General News

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30528, 25 August 1964, Page 14

General News

Traffic Lights The traffic lights at the intersection of Colombo and Armagh streets were out for a short time yesterday afternoon for routine maintenance. Traffic was directed by a pointsman. In about two weeks the traffic lights at the Batik of New Zealand corner will be replaced: they have been in there for 26 years, and are near the end of . their • life. About October some sets of new lights will be installed at different parts of the city, the city traffic engineer (Mr H. Surtees) said yesterday. These will probably include one set on a Bealey avenue intersection, one in Fitzgerald avenue, and one in Moorhouse avenue. Planning for their installations is at present in progress. Timaru Gasworks The Timaru City Council last evening accepted the quotation of Norman J. Kuril and Company (N.Z.), Ltd., for the supply and installation at £47,700 of two light-flash distillate plants, each with a capacity of 200.000 cubic feet a day. The gas council will be informed, and steps taken to raise a gasworks reconstruction loan.—(F;O.O.R.) Sunny But Cool Though yesterday was sunny, with very little cloud, temperatures remained fairly cool. There was a light norwester early in the day, but it changed about 10 a.m. to i light north-easterly. Temperatures recorded at Harewood rose from 41 degrees at 9 a.m. to 50 degrees at mid-day, reaching a maximum of 53 degrees at 3 p.m. At the Botanic Gardens the temperature at 3 p.m. was 52 degrees, and the Government Life Building showed 51 degrees at 4 p.m-. There was no frost the previous night at Harewood, but 5 degrees were recorded at the Botanic Gardens. Health Stamps A total of £13,077 worth of health stamps had been sold in the Christchurch district up to last Friday evening. The total was increased by £5OO to £6OO through stamps sold by Boy Scouts. The sales are not quite as good as in the same period last year. It is hoped to conduct another canvassing campaign when sufficient volunteers are available. Louder Voice On all questions of spreading the industrial development of New Zealand, the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association and the OtagoSouthland Manufacturers’ Association would join as associations to make representations and take action, said the Canterbury association’s president (Mr R. G. Pearce) last evening. “I am quite sure that if we as manufacturers, speak with a South Island voice, we will give an added impetus to what we believe,” he said. Psychiatrists’ Meeting Psychiatrists from all over New Zealand will attend a meeting of the New Zealand branch of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists at the Sunnyside Day Hospital on Friday and Saturday. A clinical meeting will start mid-afternoon on Friday and continue into the evening. Next morning, the annual general business meeting of the branch will be held. The final session of the clinical meeting will take place in the afternoon, and a dinner will follow.