General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31223, 22 November 1966, Page 16

General News

Bequest Of £5OO

A bequest of £5OO to the Canterbury and West Coast branch of the New Zealand Crpipled Children Society was made by Jane Morris, a widow, of Christchurch, who died on October 8. Cool And Cloudy The weather was mainly cloudy, with cool to moderate temperatures, in Christchurch yesterday. The maximum temperature recorded at Harewood was 59 degrees about 3 p.m. A light southerly blew until about 2 p.m., when the wind changed to a moderate north-easterly. Heavy rain fell early in the morning. At the Botanic Gardens a temperature of 57 degrees was recorded at 3 p.m. Gift From Haast A gift of £4 4s 6d from the junior Bible Class at Haast was received recently by the Christchurch office of C.0.R.S.O. The money, which was raised at a stall, will go towards the Freedom-from-Hun-ger campaign. The district organiser (Mr G. H. Coley) said he thought it was the first time money had been received from Haast. Another gift of £8 Is 5d had also been received from five standard IV pupils of the South New Brighton School, said Mr Coley. Change To Yellow Upper Hutt Fire Brigade will have New Zealand’s first yellow fire-engine. Purely as an experiment one of its conventional red machines is being repainted a bright yellow. The Chief Fire Officer, Mr G. Ford, said the reason for the change was that red in certain lights, such as Upper Hutt’s sodium lights, changed to a brown or black.—(P.A.) Fewer Birds The bird-strike summary for April to September showed a marked reduction of incidents at the Christchurch Airport, and the Airline Pilots’ Association was pleased with the results, the airport committee reported to the City Council last evening. “The general position throughout New Zealand is that improved conditions are being observed at all airports and experiments are continuing in many areas,” the committee added. Auckland Plan The Auckland Harbour Board’s ambitious downtown redevelopment scheme is featured in the quarterly issue of the journal of the International Association of Ports and Harbours, the headquarters of which is in Japan. The front and back covers of the journal are devoted to a photograph of Auckland city, with the harbour board’s proposed buildings superimposed. Six pages of the journal give a report on Auckland and the operation of the port.