General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31097, 28 June 1966, Page 16

General News

Snow On Roads Snow on the Lewis Pass summit and in the Otira Gorge interfered with traffic on West Coast routes yesterday morning, but by the afternoon both roads had been cleared by Ministry of Works graders. The chief patrol officer of the Automobile Association (Canterbury), Mr B. Anderson, said last evening that motorists should be very careful on slippery patches where roads were shaded. Monday night’s snowfall on the Lewis Pass route—six inches—was the fourth in succession. Missed Two Professor A. J. Danks, bidden farewell yesterday on his departure to become chairman of the University Grants Committee, told the Canterbury University Council that he could boast more posts than any other member of the staff. They were: part-time temporary lecturer, part-time lecturer, assistant lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor, professor and head of department, professor and not head of department, and pro-Vice-Chancellor. “The only ones I've missed are lecturer and Vice-Chancellor,” he said amid laughter. Delay Expected The British seamen’s strike is expected to delay the delivery of equipment for the vehicle-testing station being built jointly by the Waimairi and Paparua county councils and the Riccarton Borough Council. The equipment was to be shipped from New York in the Westmoreland, for arrival at Lyttelton in November. Lottery Grants The University of Canterbury has received from the Golden Kiwi Lottery Board’s scientific research distribution committee a grant of £38.000 for a high-resolution mass spectrometer for the chemistry department and £2OOO for electron microscone equipment to prepare material for examination by the instruments at Lincoln and Gracefield. Cloudy Day

The weather in Christchurch yesterday was cloudy, with a moderate southerly wind. A four-degree frost was recorded at Harewood. Temperatures recorded at Harewood were 46 degrees at 6 a.m.. 44 degrees at 9 a.m., and 50 degrees at noon and 3 p m. The maximum temperature was 53 degrees at 1.15 pm. A temperature of 50 degrees was recorded at the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. The gauge on the Government Life building showed 51 degrees at 4.30 p.m. Landscaping The University Grants Committee has approved a grant of £11,090 for landscaping the science buildings of the University of Canterbury at Ham on a plan already prepared. With a £2500 grant in 1962, this brings the landscaping total to £13,590. Plane Damaged A privately-owned light aircraft, made before the Second World War, nosed over on landing at the Christchurch Airport on Sunday. The reason for the mishap is not known. The plane, which was on a flight from Timaru, is owned by a Dunedin man. It was unable to taxi across the airfield to a hangar and had to be picked up by a crane and placed on a trailer. It is now in the Canterbury Aero Club’s hangar awaiting repair to its damaged undercarriage. The pilot was not injured.