General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29716, 9 January 1962, Page 10

General News

Lottery Winner A New Zealand ticketholder today won £lO,OOO in a Melbourne lottery. The winning ticket, number 4386. was taken in the name of "Mrs M.D., Wairakei, works camp. New Zealand." Trampers Safe Three trampers overdue at Waitaha were brought to safety by a search party early yesterday morning The search party consisted of Constable L. Phillips and seven Ross residents. The trampers, two young men and a woman, 6n a one-day climb on 5000 ft Mount Allan at the head of the Waitaha valley, were overtaken by darkness. They were Mr Barry Rankin, aged 23, of Hokitika: Mr Leslie Linklater, aged 17. of Hokitika, and Miss Leonie Duke, aged 18, of Christchurch. Th# night was fine and calm and the trampers suffered no ill effects.—(FO.O.R.) Chief Scout In N.Z. The Chief Scout for the Commonwealth (Sir Charles Mac Lean) last evening realised a vow he made during a visit to New Zealand as a student in 1936—t0 return to the Dominion. Sir Charles Mac Lean, who arrived in Auckland by air last evening, will leave for Dunedin today to attend the scout jamboree in Dunedin.—(P.A.) Pig Stolen A pig worth £7 7s was killed and stolen from the property of Mr E. G. Chilton, of Belfast road, Belfast, early on Monday morning. The loss was discovered at 6 a.m. by Mr Chilton when he found traces of blood and entrails in the yard. Apparently the pig was killed and carried through wheat fields to a vehicle on Belfast road. This is the second theft of a pig in the Waimairi area within a fortnight. The police are making inquiries. Old Gold Coins Found . A schoolgirl playing in a ditch found a jar containing 288 gold coins dating back 10 centuries. The director of the Islamic Excavations Department (Dr. Gamal Uddin Mehrez) ordered the site guarded and said there was a possibility the treasure of Caliph Al Moezz, who conquered Egypt 10 centuries ago, might be discovered. — (Cairo, January 8.) Softball Duo A mother-daughter combination in Wellington women's sport, Mrs Eva Goodall, aged 38, and her daughter, Marie Knight, aged 20, has advanced to the international sphere. Both have been selected for the New Zealand women’s softball team to play Australia in the first test later this month.— (P.A.) Black Marlin Caught A 16-year-old boy, W S. Simpern, the son of a Keri Keri orchardist, caught the first black marlin of the Bay of Islands swordfish season yesterday. The fish weighed 8361 b and was caught on a 1301 b line in one hour and 25 minutes from Mr A. Fuller’s launch, Lady Doreen. —(P.A.) Dairy Study The Japanese Embassy announced yesterday that a young Japanese had been invited to New Zealand by the Dairy Board to study all aspects of the dairy industry. He is Mr Setsuo Takenaka, of Meiji Milk Products. Tokyo, and he will arrive in Wellington on January 15.—(P.A.) Island Bananas Twenty-two thousand cases of bananas from the Pacific Islands and a small shipment of pawpaws and water-mel-ons will be discharged from the Matua at Lyttelton today. About 8000 cases of bananas will be for Christchurch. After ripening at the produce markets, the fruit will be on sale in the shops early next week.