General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30269, 23 October 1963, Page 12

General News

It Pays To Complain A resident of Karoro, Mr L. F. Anderson, wrote to the Greymouth Borough Council complaining about the barking of dogs tied up at the abattoirs, of the nuisance caused through hay being blown over adjacent properties, of damage to lawn plots by children riding their ponies over them and of offensive odours from a nearby creek. The council decided to shift the dog kennels further west, use a hayrack on skids for feeding cattle, write to the secretary of the Greymouth Pony Club regarding the damage to frontages of residences, and to point out to Mr Anderson that work in connexion with the creek had already been put in hand by the borough engineer.—(F.0.0.R.) Climate Of Thought Russians are being told that Britain can be proud of their climate. The geography professor of London University, Dr. Gordon Manley, wrote in “Anglia,” the official British Government quarterly issued in Moscow: “We are firmly convinced that Britain's changeable climate has its superior aspects. Adapting oneself to circumstances has become the distinguishing mark of our national character.” Professor Manley also claims that British fogs are not as bad as they used to be.—Moscow, Oct. 22. Not Acceptable The Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney yesterday declined to film a television interview with the Minister of External Affairs (Sir Garfield Barwick), who returned to Australia on Sunday, after attending the General Assembly meeting in New York. He had told television interviewers to use “all or nothing” of his interview, but they declined to act on those conditions.— Sydney, October 22. Mock Court A mock court to be held in London street, Lyttelton, opposite the Harbour Light Theatre, has been arranged for the evening of November 1 by the newly-formed Round Table at Lyttelton. Several well-known citizens will be arrested and brought to trial. This entertainment, which will be supported by the Lyttelton Marine Band, is being held to raise funds for the Lyttelton branch of the St John Ambulance. Members of the Round Table have several other projects planned. Rabbit Colony Eighty-three rabbits found on an island of the Waitaki river were destroyed by employees of the Redcliff Rabbit Board recently. A member of the board discovered the island’s population while fishing above Glenavy. There was little left of vegetation, and bark had been stripped from willow trees. The rabbiters who dealt with the horde said they had never before seen so many rabbits.—(F.O.O.R.) Show Ducks Ducks have found a new stretch of peaceful water in Christchurch on which to disport themselves. They have taken a liking to the 16 000 square feet of artificial lake surface in the Addington Show Grounds where there is plenty of shelter for their evening doze. Before last night’s Boat Show demonstrations of water ski-ing. life-saving, skin diving and yachting began, a flock had to be cleared from the pool. Yesterday’s attendance at the Boat Show was 1645, bringing the total number of persons who have now seen the show to 6936.