General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30146, 1 June 1963, Page 10

General News

Street Appeal A record sum of nearly £l5OO was collected in the Cholmondeley Memorial Children’s Home annual street appeal yesterday. Better weather and more extensive suburban coverage by the 320 collectors resulted in last year’s figure of £ll7O being bettered by £330. Last evening, the president of the organisation (Mr C. L. Paterson) said the response from the public had been generous, sympathetic and enthusiastic. The money will be used to help cope with the annual deficit incurred. "It fills quite an important part in keeping the home going,” Mr Paterson said. Killing Season A “very likely" elosing date for the export meat killing season in North and Mid-Canterbury would be June 14, a meat industry spokesman said in Christchurch yesterday. Works in South Canterbury might close ahead of those in the northern part of the province —possibly by the end of next week, he added. Redcliffs Hide-out “As Monday, June 3 is a holiday, your refuge will be collected on Saturday June 1,” says a card delivered to residents in the Redcliffs area. School Shoes “Winkle-picker” toes and other extremes of shoe fashion will be forbidden to high school pupils next year. A committee of school principals recently met to inspect shoe styles under the guidance of a retailer and manufacturer, and are drawing up regulations on colours, numbers of eyelets and toe shapes for circulation to parents. The principal of Cashmere High School, Mr T. H. McCombs, said the regulations on shoe fashion were part of a continuing process. School authorities and manufacturers regularly discussed changes in fashion, and made decisions on such things as the width of cuffs in boys’ uniforms, to bring them into line with current trends.

Music Examinations

Three examiners of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Dr. D. Hopkins, Dr. L. Forrester, and Mr P. Burges, will arrive in Auckland this month to commence examination work in the Dominion. They will visit the four main centres. Dr. Forrester and Mr Burges will conduct diploma examinations in Christchurch about midSeptember. Dr. Hopkins will be here in November to conduct examinations. Colourful Trawlers Sea birds perched on the bollards and decking on Timaru’s No. 1 wharf yesterday morning stopped squabbling over tid-bits when the fishing vessel Seafarer sailed from the end of the slipway alongside the eastern breakwater to berth in the inner harbour. Gone was the rust from her weather-beaten hull, but instead of the conventional white paint used from time immemorial by the Timaru fishing fleet, she had a green wheelhouse, pink hull, lemon belting, and her name in lemon on the bow. Astern, a bright blue, was the trawler Crescent “Strike me pink,” said a ' flabbergasted onlooker.—(F.O.O.R.) Seeing The Light An example of mixed public thinking on fluoridation was given by Cr. W. T. Rice at a special meeting of the Waimairi County Council. "I asked one man’s opinions on sodium fluoride, and he was completely in favour of it,” said Cr. Rice. “However, it was some time before we decided whether we were t Iking about the sodium lighting in Blenheim road, or the fluorescent lighting in Riccarton road.” Retirement An interim committee, which will investigate problems associated with forming an organisation having as its aim preparation for retirement, was formed at a public meeting in Christchurch on Thursday evening The meeting. attended by about 50 persons, agreed that an organisation should be formed and four speakers supported Dr. F. C. Airey.’s motion to this effect. Dr. Airey outlined the functions such an organisation would promote. These included specialist groups of men and women who would concern themselves with the health and welfare of the aged, a bureau for the dissemination of information made available by such study groups, and some modest research into retirement problems The interim committee will now investigate and report later with some concrete proposals. The Mayor (Mr Manning) presided

Movie Clubs And TV

Television is being blamed for falling membership of movie clubs throughout Nev.Zealand and for lower attendances, lack of entries for competitions and shortages of films for members’ own nights, according to the Christchurch Movie Club’s bulletin. The magazine calls for more activity and drive tc prevent a decline.

Bed-Pushing Record

A 50-mde bed-pushing record of 12 hours 16 minutes was claimed last night by four members of the Wainuioru Young Farmers' Club who also collected about £9O cash for the Watrapa branch of the Crippled Children’s Society on the way The four club members left Pirinoa at 701 am. and arrived in Masterton at 7.17 p.m Massey Agricultural College students recently claimed a record of 14 hours 17 minutes for the same distance. The four club members had been m training for about six weeks.—(P-A.)