General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30054, 12 February 1963, Page 12

General News

Cat Took Off An attempt to use a cat to take a string through a culvert ended in failure. An application from the chairman of the Ashley County Council (Mr J. V. McCracken) to’ put a polythene pipe through a culvert to carry water under Haylands road, was granted at a meeting of the council. Cr. A. C. W. Mclntosh warned Mr McCracken not to do what a friend of his did, when he tied a string to the pipe and attached it to his cat to pull it through the culvert. “He put the cat in and it wouldn't come out so he put the dog in after it,” said Cr. Mclntosh. “The oat took off but he forgot to hold on to the string.” Tour Seating Seating has been arranged for the elderly or infirm on Ri"carton road on Saturday, on the route of the Royal drive. The Riccarton Borough Council has invited applications for tickets for the seats. Applications must be made before the borough council office closses tomorrow. Simple Objection The shortest objection dealt with by the by-laws and town planning committee of the Lower Hutt City Council revealed refreshing candour, and uncluttered simplicity. It read: “Re .he future development of Hutt City. We object to the council taking our property. Yours faithfully. . . .” Upended The sporting commentator, Rex Alseton, let his tongue run away with him while describing the downfall of a player during the England v. Ireland Rugby match at the week-end, and out slipped a four-letter word and a three-letter word, said the “Daily Mail.” In a cooler moment, it said, he might have said the player fell “base over apex.”—London February 11. P.M. 59; Mr Nash 81 The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) was 59 yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Nash) will be 81 today.—(P.A.) Royal Viscount The National Airways Corporation Viscount to be used by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh for the flight from Dunedin to Christchurch on Saturday was yesterday put into a hangar at Christchurch airport, where a service crew began making the necessary modifications. The chief alterations are the installation of two double unit seats facing each other on the port side, and a flower box on the starboard side in the Royal cabin. The flight from Dunedin will take one hour 45 minutes. The Viscount will be taken back to the hangar and the special installation will be dismantled for its return to normal service. Students’ Fees Evening school students at the Christchurch Technical College liable for departmental fees will in future have maintenance and material charges remitted to them, the college’s board of managers decided last evening. The principal, Mr D. W. Lyall, said some students were paying up to £lO in fees, and a further £2 or £3 a year in maintenance charges. While the board could do nothing to alter the fees, it could remit the other charges, he said. Mr G. Manning said he felt the fees were an injustice. Other members agreed. Carpet For Royalty A carpet for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to walk on across the footpath into the Christchurch Cathedral when they attend morning service on Sunday has been lent to the Cathedral chapter by Overseas Carpets, Ltd. The carpet is of gold fleur-de-lis pattern on a red background. The company also made the carpet which the Canterbury Jockey Club purchased for the box to be occupied by the Queen and the Duke at Riccarton racecourse on Saturday. Additions To Parks An area of 3735 acres in the Tawera County has been added to the Arthur’s Pass National Park by an Order-in-Council gazetted last week. State forest land of an area of 860 acres in the Westland district has been added to Westland National Park. Parts of two reserves in the Okarito and Whataroa districts have been excluded from Westland National Park.

Mr J. L, O’Callaghan has been appointed health inspector to the borough of Riccarton.