General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31317, 13 March 1967, Page 12

General News

Put Heads Together When a motorist, Mr Clyde Gittens, braked to a sudden halt, the learner-driver ahead of him stalled his engine, so Mr Gittens marched up to the car, seized the driver and instructor and banged their heads together. His impatience cost him a £25 fine for assault in a London court yesterday. Police said that the two men were off work for two days with bruised heads. —London, March 9. Week-end Weather A north-westerl;- wind a few hundred feet up, and a light north-easterly at ground level, caused early morning temperatures on Saturday to be unusually high. The maximum temperature for the day, 74 degrees, was recorded at Harewood at 1 a.m., after which it fell steadily. At 6 a.m. it was 71 degrees, and at noon, 59 degrees. The northeasterly changed to a southwesterly at 9.30 a.m. Rain began at 8 z.m. and continued intermittently all day. Sunday was partly cloudy with a light north-easterly wind. The maximum temperature was 63 degrees, recorded at Harewood at 3 p.m. Admired By Admiral The R.N.Z.N. frigate Waikato received high praise from Rear-Admiral P. G. Sharp, R.N., on the completion of its six weeks' training at Portland naval base. Addressing the ship’s company after the final inspection day on which Waikato performed all types of exercises, Admiral Sharp said that in two and a half years he had seen and inspected about eighty ships after their training. “In my opinion I would put Waikato in the first three,” he said. Japanese Taught A pilot scheme at the Hamilton Girls’ High School to teach the Japanese language in schools has had an excellent response. It is being taught at lower and upper sixth form level. At present the classes are held twice weekly on a voluntary basis after school hours and are attended by 26 pupils from a number of Hamilton secondary schools. The lecturer for the classes is Miss Taeko Nakamura, a graduate in English of Kumumoto Univer. sity, Japan, who is spending some time in the Waikato.— (P.A-) Church And TV Television and advertising could be used to greater advantage by the churches in New Zealand, said Mr K. M. Edridge, president of the Baptist Union of New Zealand, in Christchurch. Mr Edridge is an advertising consultant. The Christian impact through television in New Zealand was absolutely in its infancy, he said. The Church had to find more vital ways of using the medium, and stronger and better ways of presenting itself. Both advertising and television should be used by churches to create an awareness of themselves within society. Mr Edridge, who is on a five-week tour of Baptist churches in the South Island, said he was urging church members to become involved in all aspects of community and church life. Section Sold A section of 54 perches at 380 Colombo street, Sydenham, was passed in at £13,000 at public auction on Friday, but was sold privately immediately afterwards for an undisclosed price. The sale was held by Ford and Hadfield, Ltd. The auctioneer was Mr P. T. Battersby. The front portion of 36 perches with a chain frontage to Colombo street is zoned commercial B. The rear portion of 18 perches with an entrance to Harold street is zoned residential B. School Lockers Mr G. Sanders, the manager of a Christchurch firm which manufactures steel lockers, said that locker door breakages (reported by the Hillmorton High School and some other schools) would not occur with steel lockers of Standards Institute specification. He said the report on a design fault reflected on all manufacturers of lockers. Those causing complaint would be wooden. Schools supplied with steel lockers were well satisfied. Diet Chart Thousands of requests have been received in the last two years by the New Zealand Milk Publicity Council from women and girls who want its chart on a milk diet for slimming. The latest requests have been from St Louis, in the United States, Fiji, and Australia. The diet chart is the same as that produced by the National Dairy Council in Britain.