General News

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30312, 12 December 1963, Page 20

General News

Notice To Subscribers Subscribers to •’The Press” who intend to be away from their homes during the Christmas /and New Year period are asked to notify "The Press” office immediately, by telephoning 69-799, for any alteration they require in the delivery of their newspapers. Pinking Lungs ‘‘New headmasters don't come to change things.” sail Mr N. A. H. Creese, Christ’s College’s new headmaster, at the annual prize-giving ceremony yesetrday. "They come to keep them ticking over, and only make changes when the engine starts to pink. I I don’t think Christ’s College needs decarbonising yet—even though some of the pupils’ lungs may."

Unconcerned A girl of two years and a half who was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital on Sunday after swallowing a piece of glass half an inch long is “perfectly happy.” but “is the only one completely unconcerned about the whole thing,” the deputy medical superintendent-in-chief to the North Canterbury Hospital Board (Dr. W. I. Paterson) said yesterday. “We are keeping her under observation for a day or two longer,” he added. Hung When his son was playing golf the other day a voice from an adjoining fairway, and which could be heard over most of the course, asked: “Have they hung your father yet?” Mr L. B. Newton, former headmaster of Papanui High School, told this incident when his portrait was unveiled in the school assembly hall yesterday. The portrait will be hung in the hall. Final Payment The Christchurch Metropolitan Fire Board last evening approved the final payment, £2802, for the building of the new’ headquaretrs fire station in Kilmore street. The final cost was £702 above the contract price of £171,236. The station has been open 15 months. TV Interference Wavy patterns on Christchurch television screens in recent evenings have been the result of a signal from an Australian television station. A Broadcasting Corporation engineer said this unusual reception was caused by conditions over the Tasman which deflect the signals from a Sydney or Melbourne transmitter so as to follow the curve of the earth instead of following their 1 normal straight path. Conditions under which this interference is likely to continue are not easily forecast but north-westerly winds and warm, humid weather can indicate the temperature inversion layer which deflects the Australian signals into the range of local television sets.

Sandhurst Training Two boys left Auckland in an Air Force Hastings aircraft yesterday on the first leg of a journey to England where they will undergo a two-year officer training course at Sandhurst. The boys are J. A. Dennistoun-Wood, of Whangarei, a former pupil at King's College, and G. Steel, of Christchurch, a former pupil of Christchurch Boys’ High School. —(P.A.) Aerobatic Display An aerobatic display, including formation flying, will be the climax to the air show that will open the Hawke’s Bay airport at Napier on February 15. The display will be by an aerobatic Vampire team from the No. 75 Vampire squadron based at Ohakea, the squadron commander, Squadron Leader B. Stanley-Hunt said in Napier yesterday. It is hoped United States Air Force aircraft will participate.—(P_A.)

Migrants Arrive A draft of 61 Governmentassisted immigrants arrived at Auckland in the Rangitane yesterday. For the married couples, the main reason for coming to New Zealand was the thought of a better future for their children. A brighter climate and fresh air decided others. Auckland jobs are waiting for 15 of the immigrants. The rest left for other cities and towns.—(PA.) Kennedy Coin President Johnson asked Congress yesterday to honour the memory of John F. Kennedy by authorising a new 50-cent piece bearing the late President's portrait. The new coin would replace the 15-year-old Benjamin Franklin half-dollar and would be the first of the denomination to bear a likeness of a former president In- his message to Congress, Mr Johnson indicated his request was prompted, in part, by similar appeals from “many Americans” in letters written since Mr Kennedy’s assassination.— (Washington, December 11.) Car Losses The Studebaker Corporation lost 40 million dollars building cars in the United States since 1959, the chairman, Mr R, H. Guthrie, said today. Studebaker announced yesterday it will close its American plant but will continue production in Canada. “We were being bled to death there," Mr Guthrie said. — (New York, December 10.)