General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29651, 23 October 1961, Page 10

General News

Two Sides A frustrated London businessman abandoned his car in a non-parking area and left this note:”I have circled this block 20 times. I have an appointment and must keep it. Forgive us our trespasses.” Returning 40 minutes later, he found this note pinned to his steering wheel; “I have circled this block for 20 years. If I don’t give you a ticket I’ll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation.” Taupo Fire A heavy pall of smoke hung over Lake Taupo as a huge scrub fire blazed on a land development block near Kuratau on the western side of the lake yesterday. Tuwharatoa Rural Fire Officers kept a watch on the outbreak, but no danger was foreseen. The scrub is on a block being developed for the Lands and Survey Department by a Cambridge contractor, Mr J. Low. Mr Low and his staff, away for the week-end, were being sought yesterday to return to the area just in case the fire should get out of control and spread to the nearby Wareroa scenic bush reserve.—(PA.) Darts Record Scoring 1,000,001 points in 9hr 18m in, an eight-member team of the Cabana Dart Club, Napier, in a special attempt on the world darts record cut 6hr 24min off the previous time of 15hr 42min. The attempt began at 8 a.m. on Saturday and ended at 5.18 p.m. with double- one. At the end of their effort, the players became erratic through fatigue and it took several throws to achieve the double to finish with. Ratification of the time will be sought by the Hawke’s Bay Darts Association from the world body. Five adding machines were kept busy during the day totalling the points. Members of the team were:—L. Willis. R. Willis, R. Beach. D. Gempton. L. Cording, R. Boyd. P. Boyd and M. Kawhe.—(P.A.) Railway Exchanges All railway stations in each railway district in the North Island will be linked up by automatic telephone exchanges early next year, said Mr J. A. Fraser, Railways Department communications engineer, in Taumarunui. The latest exchange to be installed is in the Taumarunui distoict and will be used for the first time today. Other districts in the North Island yet to get exchanges are Whangarei. New Plymouth and Stratford. Mr Fraser said that when the scheme was completed all stations and districts would be linked and would be independent of outside exchanges. This would give quicker service and greater efficiency.—(P.A..) Tourists In Britain The tourist trade became Britain’s fourth largest export in 1960, says the British Travel Association in its annual report. Tourist earnings were £4om higher than the export of electrical machinery and £ssm more than the overseas sales of new motor - cars. Altogether, £273m, including fare payments to British cartiers on international routes, was spent by the 1,669,200 visitors to Britain in the year. Both the numbers of visitors and the revenue to Britain were up by about 20 per cent on 1959, says the association.