General News

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30943, 27 December 1965, Page 8

General News

Fire In Booth

A fire was reported in a telephone booth on the Main North road, near the Waimakariri bridge, about 3.20 a.m. yesterday. Detectives found the telephone book Had been set alight, and the telephone handset had been pulled off and was lying on the floor. Three youths were seen nearby just before the fire, the police say. Noon Weather Noon weather yesterday was: Auckland, cloudy, 59. south-west, 15; Wellington, cloudy, 62, north-west 20; Christchurch, partly cloudy, 73, north-west 20; Dunedin, cloudy, 56, north-east 15;— (P.A.) Steady Stream A steady stream of cars and caravans moving down the Main South road from Christchurch yesterday morning was reported by a motorist who drove to Christchurch from Timart. Almost all of the cars were well filled with holiday-makers, who formed many roadside picnic parties as the morning heat increased. Traffic in the opposite direction was light. Cloudy Week-end The weather in Christchurch during the week-end was cloudy and mild. Yesterday the wind was blowing from a northerly direction, but changed to a strong northwesterly after 3 p.m. Th? temperature at the weather office at Harewood at 6 a.m. was 52 degrees and rose to 55 legrees at 9 a.m. At noon it was 73 degrees and at 3 p.m. 76 degrees. By 6 p.m. the temperature had dropped to 68 degrees. The temperature gauge on the Government Life building at 4.15 p.m. showed 74 degrees. With a maximum temperature of 69 degrees. Christmas Day was cooler than Christmas Eve, when high temperatures made shopping trying, the maximum of 83 degrees being recorded between midday and 1 p.m. Taxis Busy Both Christchurch taxi companies had a busy Christmas Day. The telephone supervisor of the Blue Star company (Mr H. W. Lawrence) said that his company had its normal Christmas rush. Taxis were completely booked between 10 a.m; a '.d 2 p.m. he said. World Weather Maximum temperatures and weather in world capitals during the last 24 hours were: Rome 59, clear; Paris 49, rain; London 49, overcast; Moscow, 30, snow; New York 53, overcast; San Francisco 56, rain; Tokyo, 46, fair; Sydney 77, fine; Melboure 72, cloudy; Brisbane 80, fine.— London, December 25. Port Busy Lyttleton is a busy port at present and most berths were occupied at the week-end. One vessel, the Konini, lay in the stream. According to the Lyttelton Harbourmaster (Captain A. R. Champion), the port will be extremely busy over the holiday period. Rewarded One young girl wanting holiday work fruit-picking was first up to get “The Press" last week, but she did not look for the situations vacant columns —she had missed before. Instead, she found a grower advertising black currants for sale and telephoned at 6.15 a.m. asking whether pickers were wanted. The grower’s wife was not pleased, and was about to say there was a full complement, but then thought initiative deserved a reward, so the girl got her job.