General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31360, 4 May 1967, Page 12

General News

Antarctic Visits Rear-Admiral James L. Abbot, commander of United States naval support forces in Antarctica, said yesterday that visits by tourist ships to Antarctica, as planned by a New Zealand shipping line, would be premature at this time. Asked what he thought of the plan, the admiral said the United States had not established a policy regarding such visits. But it was his personal opinion that it would be premature without full coordination with the United States Navy.—Washington, May 3. Airport Closed Three National Airways Corporation flights were cancelled yesterday morning because of strong cross winds at Invercargill. Two were flights from Invercargill and the other was from Dunedin to Invercargill. The first plane did not leave until 1 p.m., when the winds abated. This was a Friendship on a direct flight to Christchurch, which carried passengers affected by the cancellations. Dunedin passengers from Invercargill were taken by road. Salvationist Appeal Receipts till yesterday from the Salvation Army’s door-to-door appeal totalled £5500 said Brigadier S. Smith, commander of the CanterburyWestland division. Although the total was slightly less than last year’s the Salvation Army was very grateful to all who had contributed so generously, he added. Cloudy Day It was cloudy in Christchurch for most of yesterday, and several wind changes occurred. Early in the morning a light northerly blew. This changed to a moderate westerly, and between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. there was a third change to a moderate southerly. At 6 a.m. the temperature at Christchurch Airport was 46 degrees. By noon it had risen to 68 degrees, but by 3 p.m. had fallen to 59 degrees. At that time it was 60 degrees at the Botanic Gardens. Intermittent light rain began to fall about 3 p.m.

Personal Item The president of the bury Chamber of Commerce (Mr R. E. Smith) returned home from hospital last weekend, said the acting-president (Mr E. J. Parry) at the monthly meeting of the chamber’s council last evening. Mr Smith was making good progress, and he thought it would not be long before he was back again in the chair.

Music Awards Exhibition awards have been made by the Trinity College of Music, London, to the following New Zealand students:—

N. A. Williams (Wellington), C. V. Todman and C. M. Wallace (Auckland), V. S. Alexander (Lower Hutt); L. Jolliffee and B. J. Caygill (Christchurch), M. Houstoun (Timaru), and J. Patterson (Blenheim).