General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31307, 1 March 1967, Page 16

General News

No Photograph Mr Eden George, who was Mayor of Christchurch in 1893, is the only one of 3fl mayors not represented by a photograph. The Town Clerk (Mr C. S. Bowie) is anxious to obtain a photograph, preferably one showing Mr George wearing the mayoral chain. The council has collected photographs of all the other mayors and proposes to have a complete record hung in the council chambers with plaques showing the mayor’s names and years of office. Anyone having Mr George’s photograph will be a welcome visitor at the council. Coal By Road The Denniston incline, used for delivering coal from the hilltop mines to the rail head at Conn’s Creek and on to Waimangaroa and Westport, will go out of commission soon. The Mines Department is preparing tenders for cartage of such coal by road transport and they will be advertised later this month. —(F.0.0.R., Greymouth). New School Cert. Proposals for the new school certificate examination, still confidentially before school boards for comment by the end of this term, may come into force next year, according to Mr W. J. Cartwright, chairman of the Christchurch Secondary Schools’ Council. However, he said, he was certain they would be made public before they were finally adopted. Overcast Weather Christchurch had overcast weather yesterday with drizzle during mid-afternoon developing into steady rain by early evening. Temperatures recorded at Harewood were moderate with the maximum of 63 degrees recorded at 9 a.m. At 6 a.m. the temperature was 61 degrees, at noon 62 degrees and at 3 p.m. it had dropped to 56 degrees. A moderate to fresh southwesterly blew during the day. At 3 p.m. the temperature in the Botanic Gardens was 58 degrees. Kaiapoi High School The Canterbury Education Board survey indicating that Kaiapoi could support a high school was received by the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Council last evening without discussion. The chairman (Mr W. J. Cartwright) said Kaiapoi was outside the council’s area But the council had an interest in accounting services for the Rangiora High School and in the effects of Kaiapoi on the Papanui High School.

Siren Sounding A rail-car siren jammed for more than a minute in Papanui yesterday. Instead of giving a steady scream, the siren’s note rose and fell. Mistakes Noted When the Christchurch Secondary Schools’ Council last evening praised the efficiency and economy of its works foreman (Mr F. H. Spencer), Mr C. E. Fenwick asked whether faults in building, items needing frequent repair, and similar matters Were made known to school planners. The secretary (Mr P. J. Halligan) said there was close liaison between Mr Spencer and the Education Department’s architectural and property officers. Mr Spencer was responsible for several improvements in design, “but these things take time to appear and to be changed.”