General News

Press, Volume CI, Issue 30004, 13 December 1962, Page 16

General News

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Cause To Remember

Counsel to witness in a Supreme Court divorce action yesterday: What day did you leave your husband? Petitioner: It was July 4. Counsel: Have you any reason to remember the exact date? Petitioner: Yes, it was Independence Day. Flight Cancelled Mechanical trouble has caused the projected transAntarctic flight by an Argentine Navy Dakota to be cancelled .according to advice received in Christchurch last evening. The Dakota was originally to have attempted the flight, from Ellsworth station on the Weddell Sea to McMurdo station, stopping at the South Pole on the way. on Tuesday. Drawings Of Birds A set of drawings of birds of the Auckland Islands by Dr. Edward Wilson, second in command on Scott’s last expedition, which have never been published, have been lent to the Dominion Museum in Wellington by the Scott Polar Research Institute, and are expected to be exhibited early next year. Dr. R. A. Falla, director of the museum said they were a set of 14 of exceptional quality, and it was hoped to include them in some topical exhibition. Roads Inspection

Roads in the northern portion of the South Island will be inspected by members of the National Roads Board next February. Leaving Wellington in the Aramoana on February 20, members will inspect county roads in the Marlborough area and travel State highway 63 from Nelson to Murchison. From there they will go to Hanmer Springs by way of the Lewis Pass, and will return to Blenheim by way of Kaikoura.—(P.A.) Yellow Road Lines Yellow may replace white as the colour for no-overtak-ing lines. The National Roads Board decided yesterday it would have trial yellow lines painted in two noading areas in the North and South Islands. It was reported that yellow markings were used in the United States and in one state in Australia. They were said to be more easily seen in fog. although the white lines

were considered easier to see at night. Road-painting machines could be adjusted to enable them to paint both yellow and white lines in a single operation, it was reported.—(P.A.)

Plankton In Lakes Research into plankton life In the alpine lakes of Tongariro National Park is planned this summer by Mr G. Rennison, of Auckland University. Initially. Mr Rennison and his assistants will try to establish if there is plankton life in the lakes. They will also study other life they may discover. This is the first time such research has been undertaken in the park. Three lakes on Mount Tongariro will be a centre for much of the work and the research workers will endeavour to find any traces of trout that were released in the lakes in the 1920’5. The research will begin soon after Christmas. —(P.A.)