General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29767, 9 March 1962, Page 12

General News

Milk Money During a discussion on the need for an underpass or flyover in Moorhouse avenue at the council meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, it was suggested that the Christchurch City Council’s £lOO,OOO from the sale of its shares in the Christchurch Milk Company should be used for this “urgent work.” To date, the money has been sought for the airport runway extension, town hall, flyover, English Park improvements, Boon Hay library and for improvements for streets, footpaths and gutters. Two Too Many Two American tourists staying in a motel missed having eggs for breakfast in Auckland yesterday. They asked at a grocery store for four eggs, and were told: “We only sell them by the half dozen.” They replied that only tour eggs were needed and would not be forced into buying two more than they needed. With that, they walked out. The shopkeeper explained: "Most shops in Auckland would not sell less than six as the eggs were in cartons.”—(PA.) Firearms Safety A striking poster has been printed and distributed to publicise the firearms Safety week which will open in Christchurch next week. The poster depicts a hunter with pack and rifle in the mountains, in the last hour of the day. The rifle, carried horizontally at waist level, and the silhouette of the hunter, cast the long shadow of a cross on the ground, effectively conveying the message that the possible price of carelessness with firearms is death or serious injury. Normal Intersection Asked by the police prosecutor (Sergeant V. F. Townshend) if the intersection near his home was a normal Christchurch intersection a witness giving evidence in the Magisrtrate's Court yesterday on an accident at the comer, replied that it was. "There is on the average one accident a week,” he said. Chamber To Chamber A message of deep appreciation for the way in which Christchurch has extended its hospitality to United States civilians and servicemen. has been sent to the president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce (Mr P. Mac Shane), by the president of the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, South Carolina (Mr Preston S. Marchant). The message starts: “Greetings from the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce,” and goes on to offer its services and help to Christchurch if ever they should be required. Special mention is made of the goodwill created by the visit of Mr A I. R. Jamieson, the manager of Christchurch international airport. Oyster Dispensation Mrs Aggie Grey, proprietor of the famous Aggie’s Hotel in Apia, and the “good part” of James Miohener’s Bloody Mary of “South Pacific,” left Wellington for Sydney last night happy because she had already eaten some of this season’s Bluff oysters. She always times her visits to members of her family in New Zealand to coincide with the oyster season—and she always insists on going to Bluff to eat them. This visit she arrived in Bluff and found no oysters. "I was so disappointed that one of the men got some especially for me,” she said. “Now I can go home happy.”—(PA.) Dogs On Trains Provision for guide dogs to accompany their blind owners on railway services is made in an amendment to the Rail Regulations gazetted today The amendment is a result of an Auckland request from a woman whose job depended on her being accompanied by her seeingeye dog between suburbs. A Railways official said that, so far, there were only one or two such dogs in New Zealand.—(PA.) Motorist Escapes Motorists had a narrow escape yesterday at the Municipal Association conference in Auckland. A Mosgiel remit seeking to Increase the annual driver’s licence fee from 5s to 7s fid was narrowly defeated. Auckland City Council delegates supported the proposal, but Mr H. J Dewe (Feilding) struck a telling blow against the increase when he said: “The poor old motorist is the easiest target tor taxation in this country. I don't see why the local bodies should add further to his burdens."—(PA.)