General News

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30769, 5 June 1965, Page 14

General News

Against Tipping “Consumer,” the official publication of the Consumers’ Institute, is strongly against tipping. It says: “ ‘Consumer’ strongly recommends that all organisations having anything to do with attracting or serving visitors to New Zealand bring strong pressure to bear against tipping and discourage it as much as possible. If visitors could be assured from the moment they stepped ashore here that no tips were expected of them and to serve is our pleasure" really meant what it said, then this in itself would be an attraction.” Paper Caps Nurses at Whangarei Hospital will wear disposable paper caps, the Northland Hospital Board has decided. The matron, Miss B. Gardner, said trouble was frequently experienced in getting cloth caps laundered and returned to nurses in time. She said a very cheap paper cap was available. It had been tested for two weeks by the nurses and found completely satisfactory. After a sample cap had been modelled for the benefit of other board members, it was pronounced “most attractive.”

Bristled At Name Peter Thickbroom e. threatened with the brush-off from his girl friend, changed I his name for the sake of love. He asked Maxine Granger to marry him and she said yes, but on one condition—only if he changed his name. “1 couldn't go through life as Mrs Thickbroome,” said the 120-year-old former beauty l queen. So the 21-year-old i milkman agreed and became Peter Broome. Maxine will marry Peter on June 12 and will become plain Mrs Broome. She said: “I was not happy at the thought of other girls ragging me after my marriage . . . Mrs Thickbroome and her little brushes and that sort of thing.”— (Worcester, June 4.) Marketing A grocer in Bealey avenue who supplied the week-end needs of an American couple late yesterday afternoon did not know that he was serving Dr. Reavis Cox, a worldfamous authority on marketing from the University of Pennsylvania. A reporter found Dr. and Mrs Cox there, helped them to choose from unfamiliar brands. and warned them about the long week-end. Dr. Cox said “the corner store” was the best place possible to begin a “grass-roots” study of New Zealand marketing. Decimal Booklet As it is expected that schoolchildren will play a large part in teaching their parents about the change to decimal currency in July, 1967, all headmasters in New Zealand schools have been sent copies of a booklet. “Dollars and Cents—Their Origin and How We Shall Use Them.” The booklet has been approved by the Department of Education and the New Zealand Bankers’ Association.

Pleasant Day The weather in Christchurch yesterday was mainly pleasant, though it was cloudy. The maximum temperature at Harewood was 50 degrees at 3 p.m. The 9 a.m. reading was 39 degrees, and the noon reading 46 degrees. There was a light northeasterly wind. Oranges Cheaper The retail price of Californian oranges is 3d less now than three years ago. Under a price order gazetted yesterday Californian oranges are now Is 3d a pound in metropolitan areas and Is 3)d a pound in country districts. At the time of the last price order in September, 1962. they sold at is 6d in metropolitan areas, and Is 6)d in country districts. Relicensing Lagging Motor-vehicle relicensing is lagging in Christchurch, dnly 7697 vehicles having been relicensed up to 5 p.m. on Thursday (the latest figure available) compared with 11,905 at the same time last year. Relicensing ends at the motor-registration branch of the Post Office (in the old Wentworth building) on June 30. Last year. 89.000 vehicles Were relicensed. . ■ World Weather Maximum temperatures and weather during the last 24 hours, according to the Associ- i ated Press are:—Rome, 81. j cloudy; Paris, 65. rain: Lon-; don, 66.2, cloudy: New York,l 70. clear: San Francisco, 59.; clear: Tokyo. 78.6, cloudy: Sydney, 64, fine; Melbourne, 55, overcast; Brisbane, 74. [ fine.—London, June 3.