General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31089, 18 June 1966, Page 14

General News

Supplement Praised The supplement on greater Christchurch which appeared in "The Press” yesterday was described as excellent by the Mayor (Mr G. Manning) when ha opened the travel convention of the New Zealand Travel and Holidays Association in Christchurch yesterday. “I don’t need to tell you anything about the city,” he told delegates. “You can read all about it in this morning’s paper.” Frigate Commissioned The latest addition to the Royal New Zealand Navy, the former Royal Navy frigate Blackpool, was commissioned at a half-hour ceremony at Chatham yesterday. A Whitbyclass anti-submarine frigate, Blackpool has been lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy for four to five years while a new frigate is being built. At the ceremony, the ship’s crew, flown from New Zealand, paraded on the quarterdeck as chaplains from three denominations read prayers and the New Zealand ensign was broken at the ship’s stem. —Chatham (Kent). June 17. No School TV Although occasional telecasts are sound in general principle, the cost prevents any action being taken at present, the Regional Superintendent of Education (Mr S. S. P. Hamilton) has informed the Canterbury Education Board. The board had asked the Education Department to consider open-circuit school telecasts on the same lines as school radio broadcasts. Fine But Cold Although the weather in Christchurch yesterday was fine, temperatures remained cold. By late afternoon a light north-west wind had cleared heavy morning cloud, and a maximum temperature of 51 degrees was recorded at Harewood at 3 p.m. A frost of five degrees was recorded at Harewood, and at the Botanic Gardens there was a four-degree frost. The temperature at Harewood at 6 a.m. was 39 degrees, at 9 a.m. 40 degrees, and at noon 44 degrees. At the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. the temperature was 50 degrees. A reading of 50 degrees was also shown on the Government Life building gauge at 4.30 p.m. College Radio Mr E. D. Adams, principal lecturer in mathematics, has set up his own equipment as an amateur radio station at the Christchurch Teachers’ College and is using his own call sign ZL3PY. With student teachers he has formed a club which hopes eventually to secure its own equipment and establish an official radio station for the college with its own call sign. Kiss, Don’t Carve A recent Innovation at the Westland National Park Is a “kissing gate” at the entrance to the Lake Matheson forest walk. According to “National Park News,” the idea came from a ranger, Mr J. Taylor, when the need arose for a stock-proof gate to the track. He remembered seeing “kissing gates” in England, situated where public footpaths crossed private property. A stone wall has been built beside the gate, and fixed to the top of the wall is a totara slab inscribed “Visitors’ Log.” This, says the publication, has been “savaged” by the namecarving fraternity, although the timber gate and rails have escaped so far. Park Programme An audio-visual programme entitled “Escape to Nature” has been written and produced by the National Publicity Studios for the National Parks Authority. The authority’s publication, “National Park News,” says the programme comprises 100 colour transparencies and about 20 minutes of recorded sound track. Copies are being distributed to park boards so that screenings may be ar-, ranged:throughout the country. “Escape to Nature” tells of the establishment and administration of the 10 national parks, and then takes the viewer on a tour of the parks.