General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31196, 21 October 1966, Page 10

General News

Kiwi Chick Dies

The kiwi chick hatched out in an incubator on October 13 died last night at the game farm at Ngararatunua near Whangarei. The curator of the farm, Mr B. Jones, hadj the egg in an incubator for about a fortnight after it was I found by a farmer at Otai-| karangi. A dog had scared i off and destroyed the hen bird.—(P.A.) Limited Access Declaration of lengths of the Main North road as limited-access road was proposed, said the District Commissioner of Works (Mr D. B. Dallas) in a letter reported to the Waimairi County Council last night. Mr Dallas said the declaration would cover two miles from the Waimakariri bridge to the Belfast Hotel, 0.84 miles from Englefield road to the Styx overbridge, and from the Waimakariri bridge to the southern boundary of Kaiapoi borough. Venison Plentiful A Grey mouth venison-pro-cessing firm has this week received a spring rush of deer carcases. A spokesman for the firm described it as the best in years. Many of the deer were does carrying | young, the spotted skins of I which are very popular in the [ manufacture of handbags.— 1(F.0.0.R) Mt Cook Flights ; A record number of plane Handings and departures took place in a nine-hour period in the Mount Cook area yesterday. There were 22 landings and departures by two Mount Cook Airlines DC3s and two DC3s chartered from the National Airways Corporation, and 35 flights by the Mount Cook company's skiequipped light aircraft. The activity was caused by a booking from Christchurch by Australian electrical dealers and their wives for a day’s tour of the Mount Cook area. In seven groups 244 members of the party were carried. Today only two or three groups will visit the area. Traffic Breaches Of 1161 traffic-offence notices issued by Waimairi County Council inspectors in September, 279 were for exceeding 30 miles an hour, 216 for failing to produce drivers’ licences, and 151 for having no warrant of fitness.