General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29903, 17 August 1962, Page 10

General News

Mr Justice Cleary

The Supreme Court and members of the Law Society will pay formal tributes to the life and work of the late Mr Justice Cleary at a special ceremony in the court at 10 a.m. today- Mr Justice Cleary, a judge of the Court of Appeal died in Wellington on Wednesday.

M.P.s’ Secret Fears

A 25-yeac-old sociologist. Miss Mary Drayton, who is making a survey of fear, has asked every member of Parliament to name his or her secret fear, says the “Daily Mail.” She has promised not to reveal what individual members fear, "but,” said Miss Drayton, "the replies I’ve had so far are very interesting. There is one member who can’t bear the sight of uncooked liver. All his fears are connected with [liver, being smothered with [liver, slapped with liver, and [so on. Then there’s a CabI inet Minister who can’t bear ,to drive behind a lorry. He ihas quite an unreasonable fear that the tailboard is I going to fall off lam longing to hear from others.” — London. August 16.

Unfamiliar Flag An unfamiliar flag flying on the foremast of the Federal Steam Navigation Company's 8277-ton cargo liner, fXirrey, attracted considerable interest as the vessel berthed at Lyttelton yesterday. According to the master, Captain J. D. Hellings. it is the Surrey county flag which was presented to the ship about a year ago by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, the High Sheriff and the Surrey County Council. It depicts the Surrey coat of arms—a blue-black background with a white and gold divided stripe across the centre. Until the present voyage, the flag had not been flown by the ship in New Zealand waters. “Just Missed II” “I was nearly cleaned up tonight coming to this council meeting.” said Cr. A. R. Blank, when the Waimairi County Council was discussing give-way signs last evening “I just missed it at the give-way sign on Jeffreys road when coming to this meeting to discuss this very matter.” The council was discussing a recommendation to replace the give-way sign at the Weka street-Tui street intersection with a compulsory stop sign "because of the confusion caused ?. public misunderstanding. “The trouble is that they den , take any notice of give-way signs,” said Cr. Blank. “They should be stop signs, or nothing. I thoroughly agree with the recommendation.” The recommendation was adopted.

Bright Lights The New Zealand Industries Fair was an occasion of bright lights, the Deputy Prime Minister- (Mr Marshall) was saying as he officially opened the 1962 fair last evening when a newspaper photographer used a flash bulb on his camera. "I am getting used*to the bright lights, even the lights for television—the latest addition to civilisation, if you can call it that." Mr Marshall was being filmed for television, being broadcast, and reported for the newspapers at the opening. Telephone Appeal

"My name is Elizabeth. I am six years old and I’m in bed with the chickenpox, but I want to give my shilling to the blind.” From throughout New Zealand, from the Chatham Islands, from Samoa and Australia, children and adults picked up telephones tonight and dialled numbers in Wellington and the Hutt Valley to announce their donations to help the blind. Late tonight the amount had been pushed to £6442 in what is believed to be New Zealand's biggest ever radio telephone appeal. Mr A. N. F. Reidy, president of the Wellington Jaycees, who have spent five months planning the appeal, described the operation as “our greatest undertaking in reecnt years.” -(P.A.)

Warmer Afternoons

A warm afternoon followed a double-figure frost in Christchurch yesterday. A frost of 10 Ideg. was recorded at the Botanic Gardens, and the maximum temperature there in the afternoon was 61deg. At Harewood, there was a frost reading of 10.8 deg. The temperature at the airport in the afternoon was 58deg. On Wednesday a frost of 11 Ideg was recorded at the Botanic Gardens and Io.4deg. at Harewood. Christchurch has had 11 frosts this August, the most severe being 13.9 deg. Name Tag To identify the Shirley Boys’ High School more clearly, it has been suggested to the board of governors that some form of signi be erected on the frontage. Wrought iron work, lettered flower pots, and stonework have been mentioned. The! board decided to ask the; school’s art classes for suggestions. Sun Savings A solar healer designed! for one kilowatt useful heat I output could supply in Newl Zealand 2000 kilowatts useful heat a year, worth (in Wellington) £67 at domestic tariff. £24 a’ commercial space heating tariff. £l7 at industrial water heating tariff (small installations), and £lO (large installations). Mr S. A Vincze. a Wellington consulting engineer, told delegates to the tenth Science Congress. during a lecture on "Recent New Zealand Developments in Connexion with Solar Heat Collectors,” yesterday.