General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29508, 9 May 1961, Page 14

General News

Court Recording A hi-9 tape recorder of the latest model recorded evidence at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, Gisborne, yesterday morning. Mr L. N. Ritchie, S.M., plans to use the machine at further hearings if trial experiments with it prove successful. A playback of the tape used gave a clear reproduction of proceedings, including footfalls of witnesses taking the stand and an occasional cough in the court room. Serial numbers noted during the recording will allow a playback of the tape from any place. Mr Ritchie’s machine, if it proves itself, could be used in the hearings in Courts between Whakatane and Wairoa, the district in which he resides.—(P.A.) Licence Inspections When radiq licence inspectors visited the Syden-ham-Woolston area last week, they found as small a proportion of unlicensed sets as anywhere else in the city. Of the 175 households where someone was found at home, only 15 lacked a licence. During the week. 233 new licences were taken out in the Christchurch postal area. “Siddown” “When I hear New Zealanders read aloud I know we are not taught to value language.” the beadmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School, Mr T. U. Wells, said yesterday. Addressing the Association of the Heads of Independent Schools of New Zealand, he said: “We are not taught to attend to the shape of words—or we could not be guilty of such slurred speech as ‘twenny-for’ and ‘siddown’.”—(P.A.) Rain Stops Work

Thick drizzle and rain interrupted cargo work on the Lyttelton waterfront yester-

day from about 8.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The coasters, Karu. River City, and Gale, and the British India Lines freighter. Palamcotta, were all delayed as a result, and will not sail until today. A heavy fog enveloped Lyttelton harbour yesterday morning, but visibility cleared rapidly until it was normal after midday. Shipping movements were light yesterday morning, only ' one vessel, the Union Com- 1 pany’s freighter, Kaimai, arriving about 9 am. Sbuth Seas Songs Five traditional songs—"Pokarekare” to represent. New Zealand, "Patu Patti! Ake” for Tahiti, “M ; noi : Minoi” for Samoa, “Isa Lei” for Fiji. and “Waltzing Matilda” for Australia—have been chosen for inclusion on a 7in record entitled “Songs! of the South Seas.” The songs are each meant to be typical of a country served by Tasman Empire Airways. Ltd., which will release the record soon to mark the airline’s twenty-first anniversary. Loan Of Picture A portrait of Mr John Howell, the first principal of Christchurch Technical College. and later principal of Wellington Technical College. will be lent by the Christchurch college to the Wellington college for its anniversary celebrations soon. This was decided at a meeting of the board of managers of the college • last evening in reply to a Wellington request. “As an old friend of John Howell’s I have much pleasure in moving that the portrait be lent.” said the Mayor (Mr G. Manning). Sockburn Subdivision

The Railways Department’s proposed subdivision of the plantation block at Sockburn was approved by the Paparua County Council last evening The department will build a new road from Curletts road to the south parallel to the main south railway line, and provide 22 industrial sections. Deep-Ray Therapy The desirability of the establishment of a deep-ray therapy plant in Waikato was mentioned by the chairman (Mr E. G. Guy> at yesterday’s Waikato Hospital Board meeting. Board delegates to the boards’ association conference in the South Island had been impressed with the plant in the Wakari Hospital, Dunedin There was no reason why Waikato people should have to travel sometimes hundreds of miles to Auckland for treatment. “We should not be ‘fobbed off’ merely because these facili. ties exist elsewhere in the Dominion,” said Mr Guy.— (PA.)