General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29626, 23 September 1961, Page 10

General News

Exceptions “My wife tells me nurses are only slightly better off than London poliqemen in one respect—London policemen are not allowed to run at all whereas, I understand, a nttrse is permitted to run in case of fire or hemorrhage.” Lord Cobham addressing graduating nurses in the Wellington Town Hall last night—(PA.)

Street Appeal More than £lBOO was collected by the Christchurch Free Kindergarten Association in its fiftieth annual Daffodil Day street appeal and raffle yesterday. This was about £5OO below the figure collected last year, said the president (Mrs A. F, Johnson) last evening. “The association is disappointed a: the result of the appeal, especially as it was our jubilee year,” she said.

Light Industry A “powerful” speech by Mr A. E. Allen (Auckland) caused laughter at the last day of the annual conference of the Electrical Supply Authorities’ Association of New Zealand yesterday. “I think the conference has generated light where it generated heat yesterday. I thank Mr Rennie (the president) for generating authority,” Mr Allen said. Halswell Sewerage A decision that it would be uneconomical to pump sewage from Halswell to Christchurch was made by the Halswell County Council’s consulting engineers and not by the Christchurch Drainage Board as was stated in yesterday’s report of the council meeting. The council’s engineers said in a letter to the council they were completing their report on the provision of a separate treatment plant at Halswell. All Or None Commodore Donald Maclean, master of the Queen Elizabeth, was asked by a wealthy Texan passenger whether he could buy the ship. He became very insistent about it. ”1 am sorry but that’s impossible,” said the commodore. “You see she is pert of a set.”—London, September 22. Weather Changes Wind direction and temperature changed very rapidly in Christchurch yesterday. Up to 6.40 pun. a strong north-westerly blew, reaching a maximum average velocity of 40 miles an hour at 10 a.m. The maximum temperature in the afternoon was 62 degrees. A short shower caused the temperature to drop 10 degrees in 10 minutes at 5 p.m., and there was another drop to 42 degrees when the wind suddenly changed to the south-west at 6.40 p.m. After another two hours the wind gradually changed to the north, reaching that quarter at 9.30 p.m. X-Ray Figures The Health Department's two mobile units and one static unit X-rayed 424 persons in Christchurch yesterday, bringing the total for the survey to 27,524.