General News

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30447, 22 May 1964, Page 12

General News

Dry Upbringing “I was brought up in a dry area and it took a long time to get over it,” said the chairman of the Ashburton County Council (Mr R. E. Buick) at the opening of the Ashburton Licensing Trust’s new tavern at Mayfield. The tavern would be a meeting place for residents and workers, and help to keep good farmers in the district. “Some dry areas have slipped back in this respect,” he said. Grant Refused An application by the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association for funds from the Heathcote County Council was refused by the council last evening. The council will point out in a letter to the association that the council supports tennis clubs and other sporting bodies in the county. Street Names A notice of motion to have the name of Snelling avenue changed to Greenhaven avenue was unsuccessful at a meeting of the Waimairi County Council last evening. “Some residents want the name changed because it’s too close to ‘smelling’,” said Cr. 0. C. Mitchell. Cr. C. B. Baker said there had been no complaints about the city’s Snell place. “And that’s pretty close to smell,” he said. Heavy Frost With a nine-degree frost at Harewood, and eight degrees in the Botanic Gardens, Christchurch had its heaviest frost of the year yesterday morning. At 6 a.m., the temperature at Harewood was 35 degrees, but by 9 a.m., it had dropped to 32 degrees. By midday it had risen to 47 degrees, and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the temperature remained constant at 48 degrees. The maximum temperature in the Botanic Gardens was 49 degrees, reached at 3 p.m. Skies were clear, and it was calm, except for an occasional light to variable wind, throughout the day. Stray Dogs Dogs impounded by the Heathcote County dog inspector will be’ kept in private kennels for 10 days, then destroyed unless claimed by the owners, the council decided last evening. The council, authorised the inspector to ask private boarding kennels if they would undertake this work. The inspector reported that, during April, two dogs were impounded. One was claimed after a few days by its owner; the other was “still enjoying the comforts as a boarder of the S.P.C.A. home.” Power Charges The power and fuel committee of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association yesterday decided to meet the Canterbury-Westland Retailers’ Association to discuss the retailers’ power problem with their own, said the association’s secretary (Mr R. T. Alston).