General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31645, 3 April 1968, Page 14

General News

Pool On Post The appointment of Sir Denis Blundell as New Zealand’s High Commissioner to London was welcomed in London although a special meeting will have to be held by a group of New Zealanders who ran a sweep on the result. The name of the prominent Wellington barrister and solicitor did not feature in any unofficial lists. However, those concerned with New Zealand affairs, official and otherwise, are obviously happy about Sir Thomas MacDonald’s successor/ (N.Z.P.A. London correspondent). $l5OO For Scouts The Lions Club of Christchurch yesterday gave a cheque for $l5OO to the Boy Scouts’ Association. The amouht was the net profit from a house-to-house canvas selling shoelaces late last year.

Skirts Exported More than 500 skirts have been sold to Australia by M. G. McCaul and Company, Ltd, of Christchurch, in its first export attempt. The company’s managing director (Mr M. G. McCaul) yesterday said the skirts, mainly tweeds, had sold well in Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne. A lighter product would soon be produced for the Sydney and Brisbane markets. One of the best sellers was the golf-type skirt. Mr McCaul said that all the skirts had been sent by air to Australia. Devaluation had greatly assisted the New Zealand manufacturer to. break into the Australian market.

Tea Scheme The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) has advised the West Coast public relations officer (Mr D. Lydford, of Greymouth) that he will discuss the proposed West Coast tea planting scheme with the Minister of Agriculture (Mr Taiboys) at the earliest opportunity. Mr Holyoake was replying to a letter from Mr Lydford seeking Government assistance in the scheme. Copies of the letter were sent to Mr Taiboys and the members of Parliament for Westland and Buller, Mr P. Blanchfield and Mr W. E. Rowling.—(F.O.O.R.) Shortage Of Beef The Economic Service of the Meat and Wool Boards had queried his statement that by 1985 there would be a shortage of 2m to 3m tons of beef in the world, Mr P. T. Norman, general manager for Thomas Borthwick and Sons in New Zealand, said at the Canterbury export-beef competition yesterday. It had said that the shortage would be only 700,000 tons. Mr Norman said that the source of his information had been the New Zealand “Meat Producer,” the official journal of the Meat Board.

Anchors Sought At Christmas, 1769, the French explorer, Jean de Surville, anchored in Doubtless Bay, had to cut his cables and run for the open sea when a storm blew up. The two men who recovered the Elingamite’s gold plan to dive to recover de Surville’s three anchors, which are wanted for mounting in memorials marking the 200th anniversary of the voyages of de Surville and Captain James Cook. Messrs K. Tarleton and W. Doak, working for the National Historic Places Trust and the Whangarei and Auckland Museums, will dive with a magnetometer.—(P.A.).