General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29832, 26 May 1962, Page 10

General News

In Good Company

The May 4 issue of “Current News,’’ a public information bulletin issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, reproduces a page of “The Press’’ of April 10 on which appeared Mr Colin S L. Keay’s monthly article on space progress. “Motion of Satellites Explained,” with the accompanying diagrams. The bulletin consists of facsimiles of informative articles culled from recent newspaper issues. Other papers represented in the May 4 bulletin include the “Washington Post,” “New York Times,” “Wall Street Journal.” "Chicago Tribune,” and "San Francisco Chronicle.” Park Fence Work on the new fence round South Hagley Park will begin on Monday The fence, of pipes and posts, will be placed around the park in Deans avenue and Moorhouse avenue. The area from the kerb to the new fence has been graded, and arrangements are being made to plant another 25 trees near the fence. Dome Removal One at the two-ton domes will be lifted off St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Cashel street, this morning to allow the stonework under it to be demolished. The dome, of wood and lead, is about 15ft in diameter and Bft high, and is about 90ft from the ground. A mobile crane will be used for the job, which is expected to take about an hour. After the work on the stonework has been completed, the dome will be lifted back. Holiday Traffic Present bookings would seem to indicate that air traffic through Christchurch airport over the Queen's Birthday week-end will not be quite as heavy as it was last year From June 1 to 4, inclusive, the National Airways Corporation will operate 30 special flights through Harewood —15 in and 15 out. The two heaviest days of the holiday period seem to be Friday and Monday. Bomb Destroyed A small, non-explosive bomb, found in a Timaru garage on Thursday, was destroyed at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station, Wigram, yesterday afternoon by the armament section. The finding of the bomb, which weighed about 101 b and is of a type used for practice, was reported to the Timaru police, and a R.N.Z.A.F vehicle brought it to Wigram. John Dory On Sale John Dory, a fish of Biblical significance, caused considerable interest when it was on sale in some Christchurch fish shops yesterday for the first time in many years Caught off the Kaikoura coast, the fish, which measured up to 18in in length, sold quickly. The John Dory is golden-yellow, with a very large head. It has a dark spot on each side, and is fabled to be the fish from which Peter took the tribute money, the spots representing the imprint of his thumb and finger. New School Block The Education Department e..pects that tenders for the new block of classrooms at the Mairehau High School will be called early in June. It has informed the school board that the completion date will be specified as midJanuary and that the block will be ready for the next school year. Segregation From London’s Tilbury Docks 74 live New Zealand white angora rabbits recently sailed to start a colony in West Africa, says the Port of London Authority’s monthly magazine, the “P.L.A. Monthly.” The 10 bucks and 64 does were selected from breeding establishments in the United Kingdom, and consigned to the agricultural inspector at Enugu, West Africa. The animals were shipped in individual hutches to make sure the number arriving in Africa was the same as the number shipped from Britain, the magazine says. Late Water-melons The last of the season’s water-melons, from Nelson, sold for about Is a pound in Christchurch markets yesterday. The demand was not great, as they were not expected to be available so late in the season. A small quantity of yams has been on sale all this week at 2s a pound, but it is only the start of the season for them and greater supplies are expected soon Film For Festival A film produced by a member of the Dunedin Cine Club, Mr A. Richardson, has been accepted for public showing in an international film festival in Johannesburg Entitled "Carnival,” it is a fantasy in colour set to music, embodying new techniques in tape synchronisation recently developed by Mr Richardson.—(PA.) Tourism Course Classes in hotel management and tourism will begin at the University of Hawaii later this year. They will be the first of their kind in the Pacific. Those taking the course will be instructed in business management, with particular emphasis on hotel management tourism, and the travel trades. The school will confer bachelor of business administration degrees on those students who pass the course. Mr L. Snyder, president of the University of Hawaii. and the late Mr M. T. Wermel, dean of the College of Business Administration, formulated the programme. i