General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30042, 29 January 1963, Page 12

General News

Cold, Cold Oxmri said the ‘Guarihan.” At cemeteries wwwwt TdwvVwi tntC are taHtwr th*** days to dig a grave which normally take* only two days: “toiling down through rock-bartkoS with only conventfoftiu trc pick** axe being the most useful." It added that in Russia, where the freeze may be expected evary year, the rale is to keep bodies in storage until the thaw comes, though holdtag (Ke funeral service soon after death. “Perhaps this will partly explain the growth of cremation there,” said Perfurther most here too if this weather-, reappears often.”— (London, January 28.) Heavy Traffic Bumper-tobumper traffic queues up to seven miles long formed on the main road from early yesterday afternoon (Anoiwrsarji Day) as thousands of motorists heeded home from beach resorts north "of Auckland. A Transport Department officer out directing traffic until nearly 9 pm. said the flow was the heaviest this summer. Motor. So's traveling too close to the car in front were the cause of three “concertina” coUtaions. No-one was hurt Four City Council traffic department officers on point duty and three officers in patrol cars were oh duty in Tamaki drive to control traffic while the Anniversary Day regatta was in progress.—(P.A.) More To Eat Trans-Australia Airlines has extended its flight menu on shorter journeys, such as between Sydney and Melbourne, to include mixed grills, and a wide range of poultry with special salads in hot weather. Grilled cutlets have been added to traditional bacon and eggs for breakfast, and on some Mel-bourne-Perth flights main meals now include horsd’oeuvres, sweets, cheese and greens and complimentary sherry, cocktail, or tomato juice. Frying Thieves Thieves who seemingly felt there was .more value in food than monetary gain recently broke into the open fish market in Wellington. Taking only a few pennies, the thieves helped themselves to a whole fish and, using the owner’s frying pan, cooked it in his kitchen. When the owner opened his premises the next morning he found the dirty plates, knives and forks, and the fish head.’ Spruce>up Suggested One of the first heraldings of the impending Royal visit to Christchurch appeared 'at a New Regent street drycleaning establishment yesterday; “Royalty arrives February 16,” said a sign painted on the window. “Have your best suit cleaned now.” Hotel Glasses The new soz (beer) and 3|oz (nip) glasses will be in the hotels by the middle of March. A total of 480.000 7oz beer glasses, with the Hotel Association of New Zealand emblem on the sides, has now been distributed to hotels. The Crown Crystal Glass Proprietary, Ltd., of Hornby, is making the glasses on a machine which can produce from 42 to 65 glasses a minute. The emblem is printed on the sides in ceramic paint The glasses are then put in an oven which fuses the emblem into the glass. The run of soz and 3joz glasses will start in early March, Another run of 7oz glasses will be required and the HA.N.Z. will later place an order for new Boz beer glasses. Well Stocked City markets were well stocked with both fruit and vegetables yesterday, . stone fruit being in the keenest demand. Carrots at 7s to 14s a case and potatoes at 7s to 10s were moot plentiful of the vegetables while peaches, to Ils 6d a case, apricots, to 255, and plums, to 8s for cooking and 29s for dessert, were the moist popular fruits. First Bred In South A Doberman dog has given birth to a litter of what, is believed to be the first pups from championship stock born in the South Island. Their owner, Mrs D. D. McCarthy, of Opoho, said that to her knowledge, there Were only three adult Dobermans in the South Island and none of these had bad litters. The pups, five bitches and four dogs, are from Baluga Storm Tint Pearl by Bowersmoor Sancho. Rugby Emblem The emblem on ties and blazers worn by the English Rugby team to tour New Zealand and Australia this year will combine the Rugby emblems of those countries with the rose of England The motif will be in silver on a blue ground. This information was received yesterday by the executive of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, which approved a request to use the silver fern.—(PA.)