General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30125, 8 May 1963, Page 14

General News

Greenstone Project The Westland Greenstone Company. Ltd., has completed th» installation of its machinery and has been in production for nearly a month, the secretary (Mr P. C. Blank) s_id yesterday. Five men were employed in making jewellery from greenstone mined in the valley of the Olderog ereek, a tributary of the Arahura river, he said It was not necessary to keep a yone continuously employed at the mine, as the factory already had enough stone to keep production going for some time, and enough for several further months’ work was ready at the mine The stone was brought out by helicopter Labour Improved A heavy labour shortage on the Lyttelton waterfront was reduced considerably yesterday and the departure of several vessels last evening should bring the situation to normal. Two vessels, the Navua and Holmwood, were idle for some of the day and the Hororata. Felis and Wairimu were short-manned. Not Satisfied Scientists in North America, as in other parts of the world are not always happy with their salaries Talking to the Canterbury section of the New Lealand Institute of Agricultural Science, Dr H C Smith, a plant pathologist of the Plant Diseases Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research who recently visited Canada and the United States, said research scientists in Canada were disappointed that they were not paid as much as their opposite numbers in the United States Similarly, scientists in the State departments of agriculture in the United States resented that they were not paid as well as workers in the Federal department of agriculture, and this latter group felt that they were not as well paid as those in the universities Dr Smith said that he felt that these revelations might surprise scientists in New Zealand Woman Juror For the second successive week there is a woman juror sitting on a case in the Supreme Court. Mrs J E Stewart was yesterday empanelled for a case concerning burglary Hamilton Imports Hamilton would be the sixth most important port of entry for New Zealand imports by the end of this financial year. Mr W . H Burrow, Collector of Customs, Hamilton, said this yesterday when commenting that his office had just collected its first £1 million in customs and excise duties and sales tax. Figures indicated that by the end of the financial year revenue collected at Hamilton would be greater than that collected at Invercargill, ' New Plymouth, Tauranga. Timaru, Wanganui. Gisborne, Nelson. Greymouth, Blenheim and Oamaru, as well as the other two newlycreated ports at Whangarei and Palmerston North.— (P.A > Diseases In April Nineteen cases of notifiable diseases were confirmed in the Christchurch health district last month They comprised five of infective hepatitis. three of puerperal fever two of salmonellosis, two of staphylococcal septicaemia one of pulmonary tuberculosis. four of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and one each of eclampsia, food-poisoning, and tetanus