General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30072, 5 March 1963, Page 12

General News

Quorum Borrowed Yesterday’s meeting of the reserves committee of the Christchurch City Council had to borrow a member from the Christchurch Transport Board meeting to make up a quorum. The Transport Board’s meeting was interrupted at 4.25 p.m. by a message from the Council Chambers asking whether Cr. H. E. Denton, Cr. R H. Stillwell or Cr. R G. Brown could be released so that the reserves committee could start its meeting. Past and present members of the council who were at the Transport Board meeting could not remember a similar occurrence for many years. Quick Delivery The principal of Hillmorton High School, Mr O. W. G. Lewis is wondering whether the Education Department hae achieved a record for speed. A request for an issue of extra chairs and tables was made by telephone at 10 a.m. One hour later, a truck pulled up with the required order. "I hadn’t even had time to write a formal application,” he told a meeting of the school’s board of governors, last evening. Wool For Australia It may sound like sending coals to Newcastle, but it is understood that more than 2000 bales of wool purchased at the last Christchurch wool sale is going to Australia. A reference to the purchase is made in the latest weekly newsletter called "This Week in Wool,*’ published in Australia by Delgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd. It says that an unusual feature of the Christchurch sale was the purchase of wool in the 56's to 56/58's bracket for shipment to Tasmania. Small quantities of coarser wools quite frequently go to Australia for the carpet trade, but the movement to Australia of a quantity like this is regarded as unusual, particularly in that it comprises wools in the finer qualitiesTrade With U.K. It was often heard today that British businessmen were dissatisfied with the amount of goods which New Zealand bought from them, and he wanted to refute the contention that New Zealand was not buying as much as she sold to Britain, said the Minister of Customs (Mr Shelton) last evening. Speaking at the annual conference of the New Zealand Wholesale Hardware Guilds’ Federation at the Winter Garden, Mr Shelton said that up to the end of June last year, New Zealand spent £l3m more in Great Britain than Great Britain spent in New Zealand. Port Busy Labour was short and several vessels were only partly-manned at Lyttelton yesterday. The Melbourne Star anchored off the heads to await a berth and the coaster, Konini, which berthed in the afternoon, was idle. There are nine overseas and three coastal vessels berthed and the departure last evening of the coasters, Holmlea and Picton, did little to ease the congestion. More overseas vessels are due today.