General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31323, 20 March 1967, Page 12

General News

Forgot The Rhyme Mr R. J. Thompson, of Auckland, has a warrant of fitness dated to expire on April 31. In a letter to a newspaper, Mr Thompson asks whether the warrant expires on the day after April 30 or on the last day of April. A Transport Department officer said that the warrant would be taken to expire on May 1. “Some issuing authority obviously has forgotten his schoolboy rhyme for the number of days in April,” he said. Warm Temperatures Warm temperatures were recorded in Christchurch at the week-end. The maximum temperature yesterday was 81 degrees, and on Saturday, it was 82 degrees. The sky was clear on Saturday but yesterday it was overcast, with a trace of rain recorded early last evening. According to the Meteorological Office at Christchurch Airport, the temperature rose from 62 degrees at 6 a.m. yesterday to the maximum shortly before noon. A moderate to fresh northwesterly wind sprang up yesterday afternoon. The moderate wind on Saturday was a north-easterly. Police Bananas A banana tree planted at the Takapuna police station in 1964 is starting to bear fruit. One bunch of bananas is showing and others appear to be on the way. The tree is in a carefully-tended courtyard garden at the side of the police station. New School A new intermediate school will be built in the Spreydon area. According to a telegram received by the Member of Parliament for Riccarton (Mr M. A Connelly), the Government has given approval for a financial grant to cover the cost of' building the school. The advice was received from the Minister of Education (Mr Kinsella).

First Charter One of the early documents displayed among antiques at the Hawarden Jubilee show on Saturday was the first official charter of the Waipara district, authorised by William Rolleston in his capacity of Superintendent of Canterbury. Dated June 28, 1872, it named the members of the first Waipara district board as George Henry Moore, Samuel Orchard, Thomas Sanderson, James Cowie, and John Willoughby Mallock. Big Coal Tonnage Two Denniston coal miners, Messrs L. Warren and S. Sparkes, recorded what is believed to be the highest tonnage produce in one shift in a single day in New Zealand when they weighed out 124 hoppers carrying 74 tons of coal on Friday from the Denniston escarpment mines.— (F.0.0.R.) “People’s Voice” Up The price of the “People’s Voice,” official weekly journal of the New Zealand Communist Party and the only political newspaper to survive is to be increased to 9d on March 31. It sells for 6d normally. Even with the price increase the production problems of the newspaper will not be fully solved, says an article in the latest issue urging ways and means of increasing readership. The newspaper costs Is Old to produce.