General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30091, 27 March 1963, Page 12

General News

Muggy Evening. Relatively high humidity, little wind, and high temperatures combined to make last evening oppressive. The Meteorological Office at Hatewood said it was unusual for the 50 to 66 per cent, humidities experienced last evening to occur during a nor’wester. In addition there was little wind, and the temperature remained between 70 and 75 degrees throughout the evening. Illegitimate Births Illegitimate births in New Zealand last year totalled 5235, according to the Abstract of Statistics. This figure compares with 4156 the previous year, and is more than twice the figure of 10 years earlier. The 1962 figure represented 8.04 per cent, of all live births, compared with 6.35 per cent, the previous year. This percentage has risen every year since 1953, whei' the figure was 4.77 per cent Chemistry Research A sum of £3779 Is 8d will be paid to the University of Otago for furtherance of research in chemistry from the estate of the late Mrs E. C Mellor. This is part of Mrs Mellor’s bequest under which royalties on certain books by Dr. J. W. Mellor have been paid to the university since her death. These royalties are expected to continue. Recommendations for the use of the money were approved in principle yesterday by the university council. These included the establishment of a Mellor fellowship on the lines of the William Evans visiting professorship but with the emphasis on research.—(PA.) Old Cottage. Richmond Cottage, a nineteenth century stone house which has been moved from its original site to near the middle of New Plymouth, will be opened on Saturday by Mr H. P. Richmond, Q.C., of Auckland, who was born in the cottage 85 years ago. Mr Rigby Allan, curator of the Taranaki Museum, said it was a coincidence that it should be Mr Richmond’s birthday that day.—(PA.) Good Catch Two Waiuku fishermen caught 24 snapper, with a total weight of 225 pounds, in 90 minutes. Mr F. G. Waters and his son, William, did the fishing in one of the small channels west of Seagrove, on the Manukau Harbour. The catch included one 2Mb snapper, four 17-pound-ers, one 16-pounder and 10 ranging from nine to 121 b, besides numerous smaller ones Outward Bound Photographs from New Zealand’s Outward Bound school are among 200 in an exhibition in London opened today by Field Marshall Sir Gerald Templar. He said that, since 1945, some 45,000 boys and girls had been through the organisation’s ■ training. The opening was attended by Sir Thomas Mac- , donald, New Zealand’s High Commissioner. London, : March 26. : Ship Colour Change Seafarers the world over t have been accustomed over the last 80 years to recognise 1 Shaw Savill ships by their ; black hulls with white riband. , The change to light grey was ’ first made in the Southern ’ Cross then in the Northern i Star and the Megantic followed this trend. Now. a further change is that the I Medic’s light grey hull will i not have the white riband first introduced in the 1880’s and ' thought to be a relic of the ■ white gunports of sailing , ships.—London, March 26. Personal Items Mr R. W. G. Emery, who was appointed manager of tb“ Auckland international airport at Mangere a year ago, will leave today on a * tour of the United States, Britain, the Continent and Australia to study airport administration. He will at- . tend a course on airport man- , agement in the United States ’ and expects to be away for . six months.—(P.A.) Dr. M. M. Burns, principal ' of Lincoln College, has been invited to attend the ninth ; session of the International i Advisory Committee on Re- : search in the natural sciences i programme of U.N.E.S.C.O. in • Ottawa between June 3 and . June 7.