General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29911, 27 August 1962, Page 8

General News

Wool Prices Figures are now available to allow a comparison to be made between prices paid for wool at the first Christchurch sale last Monday and at the same sale of the 1961-62 season. The catalogues of two of the brokers averaged between 2d and 3d per lb less than last year. In on’ case there was a decline from 37JSd last year to 34.37 d on Monday and for the other catalogue the average fell from 36.64 d to 34.12 d. Another firm reported that the average for its catalogue had dropped by barely Id from 34.79 d to 33.8 d—the relative smallness of this decline being apparently due to an increase in the proportion of fleece wool included in the catalogue. One Man’s Meat... “I could eat two metres (6ft 6jin) of salami easily, provided I had something to wash it down,” boasted Louis le Bellour, a retired policeman, aged 55. When egged into proving it, he did so, the Associated Press reported. But the next day he was dead. The autopsy showed the cause was indigestion.—(Lorient (France), August 24.) Water Ski Kite Title A Rotorua water ski-ier, I. Todd, won the first water ski kite championship on Lake Rotorua on Saturday with a height of 80ft. The kite event was a climax to the Rotorua Aqua Ski-iers’ Club’s third open winter slalom championships. Second in the kite event although he crashed from 60ft was an Invercargill ski-ier N. Kennedy. He was unhurt. The senior men’s slalom went to R. Fulton, of Auckland, and the senior women’s event was won by Miss L. Potts, of Waiuku. The junior winner was Miss E. Biggins, of Auckland.— (P.A.) Shod, To Boot Police are searching for the owner of the oddest piece of lost property ever brought in an artificial leg, complete 'with a well-worn boot.—Borg (Denmark), August 24. Water Shield The results of protection [tests with water sprinklers on fruit trees in the Roxburgh area will be closely watched this year by the Department of Agriculture. Mr D. W. Wilson, the Department’s horticulture officer at Roxburgh said it was hoped this more detailed information on the system of frost protection would be made available at the end of the year. Over seven years, the total cost of fighting frosts with fire pots, including labour, depreciation, maintenance and fuel, has been Is lid a half case of apricots. Vineyards In Otago Grape vines will be planted in Central Otago this season, but the results will not be known for another four or five years. The Otago Development Council is backing the project Grapes have not been grown commercially in the district since the goldmining days. Three hundred vine plants have been given by a Hawke's Bay firm for trials in Central Otago. Gas Investigation The potential market for Kapuni natural gas will be investigated in Wanganui this week by experts from the United States. Two men, probably conversion ' engineers. would visit Wanganui, the manager of the Wanganui Gasworks (Mr S. J. Ireland) said. They were visiting all centres to which natural gas would be piped and would try to assess the demand Shell, B P-. and Todd Oil Services. Ltd., is sponsoring the investigations.

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The West German Defence Ministry has officially announced, the change of name of Fernmeldeinstandsetzungskompanien—a signal repair company to Fernmeldenachschubundiinstandisetzun g skompan.ien signal support and repair company.— (London, August 25).