General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29518, 20 May 1961, Page 10

General News

Back To School

All primary, and some post-primary. State schools in Canterbury will start the second term of the year on Monday. Other post-primary schools will start later in the week.

Advice To Police “In police work, it is important to gain the confidence and co-operation of the -law-abiding section of the community.” Mr E. J. C Hay told the Hay police recruit wing at its graduation ceremony at Trentham this week. “The public and press are quick to recognise any good work done by the police, but are as quick to question any action which appears to involve a departure from recognised practice.” he said.

Number Plates What will probably be the last five-yearly issue of new number plates will begin on June 1, the Post Office's relicensing month. It is expected that permanent number plates as used in Britain will be issued in 1966. This year’s new plates will have black figures on a yellow background. Wellington will have the lower number plates. beginning from No. 1. which will bci issued to a private hire car. -(PA.)

Book Designs The collection of books selected to represent New Zealand in the International Book Design Exhibition in London is now being displayed in the vestibule of the Canterbury Public Library This group is being circulated throughout the country by the Alexander Turnbull Library before the actual entry is sent to England. The Canterbury Public Library has other copies of all the books in its loan collections.

Schoo! Lunches The New Zealand Education Boards’ Association has approached the Education Department for a subsidy towards the cost of providing hot lunches in schools where children have to travel long distances. This approach was made at the request of the Otago Education Board, it was reported at the board’s monthly meeting. The chair-i man (Mr D. W. Meldrum)! considered there would be general approval if the money spent on the milk-in-schools scheme could go towards hot lunches in schools. (P.A.)

£liu Milk Subsidy The subsidy on milk for the year ended August 31, 1960. was £4.898.802. The New Zealand Milk Board, in its annual report, says the' cost of a gallon of milk was 55.741 d, made up of payments to producers (32.916 d handling surplus production <2.91 Id), cartage from farm (1.575 d treatment and bottling (6.164 d distribution <11.502d), administration costs (,673d). Sales to consumers and other realisations brought 36.412 d, leaving al subsidy of 19.329 d on everyl gallon, or 2.4 d on every pint]

Scotch Herrings For the first time in two years, at least one Christchurch fish shop has for sale salted herrings imported from Scotland. They sold yesterday at 3s 6d a pound. 'Small quantities only are available. Locally caught fish of all varieties, except flatfish and groper, was in good supply at the markets yesterday. It is not yet known when the next shipment of oysters will arrive. Crayfish are still scarce.

Traffic Lights Work on the installation of traffic lights at the intersection of Fendalton and Ham roads had almost been completed. and it was hoped to have the lights operating next week, said the Waimairi County Council engineer (Mr J. T. L. Couper). The lights had not yet been fixed in their proper positions, but this should be done by this week-end.

Family Post Office For 61 years the Pukehou Post Office, near Napier—the only one in New Zealand with VR. plates still on the post box—has been run bv one family. This record will come to an end when Mrs E I. Donald retires on May 31 Her family has controlled the nost office since 1899. when Mr A. D Priest started it in a room in his house. The post office is to be transferred to a store run by Mr N Forsyth.

Vegetables Plentiful Cabbages and cauliflowers were in abundance at the Christchurch produce markets yesterday, resulting in a drop in prices. Cabbages sold yesterday from 2s to 5s a sack, and cauliflowers from 2s to 5s a case. Locally grown pumpkin is reasonably cheap, selling between 6s and 12s a sack, depending 2J? s:2e of the sack There was a keen demand rcr the small quantity of spinach offered, and it sold at Ils a case, which i= n’gher than average Mo“ other varieties of vegetable* were plentiful.

Ship Touches Bar wT? £^ gh ' er Da sei - , ’° ns of P3 l-aro a I coal for Japan, touched the — r as '* !eft ! ■ the port on Thursday aftel noon The 4000-ton freighter' 1° ne ., of ‘ he latest vessels m iv-sit Greymouth for som-> I e ;». SOU . n u ded its whistle to ( ”fL c h at f boHom had touched the bar. as it cleared •■he port entrance. The h’ghwater bar depth was 21 ft Bin »ut a heavy swell at the entrance to the harbour is beLeved to have been a contributing fac'or to the ship touching—rp a ) p