General News

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 18

General News

Time Consuming There were 12 search and rescue operations in the Arthur’s Pass National Park in the year ended March 31, I the chairman (Mr N. S. Coad) told the annual meeting of the park board yesterday. These operations took up 367 man-hours of staff time. During one 72-man five-day search for a girl who was subsequently found fit and well, staff man-hours amounted to 160. Overcast Day Cloudy to overcast skies and a light south-westerly wind were the main features of the weather in Christchurch yesterday. In a day of cool to moderate temperatures the maximum recorded at Harewood was 53 degrees. Between 10 a.m. and 4.15 p.m. the temperature did not exceed 53 degrees. At 6 a.m., at Harewood, a temperature of 46 degrees was recorded, decreasing at 9 a.m. to 45 degrees. A temperature of 54 degrees was recorded at the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m., and the temperature gauge on the Government Life building showed 55 degrees at 4.30 p.m. Classical Scooter One of the young dancers at the Christchurch Competitions Society’s annual competitions must have an unusual method of travelling to and from the theatre. Among a varied assortment of articles handed in to the lost property box at the Civic Theatre this week was a child’s scooter. It was found parked in the foyer. Oldest Brother The oldest Marist Brother in New Zealand, Brother Augustine, has completed 69 years with the order. Brother Augustine, aged 85, was born in England. In New Zealand he attended Marist schools in Christchurch before going to Sydney, where he took his vows in 1897. He went to Auckland in 1905 to teach at St Paul’s College, then Sacred Heart. Later he spent 16 years in Fiji and six in Invercargill before returning to St. Paul’s about 1936. Since retiring in 1963 he has remained at the college. Phenomenal During the North Canterbury Blood Transfusion Service's 28 years some donors have given phenomenal amounts of blood, says the chairman (Dr. R. S. C. Dick) in the service’s annual report A group of 114 has given 50 or more donations each, nuking a total of 6330 units—almost a year’s supply. One person has given 90 donations, and two have given 80. Nine persons gave 70 donations, 35 gave 60 and 67 gave 50. The donors, who averaged 18 years’ active membership on the panel, will be presented with certificates of merit by the Mayor (Mr G. Manning) at the annual meeting of the service on May 30.