rui>LlC KITE FLYING. DANGER FROM ELECTRIC UNES. WARNING TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS THE Municipal Electricity Department finds ample evidence of how little is realised of the dangers of kite flying in the proximity of overhead electric Tines. If parents and teachers would only realise the swiftness with which tragedy mi v come, there would be mo.e warnings issued to childre t about flying kites in such sui - roundings. Occasionally the Departm-nt'. staff receive a call to assist a child whose kite is euta gied in the bare conductors of an 11.000-volt overhead line. Pulling at the tangled string will gradually draw together the wires of the high-tension circuit. Low-tension lines also have a very definite danger for kite dyers, and the only safe course is to avoid entirely all types of overhead electric lines A wet kite string In contact with a live line may have very serious results for the child holding the lower end When the risk Is so real, and a word of warning may mean -o much, a strong plea is made by the Department to parents ind to schoolteachers to warn ■hildren against flying kites near overhead lines, and particularly 'o urge them to abandon any kite which becomes entangled with an overhead wire A word of warning may mean nothing less than a life savjd, and th* orecaution te surely worth taking. MUNICIPAL EI.ECTRICITY DEPARTMENT. CHRISTCHURCH. 2383 Central ..''''''Canterbury ILICTSIC POWIS SOASD NOTICE TO CONSUMERS WEATHER permitting. th* oower will be cut off on Sunday. August 18. between th* hours of 2 p.m. and 3 p.m, in the Sockburn area to enable urgent line work to be carried out. As power may be restored at anv time, consumers should treat the lines as alive at all times S E SLATTER. Engineer-Manager. 2515 TEMPORARY CLOSING—WILSONS ROAD PURSUANT to the power* vested in me by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1954 I, Harold Parnwell Smith, hereby declare that the railway crossing at Wilsons road wiil be CLOSED to vehicular traffic on SUNDAY. AUGUST 18. 1963, from 7 a m. onwards, while repairs are being carried out at the crossing by the New Zealand Railway* Department. H P SMITH. Deputy Mayor. August 16 1963. Christchurch. 2463 ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS WE A. CHOIR Conductor: Charles Martin. Mus B . St. Saviour's Hall, West Lyttelton. Wednesday, August 21. at 8 p.m. Associate Artists: John Snelgrove (trumpet), Noeline and Judy Bond (Recitation). Guest Conductor: Dr Vernon Griffiths, 0.8. E. Admission: 3s 6d. School Children 2s Recital in association with Adult Education Dept. Univ, of Canterbury and Lyttelton Borough Council ITALIC HANDWRITING (2nd year) Eight Study and working periods commencing September 10. W E.A Centre. Fee: 30s. Class limited to 12 Present vacancies: 4 Place* accepted in order of enrolment with fee. Tutor: Professor John Simpson. MUSEUM TOUR—Six lecture* with Mr Alan Evie*, commencing Monday. August 19. at 8 pm. “Early Colonial." "Moa Hunter Culture." "Maori Culture." "Natural History." "Reserve Collection and Store*" Discussion Panel (Sept. 23 >; "The Museum in th* Community." Fee: 12s 6d. Cour** organised In association Director and Staff. Canterbury Museum. ADVANCED VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY—Six lecture* commencing September 5. Zoology Lab., University Tutor: Dr. B Stonehouse Fee: 30*. Clan* limited to 20. LUNCH HOUR LECTURE—Wed., 12.10 p.m. only, not Friday. WE A. Centre. Mr A. Puilar. BA "What About Japanese Art?" PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY— No vacancies. Waiting list only. END-OF-SBSSION FUNCTION September 12. 13. 14 Class displays and a programme of entertainment nightly at the WE.A. Centre. Admission: 4* (season ticket); 2* 6d. LECTURES TO FACTORY. INDUSTRIAL. BUSINESS STAFFS. Inquiries invited for UM. UNDERSTANDING ASIA - INDIA. Class meets Univenliy. August 22. Room G 1 (Geography Block) INQUIRIES: W.E.A Centre. 5# Gloucester st. 'Phone 64-530. 24(18 CANTERBURY AERO CLUB WEEK-END ACTIVITIES Local Scenic Flights available any time and from the terminal building on Sunday afternoon. General Club Flying at Ashburton Christchurch Airport. *nd Rangiora New Members Welcome CHRISTCHURCH-DJBNLDIN Sum. Mon-Fr. Chch dep 8 00*ra. LOO pm. Dunedin srr * I** Pm. Via Timaru. Wsintot*. Oamsru. NZ R ROAD SERVICES. 30-48 Victoria street •Phone 77-800, ext. 8495.
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