General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29974, 8 November 1962, Page 10

General News

Assembly Recorded

Tape recordings are being made of discussions during the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Wellington. Two workers will, during the 10 days of the assembly. tape about 50 onehour spools of the proceedings. The tapes will be edited and used as programmes for congregations. Members can also send a blank spool to the Church's headquarters to get a copy of a debate. Also recording the assembly are two minute clerks.—(P.A.) Cromwell’s Head Oliver Cromwell’s head is to remain permanently at Cambridge. After the controversy about a suitable resting place it has been disclosed that the relic has found a "final and appropriate resting place” buried within the chapel of the college at Cambridge of which Cromwell was a fellow commoner in 1616-1617. —(London, November 7.) Windy Conditions Working conditions at the Electricity Department’s new heavy equipment transit rtore at Timaru have not always been the best. Easterly winds have ravaged the foreshore and recent north-westerlies plucked more than two dozen aluminium sheets from the roof. Fixing the sheets is difficult in high winds. The contractors now work on one side or the other, depending on the direction of the wind.

Catholic Dispensation

Roman Catholics living in and visiting Christchurch on Friday (“People's Day’’ in carnival week) will be dispensed from the law of abstinence and may eat meat. An official of the church said last evening that the dispensation recognised the problems of many members on the holiday. Tunnel Speed A 30 miles-an-hour speed limit for all traffic using the Christchurch-Lyttelton road tunnel is favoured by the Commissioner of Transport (Mr A. E. Forsyth). He told the Road Tunnel Authority yesterday that a 25 miles an hour limit could lead to vehicles travelling too close and to queues. His suggestion was referred to the traffic committee. Plague Of Slugs

Christchurch gardeners cannot recall a season when infestation of their properties with slugs has been worse than in the last few weeks. Retailers report a heavy run on slug killers and homemade preparations have been under frequent discussion. One woman, after setting baits, picked up more than 600 slugs from a quarter-acre section. £25 For Town Hall "My committee has only limited funds and plenty of worthy school causes on which to spend them, but it is felt that a donation should be made to help create an amenity from which our present and future pupils will gain benefit,” said Mr K. G. King, treasurer of the Christchurch Girls’ High School Parent-Teacher Association, in a letter making a gift of £25 to Town Hail Promotion..

Pilot Honoured A gold pin with three diamonds has been awarded to Captain H. A. A. Kooper, pilot of the K.L.M. Douglas Liftmaster which won the handicap section of the London to Christchurch international air race in 1953. The award marked his completion of 25,000 flying hours. Mr E van der Beugel, president of K.LM., made the presentation to Captain Kooper and 95 other members of the company's flying staff at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.