General News

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30940, 22 December 1965, Page 12

General News

Paper Deliveries Subscribers to “The Press” who intended to be away from their homes during the Christmas and New Year holiday period are asked to notify “The Press” office immediately by telephoning 69-799 and asking for the delivery department for any alteration they require in the delivery of their newspapers. A list of agents appears on Page 16. Too Many Reindeer

The telephone operator at the Christchurch Hospital’s switchboard was kept busy yesterday answering calls offering reindeers “used to going down chimneys.” They were all the result of * joke but one that “The Press” regrets, for an advertisement seeking a reindeer and asking for replies to Father Christmas at the hospital escaped all the usual scrutiny and checking in the newspaper office. Furnishings Tenders of £3161 for linoleum and of £1483 for fibreglass curtain material were accepted for its new building by the Christchurch Drainage Board last evening. A special committee was given power to buy furniture and carpets, and it was decided not to have a formal opening, but to have an informal gathering on a date- to be arranged. The building Is due to be finished in May. Can Wear Hat A peeress has struck a historical blow for women's rights in the House of Lords. Baroness Burton has managed to get the Procedure Committee of the House to let her keep her hat on. It meant changing a law of 1621 forbidding the wearing of hats in the House. Lady Burton, aged 61, decided to try to do something about the law when she had to remove her hat before she could take part in a debate. She said the Procedure Committee had been “very nice about it.’’—London, December 21. Overcast Day The weather In Christchurch yesterday was mainly overcast with a moderate south-west wind. The temperature at the wea’ther office at Harewood at 6 a.m. was 47 degrees, but rose to 60 degrees by 9 a.m. At noon it was 61 degrees and it remained at that temperature until 4 p.m. when it dropped to 60 resume usual time theredegrees. The temperature in the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. was 63 degrees. The Government Life Building temperature gauge recorded 63 degrees at 4.15 p.m. Money For Children The children's ward at the Christchurch Hospital has benefited by £8 13s from small charge left with a lottery ticket seller in Victoria square. The seller put two money boxes in the shape of footballs on his stand and labelled them for the children’s ward, and yesterday the hospital received the results.