General News

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31383, 31 May 1967, Page 14

General News

Bleak Day The weather in Christchurch yesterday was bleak, with a moderate south-west-erly wind for most of the day., It was cloudy all day with drizzle for moot of the afternoon and isolated heavy showers. The highest temperature recorded at Christchurch airport was 52 degree* at 1 pm. At 3 pjn. the temperature at the Botanic Gardens was 46 degrees, and at 4.18 p.m. 47 degrees on the Government Life building gauge. Other temperatures recorded at Harewood were 37 degrees at 6 am., 44 degrees at 9 am., 51 degrees at noon, 47 degrees at 3 pJJt, and 45 degrees at 4.15 pm. Woollen Exports J In the last few months neat exports had been made to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia by Kaiapoi-Petone Group Textiles, said the group’s Christchurch export manager (Mr G. M. Pollock) yesterday. Presentation-type, all-wool, fringed rugs, were being introduced to all the major stores in Sydney. These were overchecked fugs in a variety of colours. Pure-wool shirts, both shrink-proof and shower resistant, with twoflap pockets, were also selling in Sydney. Quality blankets, also made by the group, were selling in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hand-knitting yarns from the group were creating interest in Hong Kong. Flankets and rug samples were being shown at the Hanover Trade Fair, as well as in other parts of Europe and North America. New Fire Engine A new fire engine will be bought for the Springfield Volunteer Brigade, the Malvern County Council decided yesterday. Cr. R. M. D. Johnson said the present engine was unsatisfactory in some respects, and this was upsetting the firemen. Band To Record The Band of the New Zealand Army will this week make its first recording. It will be a long-playing record of a varied selection that is expected .to appeal to a wide section of the community. The band was established in April, 1964, and now has 34 players. Lieutenant J. D. Carson, the bandmaster, said that any profits from the record would go into unit funds with other earnings from concerts. He said these funds were used to provide amenities for bandsmen in addition to those provided by the Army. Memorial Day Yesterday was Memorial Day for Americans at home and overseas. It was a public holiday for them, and at the United States Navy base at Christchurch airport only six of the 45 men there remained on duty to handle essential communications traffic. The day commemorates the military and civilian dead in all wars in which the United States has been engaged. School Architecture Plans, drawing, photographs, and models of typical school buildings produced in the nine education board districts of New Zealand were displayed in the Christchurch Teachers’ College hall last evening for the conference of the board’s architects.- The Christchurch Regional Planning Authority mounted some of its plans, and there were also exhibits on airport and university development in Christchurch. Mr Paul Pascoe addressed the delegates on his recent observations of architecture round the world. Queen’s Birthday There will be no postal deliveries on Queen’s Birthday, June 5, and the Post Office will be closed. Street posting boxes will be cleared at 9 p.m., only, and the telegraph counter at the Chief Post Office will open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 10 pjn. The telephone exchange will operate throughout the day, and when the telegraph counter is dosed toll calls may be made and telegrams sent from the public telephones in front of the Chief Post Office. , Surface mails will close at 7 a.m. and air mails at 8 a.m.