General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31658, 19 April 1968, Page 12

General News

Name Changed Efforts by Godley Avenue residents to change the name . of the street because they felt it had unsavoury associations succeeded last evening, when the Waimairi County Council adopted their suggestion that the new name be Momorangi Crescent Guest Of Honour The New Zealand Army last evening showed its appreciation of the co-operation it receives from the Ministry of Works. At Burnham Military Camp a formal dinner was held in the officers’ mess at which the guest of honour was Mr T. A Darby, the ministry’s overseer at Burnham for the last 21 years. Mr Darby was presented with a carved wooden stand on which were mounted IS badges representing the units of the corps at the camp. Lieutenant-Colonel R. R. Harding, the camp commandant, made the presentation. Anzac Address A young New Zealand curate, four years out of universify, will deliver the Anzac address at the Anzac Day commemoration service in Westminster Abbey on April 25. He Is the Rev. D. Swain, of Wellington. Mr Swain was educated at Wellington College and Victoria University, from which he graduated M.A., with honours. He left New Zealand In 1965.—(P.A.) Hotel Plans Proposals by the owners of the Bush Inn to build motels and lounge bars next to the hotel on the Riccarton Road land bought from John Calder, Ltd, were put to the Waimairi County Council last evening for approval in principle as a conditional use on residential B land. The council agreed to ask the owners for more details of their intentions. New Club Work will begin next week on the rebuilding of the Lyttelton Club, which was founded in 1870 near what is now the road tunnel portal. The present two-storey building was erected in 1897 at the corner of Dublin Street and Coleridge Street The work will be done in three stages. The first which will cost 822,000, will include a new member’s bar, new toilets, and a new kitchen. The new building, a single-storey one, will encroach on the present bar but the greater part of the existing building will remain until the three stages of construction have been completed. More Patrols Urged A renewed request should be made for more traffic inspectors for duty in the county, said the chairman (Mr D. B. Rich), at a meeting of the Waimairi County Council last evening. He said a contracting firm had contravened the law on overloading, and had not been stopped for several days, although a stream of the firm’s trucks was working on one job. The Transport Department acted only after the matter had been drawn to its attention. The department should provide enough staff for regular patrols. Rail-car Delayed The rail-car which left Christchurch early yesterday for the West Coast was 42 minutes late in arriving at Greymouth because of delays on both sides of the alps. It was 25 minutes late at Arthur’s Pass and more time was lost because of speed restrictions on sections between Otira and Greymouth. Goods trains were delayed about an hour. The resident engineer of the Railways Department at Greymouth (Mr W. J. H. Duckworth) said that railway services between Greymouth and Otira would be delayed during at least the next week as a speed restriction of six miles an hour was still being, observed on some sections of the route.—(F.O.O.R.)

Church Radio Permission to erect a radio transmitting tower 100 ft to 200 ft high at Sawyers Arms Road north of Johns Road was sought from the Waimairi County Council last evening by the Gospel Radio Fellowship, which hopes to broadcast religious programmes. The council decided to tell the fellowship that it would have to seek approval for a specified departure from town planning. This would involve the calling of objections. Insect Displays A new travelling display case on aquatic insects is being prepared for the Canterbury Museum’s school service. This is the first step in the gradual replacement of all insect displays. The museum’s education officer (Mr J. H. Johnson; reported to the trust board yesterday that these were among the oldest cases in the collection and many of the insects had become very brittle or had disintegrated. Field trips had been made to gather new insects. Joint Centre Proposals for a joint community and sports centre at Bishopdale were outlined to the Waimairi County Council last eveniiig in a report from the reserves committee on discussions it had held with the Merivale-Papanui Rugby Football Club. The club proposed a building costing about $30,000, to comprise a social room of between 1600 and 2000 sq. ft, a hall of .about 3000 sq. ft, a committee room, kitchen, changing-room and storage space. The committee was authorised to continue discussions with the club to arive at a basis for sharing costs.