General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30062, 21 February 1963, Page 14

General News

Dangerous Tablets A white cardboard box lost in the River road area yesterday afternoon contains 14 yellow tablets which would be dangerous if eaten by children. The police ask any person finding the box to get in touch with the nearest police station immediately.

Mystery Unsolved

The aircraft which was reported to have crashed off the coast ot Kaikoura on Monday remains a mystery. The police said last evening that inquiries had failed to determine any aircraft overdue or reported as missing. A suggestion that the aircraft might have come from Auckland had been largely discounted by last evening. Oyster Supplies Small quantities of shelled oysters were available in city fish shops yesterday at 2s 6d a dozen. No oysters were offered for auction yesterday. Case For Ombudsman A suggestion was made to “The Press” yesterday that in Christchurch there was a classic case for the Ombudsman (Sir Guy Powles). A ratepayer said that the Christchurch Drainage Board’s difficulties with the Crown about a pipeline under extensions to the Cashmere High School should be referred to the Ombudsman, who was appointed to resolve just such problems. “We had not thought of that one,” said an officer of the board, “but ho other action is contemplated until we have a reply to our further representations to the Minister of Health." Random Retesting

The proposal for the random retesting of a number of licensed drivers each year, made by the Automobile Association (Canterbury) as a means of raising driving standards, will be considered by the whole South Island Motor Union at its half-yearly meeting in Christchurch. Besides driving tests, it is suggested that selected motorists be examined on the traffic regulations. Colonials New Zealanders did not feel they were part of this hemisphere when it came to test cricket, the Melbourne “Sun News-Pictorial” columnist, Keith Dunstan, said today. Dunstan, who is covering the Royal tour, said: “When the Queen and Prince Philip were in New Zealand, people ran alongside the Royal car calling out the scores. It would be ‘we’re ail out’ or ‘we’re four for 200’; by ‘we’ of course, they meant England. The New Zealanders, you will be sorry to hear, don’t feel that they are part of this hemisphere.” —(Melbourne, February 20). Sponsored TV There was no reason why there should not be sponsored television programmes in New Zealand, said Mr Selwyn Toogood at the annual meeting of the Christchurch Junior Chamber last evening. Advertisers had served New Zealand’s radio listeners very well for many years, he said, and there was no reason why this achievement could not be repeated on television. Artist’s Success The landscape artist, Douglas Badcock, of Queenstown, has sold 81 of 91 paintings he has in an exhibition in an Auckland store since the exhibition opened on Tuesday afternoon. The total value of the paintings sold so far is £2640 15s—(P.A.) Right-Hand Rule The South Island Motor Union will be asked next month to “affirm its approval of the present right-hand rule and rescind any resolution to the contrary.” The remit is from the Automobile Association (Southland). Some other associations have discussed a return to the former absolute right-hand rule which made no exceptions