General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31366, 11 May 1967, Page 12

General News

Sheep Breeds

The Meat Board's chairman (Sir John Ormond) had been criticised for his recent comment on breeds, but the board in the past had been too reluctant to criticise trends, said the chairman (Mr W. N. Dunlop) at the annual meeting yesterday of the meat and wool section of North Canterbury Federated Farmers. He said that Sir John Ormond had done what he set out to do—make individual breeders take a more realistic view of their own sheep. Mild Day The temperature rose steadily in Christchurch yesterday and a maximum temperature of 64 degrees was recorded at Harewood at 4.15 p.m. For most of the day the sky was partly cloudy and winds variable. During the afternoon a light north-easterly blew, but by 4 p.m. it had ehanged to a moderate north-westerly. The temperature at Harewood at 6 a.m. was 43 degrees. At 9 a.m. it was 49 degrees, and by noon had risen to 61 degrees. At 3 p.m. at Harewood the temperature was 61 degrees and at the Botanic Gardens 58 degrees. The gauge on the Government Life building showed 65 degrees at 4.30 p.m. Napier Students Among those attending a seminar on human rights being held by the United Nations Association of New Zealand at the School for the Deaf at Sumner are 22 students from the Colenso High School, Napier. They have been brought down by Mr H. Chan, a former honours student at the University of Canterbury.

Not At Ham A typographical error in “The Press” yesterday made it appear that the world ploughing championship would begin today at Ilam. In fact the championship will begin at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Prebbleton-Broadfield district. The New Zealand ploughing championship will begin at 10.30 a.m. today at the same place. Unusual Project Australian night-life is the subject chosen by three 11-year-old Marton girls for a school project. Vicki Moore. Gaylene Dawson and Betty Vincent wrote to the New Zealand manager of the Australian National Travel Association (Mr J. T. Constable) asking how many night clubs there were in Australia, and what they were like. He has sent them as much information as possible. Roses For Expo New Zealand will be represented at Expo 67 in Montreal as a result of the efforts of a group of Hastings rose enthusiasts and breeders. Next week the group will fly to Canada about 100 plants of six New Zealand varieties, at their own expense. Mr A. Dawson said yesterday morning that a ban on the import of rose plants was lifted by the Canadian Government for the occasion. Mr Dawson said the plants would be installed in a huge permanent international rose garden with roses from all parts of the world.—(P.A.)

Police Cause Pay-out

A gambling machine on a pier at Eastbourne, England, pays out whenever police cars pass by. The electronicallyoperated machine unloads a jackpot to players betting on a winning combination of numbers produced by dice. The machine is being withdrawn because the proprietor has discovered that police car radios upset the machine’s electronic controls. Eastbourne, May 10.