IN BRIEF Smoke On Way

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31291, 10 February 1967, Page 3

IN BRIEF Smoke On Way

Smoke from the Tasmanian bush fires is expected over the south of the South Island within the next few days. A Meteorological Office spokesman said yesterday that a strong wind was prevailing between Tasmania and the south of the South Island, the Press Association reported. “I imagine that the smoke could cross to the South Island very quickly,” he said. E.E.C. Inquiry

The French Ambassador to New Zealand (Mr Jean Duflos) will inquire in Paris next month about the practicability of New Zealand’s seeking some form of association with the European Common Market, he said in Auckland yesterday. Mr Duflos was in Auckland to open, with the Minister of Aviation (Mr Gordon) a new office of the French airline, U.T.A. Cook Memorial

Local authorities in the Thames Valley area will ask the Department of Internal Affairs to erect a national monument at Mercury Bay to mark the bi centenary of Captain Cook’s landing in New Zealand, in 1769. “Kytoon” Trial An American-made rubberised silk “kytoon”—a 10ftlong balloon to be used to carry instruments for air pollution studies in various parts of New Zealand, was given a trial flight over Wellington yesterday by the Weather Office. The “kytoon” Is filled with hydrogen and dusted with black graphite to resist electrical charges. Tour Of U.S.

Mr H. J. Walker, member of Parliament for St. Albans, has received a United States Department of State international visitor grant, the American Embassy announced yesterday. Mr Walker will leave on March 2 for a 45day tour of the United States, where he will study marketing practices and principles. Higher Altitude

Wellington Airport's sea level altitud3 reading will rise an inch and a quarter over the next 26 days. Bituminous plant mix—about about £120,000 worth—will be laid on a 5000 ft strip of the runway. Workmen on Wednesday night began pick-axing the concrete aprons at each end of the runway. These have to be raised to the new level. An airport official said that N.A.C. might have to alter some special flights to fit in with the work schedule. Tourist Seminar A tourist industry seminar for primary and secondary school teachers, arranged by the Travel and Holidays Association, will be held in Wanganui from May 15 to 18. Money On Tap The sober business of banking will be carried out in premises formerly used for drinking, when the Rotorua North branch of the Bank of New Zealand moves into temporary premises in the Palace Hotel in April. The staff will take over the former public and private bars for a year while a new bank building is erected. Drinking facilities for the Palace Hotel have been shifted to new premises. Oil Search

A new company has joined the search for oil in New Zealand and is exploring off the Raglan-Kawhia coastline. The exploration ship m.v. United Geo I, owned by the United Geophysical Corporation of America, is making seismic tests in the area between Mokau and Manukau. Increased Fees

The British Government Is to go ahead with its decision to increase the university fees of overseas students, said the president of the National Union of Students (Mr G. Martin) in London on Wednesday. Hundreds of Australian and New Zealand stud ; ents will have their fees increased nearly three-fold.