General News

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30631, 23 December 1964, Page 12

General News

Fast Flight The Christchurch pianist, Mr Maurice Till, was in Moscow at 2.30 a.m. (New Zealand time) on Monday. He had his evening meal yesterday at home with his wife and children. The fast flight resulted from a long direct hop from Moscow to Delhi and then perfect connexions at Singapore, Djakarta, Darwin, and Sydney. Charity Film A charity screening of “The Millionairess,” with Peter Sellars, will be held in the Hollywood Theatre, Sumner, on Sunday night for the wife and family of Mr Owen Alfred Osborne, who was killed below Moncks Spur road on Monday when his truck was wrecked. The performance has been arranged by Sumner and Redcliffs residents who have formed an appeal committee. They will staff the theatre and the manager (Mr L. Masters) will be the projectionist. Oranges Scarce Oranges and bananas are likely to be scarce for Christmas. A small shipment of oranges from Australia is expected to arrive today, but shipping difficulties have cut down on the number. Hurricanes in the Islands decimated the banana crop and consequently fewer have been sent to New Zealand. However, there is no shortage of locally grown fruit and vegetables. Fruiterers and greengrocers are nearly overflowing with produce. Prices are low and it is a long time since peas have been so cheap at Christmas time. Seeking Work Hawke’s Bay is becoming increasingly popular with university students seeking work during the summer vacation, food-processing factories, freezing works and vegetable and fruit growers all have their quotas of students. The personnel manager at one large factory in Hastings, said more students had been applying for work at the factory than could be engaged. The number wanting jobs was greater than ever before.—(P.A.) Legal Service An emergency legal service for the holiday period has been arranged by the Canterbury District Law Society. The registrar of the Supreme Court (Mr J. L. W. Gerken), the registrar of the Magistrate’s Court (Mr O. T. Grattan) and the police will all have a list of solicitors who are available in an emergency. Notifiable Diseases Four cases of infective hepatitis and two of nonpulmonary tuberculosis were reported in the Christchurch health district last week. The hepatitis victims were all young—a boy and a girl, and a man and woman in their twenties, all four in the Christchurch City area. The tuberculosis patients were both women in their thirties, one in the city and one in the Waimairi County. Record Mail Record Christmas mail is passing through the Chief Post Office in Auckland. Since December 1, 6,470,520 letters have gone through the marking machine. The heaviest day was December 14, when 559,000 letters and cards were posted.—(P.A.)