General News

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30745, 8 May 1965, Page 14

General News

Farmers’ Fate

Addressing Lincoln College graduands yesterday afternoon, Mr L. A. Atkinson, chairman of the State Services Commission, quoted freely from the poets—Milton, Burns, and even George Crabbe. The quotation from the latter poet was: “Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain.” Said Mr Atkinson: “May this fate be yours also." Visit By Hercules A Hercules of the Royal New Zealand Air Force will fly over Christchurch next Tuesday. It will be piloted by Wing Commander B. A. Wood. The aircraft will not land. On Tuesday, however, another Hercules will land at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station, Wigram, at 8 a.m. It will make brief familiarisation flights and several high and low speed runs. About 30 servicemen from the station will be given a flight before the Hercules leaves for Whenuapai at 5.15 p.m. Traffic Lights An effort to get larger lettering and unformity of wording on traffic lights at pedestrian crossings is being made by the New Zealand Road Safety Council. The South Island Motor Union was informed yesterday that in place of such signs as “Cross Now’” and “Don’t Cross” it was suggested that “Cross” and “Wait” be used, but overseas practice is being ascertained to get internation-ally-recognised forms.

Plane Delayed A United States Air Force Hercules aircraft, carrying Brigadier-General J. W. Chapman, commander of the 1501st Air Transport Squadron, to New Zealand, failed to arrive at Christchurch Airport last evening, as scheduled. The aircraft has been delayed in Pago Pago American Samoa, with a mechanical fault. Brigadier Chapman, whose squadron provided air transport for the United States naval support force in the Antarctic last season, is on leave, and intended to spent two days in Christchurch. Child Poisonings Twelve children were admitted to the Christchurch Hospital last month after taking poisons. Two drank kerosene, one glue, one a detergent, one a plastic hardener, one a polishing oil, and one a sedative; one took a bleach, one Condy’s crystals (potassium permanganate), and three ate unsuitable medicinal tablets.

Car Body Faults Automobile associations will be asked by the South Island Motor Union whether they would support a new provision for warrants of fitness by which vehicles mechanically sound could be rejected for unsafe bodies. The proposal comes from Auckland, where the A.A. considers that some “bombs” should be put off the roads, even though they paps present fitness tests. World’s Weather Temperatures and weather conditions around the world, compiled by the Associated Press, were: Rome, 46 minimum, 66 maximum, clear: Paris, 46, 58, cloudy; London, 45, 59, cloudy; Moscow, 33, 44. rain; New York, 50, 62, clear; San Francisco, 48, 58, clear: Tokyo, 48, 59, eloudy; Sydney, 57, 77, fine: Melbourne, 49, 61, cloudy, Brisbane, 61, 73, fine. Paying Outpost The Moscow Bank—the Soviet Union’s outpost of capitalism in the city of London—made a record profit of £540,000 in 1964, it was announced in London. The chairman, Mr A. I. Doubonossov, reported that the bank had assets of £204,600,000, an increase of £18,800,000 on the previous year.—London, May 7.