General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29480, 5 April 1961, Page 14

General News

I Balls In Tree When cutting rotten wood ; from a copper beech tree in Christchurch recently a man found two golf balls, one of = which was well preserved, embedded in the trunk of the tree. A large low branch had been trimmed from the tree 12 to 13 years ago, said the owner of the property, and the rotted wood was being removed to prevent I further decay. The bails .were about three inches in- ’ i side the trunk’s outer edge. l lt is thought that the balls r; have been there for about jj 40 years as the present , owners have been in the 1 house for 11 years and those , before them for 25 years. . Neither owner has played ’ golf on the lawn in that ! time. The balls are of the 1 ■ same composition as modem . I balls—lead centre with rub--5 ber wound around it. This i design was first used about .. 80 years ago. J Blood From Rangiora . I Blood donations totalling ! 115 were received by the ’•mobile unit of the North Canterbury Blood Trans- | fusion Service at Rangiora last week, This compared » with 103 donations at the . unit’s last visit six months ago. Thirty-five of those who ‘;gave blood were new donors. Easter Traffic 1 i "Traffic heavier than ever ■ land driving generally good,” ,:said the Transport Depart- • ment’s Chief Traffic Officer ■ (Mr E. Wilson) summing up ; Easter traffic yesterday. The good weather had probably helped keep the road death t toll for Canterbury down, he [ said. There were three deaths. 1 Hei Hei Library ! The sum of £69 has been > raised by the sale of mystery ,: envelopes for the new Hei |Hei Children’s Library. More '.than 600 envelopes with i orders on Christchurch and . local district firms sold out rapidly. The committee has ‘■expressed its appreciation to ! all who supported the effort. J £20,303 For Bank . Up to 5 p.m. yesterday, the sum of £20.303 had been : promised for investment in > the proposed Canterbury , Trustee Savings Bank, passing the target the bank’s in- ■ terim committee had set > itself before making submis- . sions to the Minister of ’ Finance (Mr Lake) for the I bank’s official, establishment. Further promises of money will be received up to the time the Minister is ! approached. This is expected I to take place in about 10 days. No Oysters There were still no oysters ’ on sale in Christchurch fish 1 shops yesterday because of heavy seas in Foveaux Strait at Easter. Limited supplies 1 of most varieties of fish i were available. Gurnard sold at from 3s to 3s 8d a pound, tarakihi at 3s 6d a pound, ling at 2s 6d n pound, groper at 4s 6d a pound and flounders at 4s 6d a pound Defence Review ; The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) said last night that he reported to the Cabinet in " detail yesterday on the in- . formation he learned in • recent defence discussions in the United Kingdom. He had been asked at - his press eon- . ference how long it would be before the Government’s re- ’ view of defence was ready I Mr Holyoake said he had de- , fence talks with Mr Macmil- , lan, the "liniste. of Defence > (Mr Watkinson) and the I Chief of the Defence Staff | (Admiral Earl Mountbatten > I Mr Holyoake said the defence review would go to the r defence committee before it f came to the Cabinet.—(P.A.)