General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31587, 26 January 1968, Page 14

General News

Dual Role A Rangiora lawyer, Mr G. T. Scott, had the unusual role of representing both parties in a civil case in the Magistrate’s Court in Rangiora on Wednesday. “I appear for both the plaintiff and the defendant in this matter—by arrangement.” Mr Scott told Mr W. F. Brown, S.M. “I’m acting for both on instructions from other firms, and seek an order for the defender, the plaintiff,” continued Mr Scott. It was rather unusual for counsel to be acting for both the plaintiff and the defendant in a case, said the Magistrate, finding for the plaintiff by consent. Urban “Tensions” Considerable urban development in counties neat Christchurch had created severe problems, said Mr P. J. Perry, of Canterbury University, in an address to the A.N.Z.A.A.S. congress yesterday. “One county is financially embarrassed.” said Mr Perry. “The largest—Waimairi County, with one-eighth of the urban population— appears permanently at odds and unwilling to co-operate with the city. In some respects this is typical of the tensions which can arise when within one urban area an affluent suburb with ample amenities is administratively separated from an older and more congested inner city and when the political complexions and programmes of development of the two areas differ.” Open To Public H.M.N.Z.S. Endeavour will berth at Lyttelton at 10.30 a.m. today after completing her first supply mission to the Antarctic this season. The Endeavour will act as flagship for the Lyttelton regatta on Sunday and will be open to the public between 1.30 p.m and 4.30 p.m. From Monday to Wednesday the Endeavour will dump obsolete Army ammunition off the coast. Fishing Marathon Captain S. Norton-Bracy, a big-game fishing champion who fished in the Bay of Islands with the late American author, Zane Grey, 40 years ago, will lead a 33strong party of American deep-sea anglers expected to arrive in Auckland on Sundr The group is flying from Los Angeles to the South Pacific to begin a marlin and tuna fishing “marathon,” taking in New Zealand, Australia and Tahiti.—(P.A.) Transport Demands Transport facilities in Christchurch have been stretched by the demands of those attending the congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. At 5.20 p.m. yesterday, there was a queue 10 deep and 50 yards long waiting outside the University of Canterbury’s Ham campus for special buses to take them to various parts of the city. Rental-car firms report that it is virtually impossible to hire a rental car at present, and taxi companies say there has been considerable demand by delegates to the congress. Ready Answer When Cr O. C. Mitchell questioned a tender price at a meeting of the Waimairi County Council last evening the engineer (Mr I. Calvert) had a ready answer. “They must have known something," said Cr Mitchell, referring to a tender of $2263 and a council estimate for the same amount for kerbing and cb nelling in Claridges, Grampian, and Cavendish roads. “No,” replied Mr Calvert. “We I both used the same rate.”