General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30055, 13 February 1963, Page 12

General News

Memorial Ave. Seats Having allocated (mostly to elderly residents of the county) about 200 of the seats it will place on the grass at the corner of Memorial avenue and Ham road when the Queen arrives on Saturday morning, the Waimair; County Council is now offering 100 seats to the aged and infirm from anywhere. The 300 seats are being provided by the council for those who may not be able to go to more crowded localities. Fire Calls In answering 188 calls last month, the Christchurch Fire Brigade’s engines ran 4867 miles. Ln January of Last year 204 calls were answered. Actual fires last month were 59, there were two chimney fires and 65 herbage fires. Twelve of the 62 false alarms were malicious. Business Tension In the big cities of England, the United States and Australia, the race in business was to the fleet and the strong, said Mr A. E. Crotihall, general manager of a company with establishments in all four countries, in an address to the Canterbury division of the New Zealand Institute of Management last evening. “This brings an inexorable and inescapable tension in business. It is a grind that is very hard and wearing on the business executive, and takes it out of you. The executive in America made “a great noise about doing his business, rolling up his sleeves, and shouting that he was going to get into it. The English executive does not talk but quietly does his business.” Fish Skinner One ton of fish fillets every hour is the output of a Ger-man-made fish-skinning machine recently installed at New Zealand Fisheries, Ltd., Wellington. The fish are filleted by hand in the usual way and the fillets are fed along a rubber belt at one end of the machine. They come out on another belt minus their skins into a polythene lined carton. On a previous test the machine, which >is the first-of its kind in New Zealand, skinned a 481 b ling in 45 seconds. It is made to handle any type of fish found in New Zealand waters. Blood Call Fourteen donors of O positive blood were called on yesterday by the North Canterbury Blood Transfusion Service to meet the needs of a patient. The blood type is one of the commonest, and the blood bank is carrying a reasonably large supply, but this particular patient required fresh blood. More O positive donors will be called on today if necessary. Harbour Board Chair A visitor to the Christchurch Transport Board's board room recently noticed that the chairman’s chair had the back carved with the name and the arms of the Lyttelton Harbour Board and bore a silver plate inscribed: “Presented by Albert Kaye, Esquire, chairman of the board 1902-3, 1903-4, 1917-18, 1918-19.” Had the Harbour Board forgotten the chair? the visitor asked. No, it was left by design, not accident, the secretary-manager of the board (Mr A. L. Burk) explained yesterday. His board had been tenants of the Tramway Board, then the Tramway Board, now Transport Board, had required added office space, and a happy arrangement was made to share the board room. When his board moved to the new offices there was complete refurnishing, and the old chair would not fit in with the new building.