General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29830, 24 May 1962, Page 12

General News

Over The Border The Minister of Works (Mr Goosman) was welcomed to the Heathcote county by the county chairman (Mr R. A. Young) yesterday afternoon. A few minutes later. Mr Goosman was in the Lyttelton borough to receive a welcome by the Mayor (Mr J. B. Collett), but he saw nothing of the borough or the port. His quick transfer was [made by truck through the road tunnel to the face, which iis now well into the LyttelIton borough’s territorial area. School Exercise An addition to the curi riculum at Westport schools i and colleges this week is [training for orderly evacua- ■ tion. if needed, during severe ; earthquake shocks Pupils [have been trained to shelter | underneath desks in case of I heavy shocks rather than : cause congestion by leaving I classrooms in a disorderly manner At one school everyc e but the teacher felt a moderate shock, but she was soon made aware of the earthquake by the dash for good positions under the furniture. Keeping Money South

“You have just heard a discussion on how power is going up to Auckland and; being sold below cost—l im- j plore you gentlemen not to 1 let your money go up to Auckland,’’ said Mr G. R. Burrowes. to members of the Canterbury Progress League last evening, when inviting deposits in the CanterburyTrustee Savings Bank. Ten thousand brochures inviting deposits in the bank would be circulated soon. Mr Burrowes said. The sum of j £200.000 was needed Enrolment Tags The Mairehau High School is the first to announce that this year it will require the latest primary school report with applications for enrolment next year The prospectus approved yesterday also says “single enrolment only is acceptable at this school." The application form includes an “understanding' that if application is made also to any other postprimary school, that to Mairehau will become invalid. Gas Worry The hope that Rotorua’s "killer-gas” would be corked up before the next annual conference of the New Zealand Milk Authorities' Asso-i jciation was expressed by the [president 'Mr H S Delves) | at the conference in Christ-; church yesterday An invitation from the Rotorua delegate had been accepted last year, but as one member pointed out, “the gas hadn’t been discovered then.” A further invitation was received to bold the 1964 conference in Dunedin. Meyer Lemons Meyer lemons, a thinskinned juicy variety from the North Island, are in good supply in the city markets this week. They are selling at 25s a case compared with 50s for Lisbon lemons, the standard New Zealand variety. Chinese gooseberries and tree tomatoes, also from the North Island, are in keen demand and yesterday sold in the shops at 2s and Is 6d a pound respectively. Brief Protest A short-lived protest made early yesterday morning was a sign reading “No NZ. troops for Thailand’’ painted on the office building occupied by'the United States Consular Agent in Christchurch. Mr W. G. Quirk. The sign was removed soon after ■it was discovered. There will (only be a slight trace of green paint for Mr Quirk to see when he returns from Wellington. A similar sign. “Hands off Cuba and Laos.” was painted on the building last May , Antarctic Aircraft The Otter aircraft originally ! used during the transAntarctic expedition in 1957-58 will land at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station. Wigram. tomorrow At the end of the expedition’s ; operations the Otter was purchased by the United States, but last year i* was damaged by a snocat at Scott Base. It was then purchased by the R.N Z.A.F. and brought to New Zealand for repairs I The Otter will be flown to I Wigram from Woodbourne by jthe officer commanding the [flying training wing at ;Wigram (Wing Commander ‘M. S Gunton)

Made Good j A Queenslander who has ; made good in New Zealand, i the AH Black half-back. D , M Connor, today was among | those who met a New Zea- ! lander who has made good I in Queensland. Mr D. E Nichj olson. Speaker of the State I Legislature Mr Nicholson, i born at Mount Bruce in th-e I Wairarapa, said at a State reI ception to the team in BrisIbane that he arrived in Australia as a New Zealand representative cyclist and liked the place so much he has not been back to his homeland since Mr Nicholson and his twin brother. Ron went to Australia in 1926 to enter in the Sydney six-day cycle race. His brother now lives in Sydney. Their mother. Mrs , M Nicholson, aged 92. still lives m Wanganui.—(Brisbane, May 23.) Big Smile The widest smile among the All Blacks yesterday belonged to W Nathan He had 1 just been told he had won' his first tes: jersey for NewZealand and that he had been! !issued with a new set of; travellers' cheques Nathan? lost his wallet containing the cheques on the first stage of the tour—between Wellington Airport and the team’s hotel in Sydney He has been presented with an amount equal to that which he lost—(Brisbane, May 23.)