GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 18

GENERAL NEWS

Gift To Fund Four paintings of New Zealand scenery by Mrs G. Cashmore, of Wellington, have been given to the North Canterbury branch of the Save the Children Fund. They will be sold to further the work of the fund. The paintings are to be displayed by Beath and Company Ltd. Miss M. G. Havelaar, president of the branch, said yesterday that the paintings were not only of a very highly artistic standard, but each one sold meant help for the 100,000 children depending on the food, care, and housing the fund tried to give them. Power Cut

Power to Christchurch Airport was interrupted last week when insulators on a 33.000-volt line were damaged, presumably by small boys throwing stones, the assistant engineer (Mr P. D. Rutledge) told the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board yesterday. He said that

insulators on an 11,000-volt line to Greens Point, Akaroa, had been damaged, presumably by rifle fire, but the police had been unable to trace the offenders.

No String Hole People who complain because there is no string hole in the new telephone directory can blame the economic situation. Post Office officials said that the Government Printer had left out the hole usually punched in the top left corner of the directory to save time and labour costs. The Chief Postmaster (Mr M. E. Wilson) said the weight of the new directory did not make it very suitable for hanging. He said the Post Office provided heavily braced covers for directories in public telephone booths because the use of the hole tended to make the book spread. The distribution of all directories in Christchurch should be completed this week. They will come into use on May 15.

Cloudy And Cool Between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. in Christchurch yesterday the wind changed from a light north-easterly to a moderate south-westerly, the sky became cloudy and the temperature dropped. At Harewood at 6 a.m. the temperature was 55 degrees. At 9 a.m. it was 54 degrees, and a maximum of 58 degrees was recorded at 10 a.m. By noon the temperature had dropped to 53 degrees. At 3 p.m. it was 54 degrees and at 5 p.m. 52 degrees. £5624 Given A total of £5624 had been received in the special C. 0.R.S.O. Indian famine appeal in the Canterbury-West Coast region, the organiser (Mr G. H. Coley) said on Monday evening. The money is made up of returns from about half of 22,000 “penny-a-meal” boxes distributed through churches, and from £1674 given directly. The target for the CanterburyWest Coast area is £12,000. Mr Coley expressed satisfaction with the result so far.