General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29742, 8 February 1962, Page 12

General News

Table Talk ‘‘We very nearly starved at the hotel we are staying at in Christchurch,” Mr A. McDonaM, of Sydney, told trie dinner at Lyttelton last evening to celebrate the centenary of the borough. ‘‘We had six members of Parliament at the table with us and it took a long time to pass anything. I am pleased to relate that they have gone back to Wellington. Everything will be all right now.” Destabilised Among the Russian competitors in an international ski contest at Chamonix last week was Talina Korzukhina, who finished nineteenth in a special slalom. The veterans remembered her from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. California. Then she was known as Stalina.— Geneva, February 7. ♦ Methodist Bishop A Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America (Dr Gerald Kennedy), who will speak in Christchurch on Sunday, has been rated as one of the 10 best preachers in the United States. He is forceful, sometimes provocative and always original. Dr. Kennedy is bishop in charge of the jurisdiction of Los Angeles. Recently he was presiding bishop of the whole Methodist Episcopal Church of America, which has about 5.700,000 members. He will preach at the St. Albans Methodist Church on Sunday morning and speak at a public meeting in the Durham Street Methodist Church after the evening service. Fourth Generation _ When 12-year-old Juliette started school th'is"week,~slie was the fourth generation of her family to attend St. Mary’s. The record started in 1861 when Juliette’s maternal great-grandmother, Mrs Agnes Brogan, started school at the age of five. A son, Ignatius Francis Whitaker, was the next generation and he was followed by his daughter, Noeline Mary, who is Juliette’s mother. Coast Blackberries The first blackberries of the season from the West Coast were sold for Is 8d a pound in the city produce markets yesterday. Strawberries sold at 2s 9d to 4s 5d a punnet, and tomatoes at 6d to Is 5d a pound. Carrots were slightly dearer at 15s a sack, and cultured mushrooms brought 7s 6d a pound. Extra Holiday A large Hutt Valley manufacturing concern is to give its staff a paid holiday on Tuesday, April 24, providing the staff maintains a reasonable production level and attendance record in the meantime. The attention of the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce and Industry was drawn to this recently when another large Hutt Valley firm inquired if anything was being done in industry to close down on April 24, which falls between Easter Monday and Anzac Day. A spokesman for an engineering firm said it was permissible under union awards for an employer to change Anniversary Day with another day as a paid holiday, providing it met with the approval of the staff.—(P.A.) Show Exhibits At least 56 Australian firms would exhibit at the Auckland Easter Show this year, the Minister for Trade (Mr John McEwen) said today. The Australian pavilion had been re-design-ed to make more display space available, he said. Two of Australia’s leading industrial designers had developed a co-ordinated display. Goods to be shown included textiles. dummy radio isotopes, biological products, a library of books, cars, parts and accessories, electrical equipment, plastics, foodstuffs, wines and power and machine tools.—Canberra, Feb. 7.