General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31190, 14 October 1966, Page 14

General News

To Be Closed The Wellington City Council has decided to close the public lavatory in Kent and Cambridge terraces known as the Taj Mahal. The date of the closing has not been decided. The council closed the 28-year-old lavatory more than two years ago, but the outcry was so great it was reopened. The chairman of the by-laws committee said the closing of the lavatory would save about £l6OO a year in repairs and cleaning. Cool Day Christchurch yesterday had one of its coldest days this spring. The maximum temperature at Harewood was 48 degrees, at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m The day was cloudy with showers of rain and hail in the morning, although it became warmer and clearer during the afternoon. Fresh south to south-westerly winds blew. Other temperatures were: 43 degress at 6 a.m., 41 degrees at 8 a.m., 47 degrees at 9 a.m., and 46 degrees at noon. At the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. the temperature was 49 degrees. At 4.30 p.m. the temperature gauge on the Government Life building registered 48 degrees. New Flight Centre A flight-control centre to keep a continuous watch on Qantas flights throughout the world is to be established at the airline’s jet base at Sydney Airport. It will come into use on November 1. The purpose of the centre, which will be manned by a staff of 18, is to keep plane delays to a minimum, aid to ensure that • those that occur affect as few passengers as possible. If any one service is delayed it will be possible to bring in other aircraft to avoid a long wait for passengers. University Service The end-of-the-year service of the University of Canterbury will be held in the University Hall on Sunday evening, a change in both place and time. Previously it has been held in a chapel outside the university and in the afternoon. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch (the Most Rev. B. P Ashby) will speak on “The Divine Initiative in Human Affairs,” lessons will be read by the Vice-Chancellor (Professor N. C. Phillips) and the president of the Students’ Association (Mr J. Anderson), and the service will be conducted by the university chaplain (the Rev. D. R. Wilson). The University Madrigal Singers will sing anthems. Airline Bui ter New Zealand butter will be available on the plates of air travellers from Hong Kong . and Los Angeles and on other j Air New Zealand routes within . the next few days. Small plas- j tic containers of butter, : cream, mayonnaise, and pre- ; serves are being made in ■ Auckland for the airline. A i £12,000 machine imported i from Germany punches out : the containers, fills them, and i seals them hermetically. The | airline hopes to pack nuts, < sauces, and milk in containers. <