General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31230, 30 November 1966, Page 16

General News

Really Red

Some wine sold in Britain as “French” really came from East Europe, Mr Arthur Lewis, M.P., claimed today. Mr Lewis, a Labour member, said Bulgarian, Hungarian and Russian wine was involved. He said his information was that Bulgarian wine, imported through France, was sold in Britain at twice the price that could be obtained if the real country of origin were known.—London, November 29. Variable Day Variable winds and mild to warm temperatures were the main features of the weather in Christchurch yesterday. A fresh and occasionally strong north-west wind blew until just after noon when the wind changed to a strong southerly, which gradually decreased during the afternoon. The skies were mainly cloudy in the morning with some scattered showers. There were further showers with the midday wind change. A maximum temperature of 72 degrees was recorded at Harewood at 8 a.m. At 6 a.m. a temperature of 65 degrees was recorded at Harewood, at 9 a.m. 68 degrees and at noon 71 degrees. By 3 p.m. the temperature had dropped to 61 degrees. At the Botanic Gardens a temperature of 62 degrees was recorded at 3 p.m. and the temperature gauge on the Government Life Building showed 65 degrees at 4.30 p.m. Grapefruit Juice Grapefruit juice is now being bottled in New Zealand The Waikato Milk Company, Ltd., Hamilton, has begun bottling the juice extracted from Tauranga grapefruit. The bottling is done three times a week and sales have reached nearly 1000 gallons a week.