General News

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31548, 9 December 1967, Page 12

General News

Poultry Weights Efforts were being made to get all poultry sold in shops labelled not only with the price, but its weight, a Health Department inspector, Mr A. J Riley, told the Wairewa County Council yesterday. Some poultry, he said, showed only the price and a number, which gave the buyer no indication of weight for money. Cloudy Day Moderate temperatures were experienced in Christchurch yesterday, with cloud for most of the day. The temperature rose from 47 degrees at 6 a.m. to 58 degrees at noon. The late afternoon was the warmest part of the day, the maximum temperature of 65 degrees being recorded at 5 p.m. A moderate easterly wind which blew for most of the day changed to the north-west at 4 p.m. “Gipsy” Tour A Te Puke man wants a male companion to accompany him on a slow trip round New Zealand. Mr E. Rouse, aged 26, intends to leave late next month for the South Island in a gipsy-style waggon pulled by two horses. “I want to have a good look at New Zealand. You can’t do it by car, plane, or boat, but you can by horse,” he said. “There is a lot to see in the South Island. I may be there three years—l will see how long it takes me.” Mr Rouse built the waggon himself on a Model T Ford chassis. It has one bed, with provision for a second. No Eel Ponds The Rangiora County Council yesterday declined an application from Graham Stewart and Company, Ltd, to erect fish ponds on the property of Mr W. K. Wakeman, at Kaiapoi. The company proposed tiled, concrete tanks fed by artesian water to hold eels before exporting them. Councillors considered a public nuisance could result Good Deed Presents, sweets and soft drinks will be given to the 25 youngest children at the Methodist Children’s Home, Harewood Road, this morning by the 18 members of the St Nicholas Cub Group, of Barrington Street. Two weeks ago the group organised a stall which raised about $5O for the project, which is the cubs’ good deed for the year. Fishing Rivers Conditions for fishing in Canterbury rivers today and tomorrow vary from clear to above normal level and dirty. The river conditions are: Waiau, discoloured: Hurunui, slightly discoloured; Ashley, clearing, but fishable; Waimakariri, dirty at gorge, but clear at mouth; Selwyn, clear and fishable; Rakaia, above normal at gorge, cloudy at mouth.