General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30073, 6 March 1963, Page 12

General News

Sportsmanship

Riflemen at Trentham for the National Rifle Association’s meeting were staggered yesterday by the sportsmanship of one of the two entrants from Kenya. After shooting a series of bulls over one of the long ranges in the morning, H. H. Hawkind challenged the marking of one of them. The shot was marked down from five to four. Had he said nothingchallengers are usually made only when there is possibility of higher marking—he would have finished with a possible 50. Instead he finished with a 48 and out of the money.—(PA.)

Rail-car Held Up The early morning rail-car from Christchurch to Greymouth did not arrive until BJS am. yesterday, two hours and a half late. The cause of the delay was the derailment of *a waggon on a goods train near Rolleston. The rail-car was unable to proceed until the waggon had been placed back on the rails and moved off the main line. An auxiliary rail-car was sent -from Greymouth to Ross and bock on scheduled time and passengers on the railcar from Christchurch, who had to go south, were taken by bus. Port Labour Short Labour was short at Lyttelton yesterday. Two vessels, the Holmburn and Konini, were idle, and when the motor-vessel Tarawera, with 13,000 cases of island bananas, arrived in th? afternoon, there was no labour available for her. The Melbourne Star, at anchor off the heads since Monday, was joined by the Japanese freighter, Alaska Maru, and the Dutch trader, Tjitarum. After the departure of the Port Wyndham for Aden last evening, the Melbourne Star came into a berth, but three coastal vessels, the Storm, Holmdale, and Moanui, will join the others at anchor today. A further complication was a rail waggon shortage which caused a ban on overtime discharging. Leaving For U.S. Five aircraft which have been taking part in United States Antarctic operations will leave Christchurch Airport today for the United States. Four Hercules will leave at hourly intervals from 10.30 am. It is expected they will arrive at their base at Quonset Point together. Tomorrow a Boeing 707 of the Military Air Transport Service will take 75 passengers to the United States. Cost Of Speeding Exceeding 30 miles an hour cost 96 motorists a total of £333 in fines when convictions were entered in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, with costs £1 10s in each case. The prosecutions were brought by the Christchurch City Council traffic department and the majority of offenders were checked by micro-wave units. The department now operates three units in the city.

Distraction So loud was the noise from work going on outside the Christchurch Transport Board room yesterday that members of the Christchurch Regional Planning Authority had great difficulty in following proceedings of their meeting. Mr J. H. Weaver, representing the County Council, objected to the noise, at the start of the meeting. “I might as well not be here for all I can hear,” he said. The Christchurch Transport Board representative (Mir J. F. Fardefl) told members he had done his best to get the noise stopped for the meeting, but without success. Support For Test A written test for driver’s licence applicants would ensure uniformity throughout the country and would receive his full support, the Dunedin City Council traffic superintendent (Mr P. Dunn) said yesterday. He was referring to a scheme recommended by a special committee which is based on a simple but comprehensive schedule of 150 or more questions. “It provides a standardised test throughout New Zealand,” he said. .“At present a motorist may not get his licence in one area whereas in another, perhaps a country district, he will have no trouble at all.”— (P.A.) Rural Zone The Christchurch Regional Planning Authority has carried out a land use survey in the Eyre county and Kaiapoi borough, and other work has been started on the preparation of a further section of the regional planning scheme. This will establish the rural zone and urban boundaries in the area. Banana Prices The retail price of bananas is now is per lb in main cities and boroughs and is OJd per lb in all other areas. A Press Association report in Saturday’s issue incorrectly gave the price for all other areas as "6d per lb dearer than that for main cities and boroughs.”