General News

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31029, 7 April 1966, Page 16

General News

No Paper Tomorrow “The Press” will not be published tomorrow. Good Friday. Fox And Franz The West Coast branch of the Automobile Association, Canterbury, is to begin a move which it hopes will utimately mean the changing of the names of Waiho and Weheka to Franz and Fox townships. A meeting of the branch decided that the two glacier settlements should be named after the glaciers, and that the less familiar names, which only led to confusion on road maps and sign posts, should be abandoned. The Commissioner of Crown Lands at Hokitika, Mr E. N. Young, pointed out that to have the names changed it would bo necessary to get the sanction of the National Geographic Board, and this would be no mean task. However, it would be more appropriate to have the townships named after the glaciers.—(F.O.O.R.) Easter Fare About 2000 Easter eggs—of the hen-laid variety—and about 500 hot cross buns will be sent by the North Canterbury centre of the Red Cross Society to its 240 “meals on ■ wheels” recipients this morning. The eggs and buns will be included in parcels containing roast beef dinners. The elderly and needy people will receive another Easter treat on Monday morning, when meals of roast chicken will be delivered. Got The Goat A stray goat, described as a white nanny with horns, was impounded recently at Brynley street, Hornby, by the Paparua County Council. No-one claimed the beast, and when it was auctioned yesterday by the County Clerk (Mr A Kelly), the sole bidder got it for 255. Fair Weather The weather in Christchurch yesterday was overcast, clearing in the afternoon. A cool north-east wind kept temperatures down, but 65 degrees was recorded at 4.30 p.m. on the temperature gauge on the Government Life building. The temperature at Harewood was 51 degrees at 6 a.m., rising to 54 degrees at 9 a.m., 59 degrees at noon, and 61 degrees at 3 p.m. Record Air Travel The National Airways Corporation in Christchurch has created a record with its Easter bookings. Between April 7 and 12, both inclusive. the airline will carry 11,300 passengers in and out of Christchurch. This is a 12 per cent increase over the same period last year. The total of aircraft movements during this period will be 330, of which special flights number 130. Today is the peak day for air traffic. Buns Plentiful Sales of hot cross buns are expected to be better than last Easter, but there should be no shortage of buns in Christchurch, a spokesman for a leading bakery firm said last evening. Many of the buns which will be sold this Easter are deep frozen, which most customers seem to prefer. Sales started yesterday, although orders have been taken for several days. Easter eggs are also selling well, although fewer of the large sugar eggs appear to be on sale this year. Bottled Mail A note in a bottle thrown overboard in the Pacific has brought a reply from 1100 miles away, more than six months later for a Papakura man, Mr A. B. Papesch. Mr Papesch was a passenger in the Monterey travelling from Auckland to Honolulu in July last year when he followed the age-old custom of throwing a message overboard as the ship was crossing the equator. His reply came from 14-year-old Arama Tanging, a pupil in the Island Council School on Beru Island in the southern Gilbert group, who found the bottle on the windward side of the island. Asian Trainees Two Royal Malayasian Air Force pilot officers will arrive at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station, Wigram, about April 18 to undergo aircrew training. They are Acting Pilot Officers A. Halimbinyaliaya and L. A. Raj.