractors has at last decided to do something about them. It has advertised that it believes the bamboo belongs to a Christchurch firm and if the bales are not claimed by the end of this week they will be sold bv auction Concert Cancelled The bass-baritone singer Kim Borg had to cancel his concert in Christchurch or Saturday evening because of an illness which had forced him to cancel a concert ir Wellington last Thursday M r Borg visited a Christchurch specialist on Saturday morning and was forbidden tn sing It is honed that he wiV be sufficiently recovered tn sing in Dunedin this evening and in Christchurch for his second concert on Wednesday evening Persons who had tickets for Saturday’s recital will be able to have them transferred for the Wednesday performance or the money refunded. Personal Items Mr Hugh Watt, the former Minister of Works, left Auckland by air for the United States yesterday on a •hree-month tour of America and Europe In America, as the holder of a State Depar*ment foreign leader grant, he will visit main cities studying slum clearance, housing and transport problems (P A.) Mr V W Wilson (South Canterbury) was elected a life member at the annual conference of the New Zealand Federation of School Committees’ Associations in Wanganui on Saturday.— (PA.) Mr L. Christie has been re-elected president of the South Island Publicity Association Mr H. P. Smith was elected vice-president Two Injured In Collision Two persons suffered head injuries and were admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital after two cars collided at the corner of Colombo street and Moorhouse avenue about 9 15 p.m on Saturday. They are Mr Reginald Thomas Barker and Mrs P Barker, of 221 Riccarton road They were taken by St. John ambulance to the Christchurch Hospital and then were transferred to the Princess Margaret Hospital Their condition was reported last evening as satisfactory. Boy Knocked Off Bicycle Head injuries were suffered by a boy when his bicycle was involved in a collision with a power-cycle in Cranford street about 12.25 p.m on Saturday. He is William Woods, of 30 Edgeware road He was taken by St. John ambulance to the Christchurch Hospital and was later transferred to the Princess Margaret Hospital His condition was reported last evening as satisfactory. ,

Missing Girl Found.—A 14-year-old girl, Valerie Schroder, who had been missing from her home at 12 Ruskin street, Addington, since Friday, was found in Timaru yesterday.