General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29827, 21 May 1962, Page 10

General News

Wrestler,' Too A wrestling match between T. N. Wolfe (New Zealand), at lOst 71b, and a Manly Club forward, at 16st 101 b won by the New Zealander with a body press, was the highlight of a day of relaxation for the All Blacks at Manly Beach, Sydney, yesterday. The All Blacks were guests of Manly Rugby Union 'Football Club at a barbecue ■ Wolfe’s opponent, a wrestler not unknown in the Sydney professional ring, was no match for the New Zealander. The All Blacks leave for Brisbane, and the third match of their tour—against Queensland —today.— (Sydney. May 20) Savings Bank Promises have been made for deposits amounting to i more than £65.000 for the Canterbury Savings Bank It is expected that if the present rate vf deposit promises continues, and if premises are available, the bank will open on August 1, The sum of £200.000 is required before the bank is permitted to open History Recalled « One person who attended 'an adult education seminar on the sub-Antarctic islands ’ of New Zealand on the week'end had an interesting conI nexion with the maritirfe 1 history of these islands. She iis Mrs E B Day. of Christ- ! church, whose great-grand-father was Captain William Best, of Port Chalmers, master of the steamer Kakanui. which disappeared on a voyage from Macquarie Island to Bluff in 1891 The Kakanui. a small 83-ton steamer with a crew of 10. left Bluff on December 22. 1890, under charter to the New Zealand Government for the relief jf a penguin-oiling gang on Macquarie Island She reached Macquarie Island on January 2. 1891. and after taking aboard eight members of the oiling gang, left on January 3 in a rough sea She was never heard of again Exhibition Popular More than 250 persons an hour visited the Good Design Exhibition in the Durham street Art Gallery yesterday afternoon The exhibition was open from 2 p.m to 5 pm. and 786 persons visited it ' During the four days and a half the exhibition has been open, 4342 persons have attended it Fewer Left More Auckland boys and fewer girls than usual left school in the term holidays to take jobs. Auckland vocational guidance officers said some of the boys were afraid of a tightening up of employment and felt it mighbe easier to get a job m their holidays than it would be against stiffer competition in December. Girls were resisting economic inducements more, realising that if competition for /positions became greater they would do best if they remained at school and gained higher qualifications.—(P.A.) Banana Shipment About 25.500 cases of bananas from Samoa, Tonga and Fiji were brought to Auckland in the Tofua which arrived from the Pacific Islands yesterday—<P A.) Interesting Find An interesting find made in the old abandoned castaways depot on Antipodes Island in 1950 by Mr E G Turbott, a member of a scientific party then on the island, was described .by Mr Tdrbott at an adult education seminar on the subAntarctic islands during the week-end. This was a wooden pipe with a silver band round the stem, inscribed with a series of tracts written in 10 languages’ for sailors of those days "One shipwrecked party marooned on the Antipodes failed to find the castaways depot, and lived on limpets for some months, although they could have had threepiece tweed suits and pipes with silver bands round them." said Mr Turbott. Hot Ironing Board A few lawnmower parts, an old ironing board and a discarded two-stroke motor have been used by three schoolboys in Kamo, Northland, to build a motor trolley The slightly reconditioned motor operates with a belt to the transmission of an old drum-type lawnmower without its blades. The trolley, which has a speed of 10 miles an hour, is steered by means of a system of ropes and pulleys and a spring-loaded clutch disengages the drive should the driver fall out.