GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31359, 3 May 1967, Page 16

GENERAL NEWS

Speed-Limit Survey The Christchurch City Council’s traffic department is looking at a number of streets in Christchurch to see whether the speed limits placed on them can be increased From yesterday, the Minister or Transport (Mr Gordon) announced recently the raising of certain limits would be permitted. The City Council's Traffic Superintendent (Mr J. F. Thomas) said yesterday that his officers had completed one survey, of Humphreys drive, and had made its recommendations to the Transport Department. Such surveys, he added, usually took two weeks. Solution? “You might lend me a ser-geant-at-arms for a month or two,” commented the Minister of Finance (Mr Muldoon) at yesterday’s meeting of the Christchurch Rotary Club. After an appeal by Brigadier J. T. Burrows for support for funds to help Red Cross and Save the Children Fund work in Greece, the sergeant-at-arms and his assistants collected £6B 12s 6d when tin helmets were passed around among members and “fines” imposed. When the sum was announced a member said he would be happy to make the sum up to £lOO.

Shooting Party The second party of members of the Australian Sporting Shooters’ Association will arrive in Christchurch today and stay until May 10 shooting on Erewhon station. There are 30 in the party. The last party, of 32, took home 29 trophies after shooting on the station for a week in very poor conditions. More Hotels? Two of the American directors of the White Heron Lodge, Messrs R. W. Higgins and T. Alexander, are making one of their periodic visits to the city to see how the hotel is progressing. Mr Higgins said he had been most happy at the occupancy rate of the hotel. As soon as additions could be justified, he and his directors were ready to make them. Mr Higgins said that he andMr Alexander would look at “a couple of other places” in the North Island and the South Island with a view to extension of the White Heron hotel association. Such a development could occur in a year or two.

Seven-Degree Frost A seven-degree frost, the second highest this year, was recorded at Harewood yesterday. A frost of 3.9 degrees was recorded at the Botanic Gardens. The highest frost previously recorded was 7.1 degrees at Harewood on April 24. The temperature rose quickly yesterday after a light variable wind change to a light north-westerly at 10 a.m At Harewood at 6 a.m. the temperature was 37 degrees, at 9 a.m. 45 degrees, and at noon 67 degrees. A maximum temperature of 68 degrees was recorded at Harewood at 1 p.m. and at 2 p.m. By 2 p.m. the wind had changed to a light southerly, and the temperature dropped. At the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. the temperature was 61 degrees and at Harewood 56 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy in the morning, and cloud increased in the afternoon. Red Cross Relief The New Zealand Red Cross Society sent £26,000 worth of relief aid and food to Western Samoa in the year ended March 31 last. Milk powder was sent to Italy, India, Hong Kong, and Fiji, multi-vitamin tablets to India, and cash for local purchases of supplies to Malaya, Jugoslavia, Indonesia, Nepal, Turkey, and Tasmania.

Container Shipment

A trial shipment of “seafreighter” cargo trays will be loaded aboard the Union Steam Ship Company’s freighter Komata at Lyttelton tomorrow. The Lyttelton Harbour Board’s floating crane will be used to load the cargo trays, which are from the Lyttelton-Welling-ton steamer-express service. The Komata is bound for Auckland, and the operation is intended to make shippers familiar with the handling of container cargo in preparation for the introduction of the new roll-on, roll-off vessel Hawea, due to begin service late in September or early in October. Books For Sick The Red Cross Society’s library in Christchurch, which provides books for those unable because of sickness or infirmity to visit a public library, supplies books to 500 persons from its selection of more than 5000 books.