General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31322, 18 March 1967, Page 12

General News

Test Fever Test fever got the better of one councillor at yesterday’s meeting of the Mount Herbert County Council. The councillor arrived with the usual business papers under one arm and a transistor radio in the other hand. During the play before lunch at Lancaster Park he resolutely kept the radio off. But after lunch he plugged in the earphone connexion and followed the cricket with one ear while attending to the council business with the other. Other councillors were quietly kept informed of the position. Sunny Day A clear sky and light variable winds brought warm, sunny weather to Christchurch again yesterday, and for a short time in the afternoon, the temperature was in the eighties. A maximum temperature of 82 degrees was recorded at Harewood and at the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. By 4 p.m. at Harewood the temperature had dropped to 79 degrees. The temperature at 6 a.m. at Harewood was 52 degrees. By 9 a.m. it had risen to 61 degrees, and at noon it was 75 degrees. The gauge on the Government Life building showed 77 degrees at 4.30 p.m.

“Anomaly” Mr G. L. Brown told the Canterbury Education Board that the voting qualification in primary school householders’ meetings still contained an anomaly, particularly in country areas. If a vote was taken on consolidation, he said, some parents could vote at the school or schools their children attended and again at another school in the district where they lived. The rule should be tightened. At present, householders need not have children: parents need not necessarily be householders, he said. Economy Measure As an economy measure, the Canterbury Education Board will not tour district schools this year. In recent years the board has called as a party on schools on the West Coast and in North Canterbury. South or Mid-Canter-bury would have been next. Until Government financial curbs are clear, the board agreed that it would not be justified in this expense. Demand For Covers The demand for first-day covers for the inaugural Qantas flight from Sydney to Amsterdam on March 30 has been so great that applications have been extended to March 29. Applications for the cover, which has a tulip design, are being received at Qantas and Air New Zealand offices. Fishing Rivers

The North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society yesterday reported the state of rivers as follows: Waiau, Ashley, and Selwyn, clear and flshable; Hurunui, discoloured and not fishable at present; Waimakariri, mouth discoloured, but should be fishable at the week-end: Waimakariri Gorge, slightly discoloured but clearing and should be fishable; Rakaia, mouth dirty; Rakaia Gorge, slightly above normal, discoloured and unfishable but could become fishable during the week-end; Ashburton, discoloured but clearing, with a few salmon being caught in the river and sea: Opihi, clear and fishable, with a few salmon being caught at the mouth.