General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31143, 20 August 1966, Page 14

General News

Men Of Letters

“I remember getting a let-1 ter from him: he said it was from one B.F. to another,”! said the Governor-General (Sir Bernard Fergusson) yesterday as he inspected a 'photograph of . LieutenantGeneral Sir Bernard Freyberg in the foyer of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Estab lishment League's centre in Riccarton road. i Amputee’s Progress 'ln spite of fairly bad health, Mr L. J. Harris, a retired farmer of Okains Bay who had a leg amputated on Tuesday and was walking on an artificial leg the next day, yesterday walked the full length of the walking rails at the Christchurch Hospital. Mr I. E. Cooper, supervisor of the Disabled Servicemen’s Re-Establishment League’s limb department, said the rails were 25 to 30ft long. He said everyone was very pleased with Mr Harris’s progress. Mr Harris’s other leg was amputated about eight years ago. To Receive Degree I The Governor-Genera) (Sir Bernard Fergusson) will receive the honorary degree of i doctor of laws from the University of Canterbury at a special ceremony on October 12. This was announced amid applause by the Chancellor (the Rt. Rev. A. K. Warren) when the GovernorGeneral officially opened the science buildings at Ham yesterday. Diabetics’ Stall About £l4O was collected at a sales stall run by the Christchurch Diabetic Society in Cathedral square yesterday. The president of the society (Mr E. Blain) said that this was the society’s first attempt at a Friday sales stall, and he would like to thank the public for the generous support. The money would go towards a diabetes research fellowship which the Diabetic Association of New Zealand would establish next year, he said. Results of a cake and a doll raffle also held yesterday would be announced early next week. Electra Chartered The National Airways Corporation chartered an Air New Zealand Electra yesterday to help it to cope with holiday traffic. The charter was planned when the Viscounts were grounded with tail defects. The Electra flew from Christchurch to Auckland and back in the morning and to Wellington and back in the afternoon. Tapes Analysed Because of difficulties in larger groups observing school classes, Mr C. J Wright, of the Christchurch Teachers’ College, has recently used tape recordings and transcripts for demonstration. In analysing these, students picked out basic techniques and strategies of a teacher in his moment-by-moment interaction with a class, the college principal (Mr G. Guy) reported yesterday to the Canterbury Education Board. Address The president of the central committee of the 700,000 strong Soviet Sea and River Workers’ Union, Mr Georgi Saenko, yesterday addressed about 30 seamen aboard the Wahine. Mr Saenko spoke at the invitation of the general secretary of the Federated Seamen’s Union, Mr L. A. Barber.—(P.A.)