General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31188, 12 October 1966, Page 16

General News

Request For Beds

After a request from the j United States Embassy in Wellington, the United States Navy base at Christchurch Airport yesterday sent 40 beds and mattresses to Wellington aboard a Hercules. The plane also took communications equipment which it had picked up in Sydney the previous night, and had five sailors as passengers. The sailors, the communications equipment, and the beds are needed because of the visit to New Zealand next week of President Johnson. Power Supply “Some say we are elected to supply electricity at the lowest possible cost to users.” said the chairman (Mr W. A. Newton), in his report to the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board’s meeting yesterday on the recent supoly authorities’ conference. “This may be so, but surely this does not apply when by so doing we affect adversely the consumers in a neighbouring district. If we do not approach the distribution from a national angle, I feel the Government will step in and do it for us.” Sunnier Day The sun shone in Christchurch yesterday after five days of cloudy and wet weather. However, it was partly cloudy all day, with a moderate easterly wind. There was a frost of four degrees at Harewood, and of two degrees in the city. The maximum temperature at Harewood was 55 degrees at noon. Other temperatures were: 36 degrees at 6 a.m., 47 degrees at 9 a.m., 54 degrees at 3 p.m., and 52 degrees at 4 p.m. At the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. the temperature was 56 degrees. The temperature gauge on the Government Life building registered 55 degrees at 4.30 p.m.

Damage By Magpies

Twice over the last month, power was shut down at the New Zealand Electricity Department’s Islington sub-sta-tion because of the activities of magpies, the engineer-man-ager (Mr S. E. Slatter) told the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board yesterday. “The birds have apparently been dropping lengths of wire on to the sub-station structure,” he said. Election Issues “This is your General Election in which more can be achieved by active members and organised branches than by head office,” says the New Zealand Educational Institute in a notice to teachers. It has asked all political parties for a statement of educational policy, and it has given members a series of pamphlets raising such issues as the full use of trained teachers, country education needs, State aid to private schools, financial and equipment requirements, and a proposed educational development conference. Licence Sought An application for a restaurant licence has been made to the Licensing Control Commission by the Charles Restaurant, Ltd., of 202-204 Cashel street. Six other restaurants in Christchurch and one in Kaiapoi now hold restaurant licences.