General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31077, 4 June 1966, Page 16

General News

Protest

“That’s £5OOO off the topdressing programme at a time when more farm production is needed,” said Cr. M. R. Voice, when the Malvern County Council put up its rates yesterday. He could not see any other way in which farm spending could be reduced, he said. “Cut out smokes,” suggested another councillor.

Birthday Parade

When the Queen’s Colour is naraded by the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Cathedral square on Monday at 10.30 a.m. it is accepted procedure for the public to stand, if seated, and to uncover the head as the Colour passes by. When the parade commander gives the command to the escort squadron for the first Royal Salute all present other than servicemen in uniform should remove hats and leave them off until the end of the Queen’s Birthday ceremony. If the day is wet the parade, to be reviewed by the Mayor (Mr G Manning), will be held in the King Edward Barracks at the same time.

Cloudy Day

Christchurch had cloudy weather with moderate temperatures and light winds yesterday. The maximum temperature was 55 degrees, reached at 2 p.m., and the lowest temperature was 45 degrees. Fresh southerlies with periods of rain, and snow in the high country, are forecast for today, and showers for tomorrow.

Refugee Family

A former veterinary surgeon in the Russian army is the senior member of a White Russian family which will arrive in Christchurch today to start a new life in New Zealand. The Mamaeff family is coming from Harbin, China, by way of Hong Kong, under a scheme sponsored by the National Council of Churches The veterinary is 70-year-old Mr I. Mamaeff, who says he has still several years of work in him. His son, Mr G. Mamaeff, is a mechanic and watch repairer. The family will settle in Invercargill.

Brief Visit

Two girls, aged three and six, were found in their nightgowns in a street in Christchurch about 8 o’cl6ck last evening. They were taken to the Central Police Station in a patrol car. They were looked after by a policewoman for a short time before they were claimed and returned home.

He Was Wrong

The chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board (Mr R. C F. Savory) is nursing a sore head and has resolved always to follow his wife’s instructions. Asked by his wife to replace a light bulb, a job he had put off for many weeks, he dragged a stool under the light. “My wife told me the stool was dangerous,” he said, “but for the first time in about 30 years of marriage I told her I knew best. Of course the stool collapsed under me. I hit the ground with my head and I had to have nine stitches.”

Thanks

“The record sum of £2060 collected last Friday enables us to cover all home costs for an entire three months,” says the president of the board of the Cholmondeley Memorial Children’s Home (Mr C. L. Paterson) in a tetter thanking the people of Christchurch,. The warmth of the public response to the appeal was nothing short of thrilling, he said.