General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29502, 2 May 1961, Page 12

General News

Wide And Handsome Fat men get some tips on how to look their best in the current “New Zealand Draper:” "Don’t wear fancy waistcoats, don’t wear a watch chain across your stomach, don't wear bowties, don’t grow a moustache or beard and don’t let your hair grow long.” Mean Theft While a schoolboy was collecting for C.0.R.5.0, in Wanganui on Saturday morning somebody collected his bicycle. He was the only one of many collectors who had a hard word for the public. Crowded Bars For the first time in 50 years patrons at the Avondale Jockey Club course were able to drink at bars on the course on Saturday. A special amendment to the Licensing Act allowed the club to operate bars, although the track is in a “dry” area. Although the garden bar for members and the public had accommodation for 600 drinkers, the new bar was fairly crowded, said the secretary of the club (Mr M. E. Rawson). The club would probably have to build more serving space. Special Service The fire brigade came te the rescue of a woman who arrived home last evening and found herself locked out of her third-floor flat in Riccarton road. She telephoned the brigade and firemen with a ladder arrived. A little later a fireman climbed the ladder and managed to get through a window, and let the woman in. Fish Supplies Most fish was in medium supply in Christchurch shops yesterday. Ling was in good supply, but oysters were not available, and it is not known when further supplies will arrive because of bad weather at Bluff. Ling sold from 2s to 2s 3d a lb, and groper from 3s to 4s. Flounder fillets ranged from 5s to 5s 6d, and gurnard fillets from 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Car In Quicksands The Muriwai Beach quicksands have swallowed up yet another car. A driver made a turn in the wrong direction on Saturday on the remote Rangiatea Beach, 30 miles from Muriwai, and he and his three companions had to stand by helplessly while the car sank into the sand. The men salvaged camping equipment, and a boat on a trailer. Attempts to salvage the £250 car failed.—(PA.) Maori Unit Wanted A resolution urging the Government to consider the formation of a Maori unit within the present Territorial Force organisation was passed at the annual conference of the Maori Battalion Association in Rotorua yesterday.—(PA.) Control Of Fishing In a bid for more unified control of fresh-water fishing, the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Gotz) will move to have the scientific control of fresh-water fishing transferred from the Marine Department to Internal Affairs. He announced this in Auckland yesterday to a deputation from the New Zealand Angling and Casting Association, which pressed for the Minister’s support in its plan to improve fresh-water fishing throughout the country. —(PA.) Graduation Parade Four pilots, five navigators and two signallers of No. 32 aircrew courses will receive their wings and brevets from the assistant Chief of Air Staff (Air Commodore R. J. Cohen) at a special graduation parade at Wigram tomorrow. Three squadrons will parade and during the general salute there will be a fly-past by three Harvards. Hawaiian Pineapples Moderate supplies of pineapples from Hawaii will be on sale in Christchurch produce markets today. Their wholesale price, which is fixed, will range from 40s 6d to 48s a carton. Tomatoes rose slightly in price yesterday because supplies were shorter. The price for best grades was Is 4d a lb. North Island kumeras were in moderate sunnl v.