General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30234, 12 September 1963, Page 12

General News

! 10 Downing Street After three years and 14 ! stoppages, reconstruction of 10 and 11 Downing Street is on the verge of completion—just over a year behind schedule. The Prime Minister, Mr Macmillan, expects to move back soon to Number 10 from Admiralty House. With the stoppages, the 1960 estimate for reconstruction has risen from £500,000 to £1 million. There have been two small concessions to progress. The gas street lamps have been changed to electricity and the wooden blocks of the road have been replaced with asphalt.—(London, September 11.) Every 18 Years In his experience of 18 years on the Christchurch Metropolitan Fire Board it was only the second time he had seen a member of' the public present said the board’s chairman <Mr W. R. Campbell) last evening. He was welcoming Mr R. H. Stilwell who arrived shortly after the meeting began. “I hope you will find the board’s discussions informative and helpful,’’ Mr Campbell said. Bread Ingredients The director of the Wheat Research Institute (Mr E. W. Hulletrt) said .yesterday he was wrong about she chemical name of the baking powder ingredient “Antelope’’ mentioned ia nis statement in “The Press” yesterday. “The active component of' this is acid sodium pyrophosphate, also sold under another trade name Aerophos P. Speaking from memory I confused this with Aerophos X, which is acid calcium phosphate previously , mentioned in my statement yesterday,” he said. Mr Hulletit said the rest of his statement was correct. Working Well The ban on right hand turns at the intersection of Gloucester and Colombo streets, which came into force recently, was working well, said the chairman of the Christchurch City Council traffic committee (Cr. T. D. Flint) yesterday. Most motorists now seemed to be aware of the ban, he said. The position of the' illuminated signs with “No Right Turn” on them would be slightly altered soon to make them more conspicuous. Hottest For A Month A maximum temperature of 63.3 deg was recorded at noon at the Botanic Gardens yesterday. It was the warmest day in Christchurch since August 12. when the maximum was 64.9 deg. This is still well below the 81deg recorded in September. 1911. Conditions were north-west-erly yesterday, and at Christchurch airport a north-west-erly breeze caused the temperature to rise slightly from 59deg at 3 p.m. to 60deg at 4 pm. Stall For Chapel A sum of £42 10s was raised by the Princess Margaret Hospital social amenities committee in a stall held at the hospital recently in aid of the Templeton Hospital and Training School chapel appeal. The money was handed over yesterday by the treasurer of the committee, Mr C. H. Dann, to a chaplain at Templeton, the Rev. D. G. Shaw, in a presentation ceremony at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Safety First A helicopter carrying the Duke of Edinburgh made -a precautionaiy landing in a field near Dartmouth today when oil temperature in the plane rose. The Duke had been attending the annual meeting of Commonwealth defence chiefs. He transferred to a Heron aircraft to fly to Dyce, Scotland, where the Royal family is on holiday.— (Dartmouth, September 10.) New Fee Scale A new scale of fees for setting examination papers for the Trades Certification Board has been announced. For setting papers for first and second year apprentices, the fee has been raised from £4 to £5; for a trade certificate paper for third and fourth year apprentices the fee has been lifted from £5 to £7 10s; the fee for setting an advanced paper has been changed from £5 to £lO marking fees will be 4s 6d for a two-hour paper and 6s for a three hour one.