General News

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 10

General News

£1 For Luck A South African two-rand note, the equivalent of a New

Zealand £l, brought to Dunedin by a South African visitor, Mrs M. J. Tompkins, will be passed on to a deserving Dunedin family. A Jewish produce merchant in South • Africa insisted on giving Mrs Tompkins the money to give to the first poor person she found in New Zealand—there is a belief that this Jewish custom brings good luck to both the giver and the receiver. The money will be passed on to a family who last week lost almost all their possessions when the interior of their house was destroyed by fire, the contents not being’ insured. Cool Day After the scorching weather on Sunday the temperatures dropped considerably in ' Christchurch yesterday and a maximum of 67 degrees was! recorded at the airport at 3. p.m. The temperature in the| Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. was 64 degrees. Skies were overcast and light to moderate north-easterly winds blew throughout the day. At 4.15 p.m. the temperature gauge on the Government Life building registered 68 degrees.

Delayed "We would have started before now, but deliveries of Bin pipe from Auckland have been held up,” said the Paparua County Council’s engineer (Mr A, Dyhrberg), asked yesterday about the extension of the high-pressure water system to Templeton and Prebbleton. Only 2000 ft of the pipe had come to hand, though main deliveries had been promised for November, he said. As soon as enough pipe had arrived, work would start along the Main South road to Templeton.