General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31221, 19 November 1966, Page 14

General News

Hay’s Pageant Hay’s Christmas pageant, which has become a Christchurch institution since it was first held in 1949, will take place today regardless of the weather. It has never been cancelled or postponed. Huts Removed Seven huts which had been built in the Lewis Pass scenic reserve without authority have been removed by the Lands and Survey Department. Earlier this year the department advertised its intention to do so, and fixed notices on the doors of the huts. The owners were given until September 30 to remove the huts. After a few weeks' grace they were removed. Routes Changed

From Monday the Sumner and St. Martins bus routes will be temporarily altered because of sewer excavation at the intersection of Hereword and Manchester streets. Both buses will run from Cathedral square through High street and Cashel street to Manchester street. There will be a temporary stop in i Bedford row for St. Martins | buses. ! “Best Traffic Rule” Traffic in Teheran seemed to have neither form nor rules, Mr A. H. Buckland, a senior roading engineer of the Ministry of Works, told a Road Federation meeting in Wellington this week. “I was scared to death,” he said of his recent visit to Teheran, “until a German, employed in establishing a Swedish car plant assured me they had the best rule yet invented: you pay for the damage to the front of your car, regardless, and the other chap pays for any damage to the back of your car.” Seat-Belt Plea A plea that persons should wear seat belts in their cars was made yesterday by the Minister of Transport (Mr McAlpine) when he was speaking at the cutting-in of the new automatic telephone exchange at Southbridge. “Nobody’s life has been saved by sitting on a belt, but many have been saved by wearing one,” he said. Five From S.I. Of the 40 scouts and adult leaders to go to the scout corroboree at Woodhouse, near Adelaide, next January, only five will be from the South Island. The leader of the contingent will be Mr R. S. Wilson, of Christchurch. The other South Island representative will be an adult leader from Ashburton, two scouts from Temuka, and one scout from Timaru. £6O Raised A stall at Church corner yesterday raised about £6O for the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation. Girls from Villa Maria College and several other organisations assisted. Fishing Rivers Conditions in fishing rivers, as reported by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society at 9 a.m. yesterday, were: Waiau, dirty; Hurunui, slightly discoloured; Ashley, clear and fishable; Waimakariri. dirty at gorge and mouth; Selwyn, clear and fishable; Rakaia, dirty at gorge and mouth.