General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30130, 14 May 1963, Page 12

General News

Hungry? A burglar who forced the back door of the premises of Fish Processing. Ltd.. 245 Moorhoouse avenue, at the week-end, stole five fowls. 361 b of frozen peas and some crayfish tails. Detectives are investigating.

Yesterday’s Weather

Although the weather early yesterday morning was cold and wet, the temperature rose steadily throughout the day. from 43 degrees at 9 a.m. to a maximum of 54 degrees by 3 pun. However, by last evening, the temperature had fallen again to 47 degrees and was still falling. In the 24 hours to 9.30 a.m., .15 inches of rain fell. No frost was recorded yesterday morning.

Notifiable Diseases Seven cases of notifiable diseases were reported in the Christchurch health district last week. They comprised four cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, two of infective hepatitis, and one of puerperal sepsis. All the tuberculosis patients—three men and a woman—were in Christchurch city The infective hepatitis cases were a man in Waimairi county and a woman in the city, and the puerperal sepsis patient was in a city maternity hospital. Language Barrier Girls planning Continental holidays can take special lessons offered by an English college, entitled “How to Keep the Wolves at Bay,” the “Daily Sketch” reported. Included in the short language courses are such useful phrases in Spanish and Italian as: "“Keeip your hands off.” “There are different manners abroad and the girls should know how to look after themselves,” a spokesman at the Sheffield College of Technology said.—London, May 12. Country Schools Consolidation had improved education over all. but small country schools probably provided the best foundation for later life, said She Minister of Lands and member of Parliament for Ashburton (Mr Gerard) at a banquet to celebrate the seventy-fifth jubilee of the Westerfield School on Saturday eventag. If consolidation went too far one could get into trouble with education “I think if you have a look at the country schools and their pupils you won’t find a big proportion of delinquents,” said Mr Gerard. “It is not a good thing for New Zealand in general to get away from the small country schools.”

Satellite Sighting Neither the American space capsule, which is to be launched tomorrow, nor the recent satellite carrying the millions of needles, would be visible in New Zealand, Mr C. S. L. Keay, of the University of Canterbury said last night. The satellite which carried the needles into orbit, and the needles, would pass directly over New Zealand twice each day assuming the orbit was the same as the previous needlecarrying satellite, but they would be too high to be seen although the satellite which launched them would be visible through a telescope if the observer knew th-e exact place to look, Mr Keay said. Echo I was visible over Christchurch last night

Anzac Day, 1965 There would be few Gallipoli veterans able to make a trip to Turkey in 1965, said Mr R A. Nightingale at a meeting of the Christchurch Returned Services’ Association last evening when it -received tentative details of trips to make the fiftieth anniversary qf Anzac Day Members agreed that there should be ships chartered for big reciorocai parties from Australia and New Zealand Thev shared Mr Nightingale’s doubts about a visit to Turkey. Veteran Competitor A veteran competitor at the North Shore competitions tonight was 92-year-old Mr Samuel Falls. He has taken part in competitions in the North Island for 20 years. He took up speech and drama as a hobby after he retired ‘lt is something to keep the mind active and the body fit” he said. Competing in six classes, Mr Falls gained first place in the humorous character recital, and was second in the poetry and, prepared speech.—<P.A.)