General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30172, 2 July 1963, Page 12

General News

Feet Of Clay Stopped by a policeman, a 19-year-old naval cook said: "I am Cassius Clay, the Greatest. My bicycle is drunk.and I have had 14 pints." A Court decided that it was David Harle, and not the bicycle that was drunk, and fined him £2.— (Portsmouth, July 1.)

Niue Policeman The Navy’s supply ship, H.M.N.Z.S. Endeavour, due to berth at Devonport tomorrow morning js bringing to Auckland for hospital treatment. Constable Tulagi, of the Niue Island police. The Endeavour’s return has been delayed 24 hours because of rough seas. The ship has been on a three-week Pacific Islands cruise which included Rarotonga, Niue and Fiji.—(P. A.) Pupils For 1964 Enrolment applications closed yesterday for the 3600 Christchurch children who will begin their secondary school education next year. This expected enrolment is an increase of 300 over the 1963 intake, and will bring the total high school population next year to 11,380. No overlarge numbers of applications were reported, and the spread of numbers to the growing new schools is expected to keep supply and demand fairly closely balanced. Confirmations will be sent to parents on July 22, leaving two weeks for .any second applications to be made. Blood Unit Visits The mobile unit of the North Canterbury Blood Transfusion Service will visit the industrial health clinic at Woolston on Thursday and Amberley on July 18. It will be the unit’s thirteenth visit to Woolston and its sixth to Amberley. Tests For Observatory Sunday was the last day of “official” testing far a site for the University of Pennsylvania's proposed astronomical observatory in New Zealand. Tests were completed some time ago at three of the sites being considered (in Nelson and Central Otago, and at Black Birch Range. Marlborough), but the programme at the fourth site (at Mount John, Tekapo) was continued until the end of June to get a complete spectrum of records. '‘Unofficial” observations are be ini continued at Mount John, but the decision where to site the observatory will be made on information already gathered, the university’s chief site tester (Mr F. M. Bateson) said yesterday.

Accident Toll The number of vehicle accidents attended by ambulances of the Christchurch sub-centre of the St. John Ambulance Association last month was a record for this year. Sixty-six such accidents were attended during the month, and 85 persons taken to hospital from them. In all, the ambulances carried 1650 persons a total of 9393 miles during the month. In May, 1910 persons were carried 10,037 miles, while in June, 1962. 1647 persons ■ were carried 10,347 miles. Lucky A young man found his wrist-watch, two hours after losing it on Sunday evening, when he retraced his movements to the Christchurch railway station from Cahedrai square. The watch was lying in the gutter outside the station, at a place where he had got out of a car.