General News

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30724, 13 April 1965, Page 16

General News

No. 118 “Guest of honour at North Sydney Technical’s parade of cadets for Anzac Day will be Private N. C. Jackson, No. 118, of the Ist Battalion at Gallipoli,” reports “Granny” of the “Sydney Morning Herald.” “Other schools have a taste for brass hats to take the salute, but this school’s P. and C. (equivalent of a parent-teacher association) applauds the cadets’ imagination in inviting Private Jackson.” One Day Late A Wildlife Regulations amendment under which anyone who holds a duck-shooting stand one year has first option on that stand the next year was conveyed to the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society just one day too late. Claims in the society’s district had therefore to be laid in a free-for-all at noon on Sunday, as originally required under the regulations. Some claimants waited at their stands from day-break —a few, from the previous evening. “Splendid Parade” A “splendid” parade display by the ninth intake of compulsory military trainees at Burnham Camp last Sunday has drawn a congratulatory letter from the Christchurch executive of the Returned Services Association to the commander of the Southern Military District. *T’ve seen displays by the Coldstream Guards and many other groups, but this was one of the best displays I’ve ever seen,” said the president (Mr D. Barrett). “I never thought you could train men to do the things they did after only 13 weeks,” he said. Cool Day Early morning rain cleared at 10' a.m. in Christchurch yesterday leaving a day that was cloudy and cool. A moderate southerly wind blew all day. The temperature at the airport at 9 a.m. was 53 degrees and at noon it was 51 degrees. A maximum temperature of 58 degrees was recorded at Harewood at 3 p.m. The temperature gauge on the Government Life building registered 56 degrees at 4.15 pm.

Dog Problem “I would like to lodge a complaint against a dog . . .” wrote a ratepayer in a letter received by the Lyttelton Borough Council last evening. “A fortnight ago he knocked me over when I was coming down the steps. I am under a doctor now and have arthritis which has been made worse by these falls.” The Mayor (Mr J. B. Collett) said the council Should write to the owner of the dog informing him of the complaint and telling him that, if it was justified, the dog could be destroyed. Flying Objects A Reefton resident, Mr H. G. Lawrence, has said that about 4.15 a.m. on April 4 he saw first from his bedroom and later high in the sky while standing outside, a cluster of “stars” which, as he watched, moved off with great speed, passing out of his sight in 15 seconds. The cluster appeared to be three objects and travelled from north to south. Mr Lawrence said that if they held their direction of travel they would have passed over Otago and eastern Southland between 4.15 a.m. and 5 a.m. that morning. . Burnside Gymnasium The gymnasium fund will benefit by £1590 raised at the Burnside High School Fair, which was held on Saturday. This was the first moneymaking venture in the fundraising campaign for the gymnasium.