General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30043, 30 January 1963, Page 10

General News

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The “Financial Times” tells the story of a woman journalist who, leaving London tar a few days abroad, rang her husband’s office from the airport. Speaking to his new secretary, she said: “Will you teU Mr Blank that I forgot to plug in the alarm clock on his side of the bed?" “Oh, yea,” replied the secretary, “and who should I say called?’’—(London January 29.) Open Early The gates at Riccarton will be opened at 10 am. on the day of the Royal race meeting on February 16, the secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club (Mr F. T. H. BeU) announced yesterday afternoon. The first race will start at 1.30 pm. It has also been decided to make provision at some windows in the doubles totalisators for patrons to make early investments on the main race of the day, the Queen Elizabeth II Handicap. Arrangements for the meeting are well in hand, but there are "still quite a lot of details to be settled yet,” Mr BeU said. Brief Lapse Hundreds of Christchurch people who have not yet succumbed to television would like to do so for just three days in the middle of Feb-ruary—-the 16th, 17th, and 18th—when the Queen will be in Christchurch. “The 'phone’s been running red hot,” said the manager of a big television hire Ann. “But we threw them out of gear rigftxt away because our minimum hire period is six months. A lot of them have signed up anyway. You can bet that everything that will show a picture will be out that week. There’ll be more ‘test viewing’ of new sets than there's ever been.” Flight Of Parts A United States Navy Hercules undergoing maintenance at McMurdo Sound was found to be in need of urgent parts not held in store at the Antarctic base. A message was sent to the United States Navy Antarctic advance base ait Christchurch airport and a Navy Skymaster took off on Monday evening to deliver them. The Skymaster arrived at McMurdo at 10.12 a.m. yesterday. The items were handed over to the servicing crews and after a rest for the crew the Skymester was expected to leave McMurdo at 10 p.m. yesterday for the 12 hour flight back to Christchurch. Heritage Picnic About 80 children and 36 mothers will be given a picnic at Hanmer Springs on Saturday. The children are those cared for by Heritage. Members of the local executive will accompany the party and arrangements for the picnic have been made with the co-operation of the Hanmer Springs branch of the Returned Services’ Association. Saturday's picnic is a revival of a tradition maintained oy Heritage for many years but which was dropped for a time. Holiday Flying From December 20 until January 13 the National Airways Corporation operated 2161 scheduled and 483 special flights throughout the Dominion. The nufqber of passengers carried was 65,920. In addition 774.0001 b of freight was carried and 196.1111 b of man.