General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29803, 21 April 1962, Page 10

General News

Riccarton Enclosure

There will be only one enclosure at Riccarton for the Canterbury Jockey Club's autumn meeting which will begin on Monday and all future meetings of the CJ.C. A general admittance charge of 5s would replace the old charges of 2s for the outside enclosure and 7s for the inside enclosure, said the secretary of the C.J.C. Ur F. iT. H. Bell) yesterday. The dividing fence has been removed. Additional betting facilities would be made available at the doubles totalisator. which had frontages on both enclosures. Mr Bell said. Easter Air Travel There were 132 National Airways Corporation aircraft movements through Christchurch airport on Good Friday and on Thursday. Over the two-day period 4869 passengers were cairied. Most passengers travelled on April 19 when the figure was 2723. 577 more than on Good Friday. Extended Joke An April Fool's Day joke which lasted for 17 days in Wellington ended this week A wire cage and “road works” notice placed over a fire-iplug near the Western Park Hotel in Tinakori road, before noon on April 1, were removed by City Council staff.

New Waitomo Cave

A large new cave, with an arch about 60 feet high and said to be the most beautiful and varied cave they have seen has been discovered in the Waitomo area by the Hamilton Tomo Group. Access is very difficult and* requires much equipment ‘ The cave was discovered during a systematic search of holes around the Waitomo stream headwaters Misshapen Players Mae West came into a discussion on the protective covering an injured player is allowed to wear during the Rugby Referees’ Association’s conference in Hamilton yes-1

terday, Mr C. H. Williams' (Wellington) said a note for a referee’s guidance that he could accept the assurance of a captain that his team was complying with the law was supplemented in a British book that said it did not abrogate the responsibility of the referee to notice anything amiss "If you see anyone looking like Mae West’s brother you are not excused from the responsibility of asking why he is misshapen.” said Mr Williams.

Airport Car Park Parking for more than 110,000 cars has been provided at Christchurch International Airport since the car park opened six months ago. This figure is well above expectation. Yearling Purchase Friday, April 13, will long be remembered by Mr lan Caldwell, owner of t’’ j record-priced 15. tOOgns yearling, Columbia Star On that day Mr Caldwell decided to reduce insurance on, Columbia Star from £15.000, to £lO.OOO. Four days later; Columbia Star was killed in a i Randwick trams collision. I With the £lO,OOO insurance l cheque, at the yearling sales on Thursday Mt Caldwell bought the highest priced yearling for 7000gns. Like Columbia Star, ‘he yearling L a son of Star Kingdom and the same stud submitted the colt.—(Sydney April 20.’ Testing Fitness A former competitive road cyclist. M Finey. starting at 8.45 a.m. yesterday, travelled 15 times from Mission Bay to Parnell and back, a distance of 150 miles He finished at 6 p.m. when his wife urged him to stop. Finey, who retired from competitive cycling after an injury in 1958. said he made the journey to test his fitness He was the Australian 125 miles champion in 1955 and won a three-day race at Thames in 1958—(P. A ) Gillies Medal The British Association of Plastic Surgeons has struck its own medal to acknowledge work done by eminent men in the field of plastic surgery. The medal commemorates a New Zealander Sir Harold Gillies, the “father of plastic surgery" who died in 1960. The Gillies Memorial Medal is to be pre-' sented annually and the! first holder is Profesor Pom-| fret Kilner. Emeritus Nuffield■: professor of plastic surgery J Oxford

Traffic Fines Business was brisk at the Papakura Magistrates Cour' early this week. It was not a good day for traffic offenders Mr Stewart Hardy. S M.. took only 70 minutes to impose penalties totalling more than £lOOO on 78 offenders I Fines totalling £BB6 and costs £ll7. Pacific Trade Garlic and old newspapers are included in the wide range of New Zealand goods sold in New Guinea smce the establishment of a regular shipping service. In the last three months New Guinea purchased dairy produce, frozen and canned meat canned vegetables. ktt- ; set furniture and newsprint. A small but grow ing trade has resulted since regular «h:ppmg strives were begun t> Tahiti Purchases in the last eight months include hardboard dowelling, bdx shocks. sand- . an< J engin'- spares, in addition to New Zealand i foods.