General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31660, 22 April 1968, Page 10

General News

Cost Of Rescue In dashing out on to the road to save a small boy on a bicycle recently, Mr H. R. Hardinge, of Mount Roskill, Auckland, lost his wallet. Mr Hardinge saw the boy stranded in the middle of the road. It appeared the boy would be hit, as cars were coming in both directions, so he ran out on to the road and gathered up the boy and cycle and carried them to safety. Later he realised he had lost his wallet while saving the boy. The $6O in it was to be used to make a mortgage payment. No trace could be found of the wallet when he returned to the scene soon afterwards. Pensioner Flats The opening of the pensioner flats at Mabel Howard Place by the Minister of Housing (Mr Rae) has been postponed indefinitely because of the recent storm damage in the city. Mr Rae was to have opened the flats for the Christchurch City Council tomorrow afternoon. Farm Conference The International Federation of Agricultural Producers will hold its sixth conference In Tunis from April 29 to May 8, it was announced today. The main theme will be the development of agriculture throughout the world. About 40 countries from the five continents are expected to attend. The chairman will be Mr M. C. Callum, of New Zealand. Conserving Nature All schools will be urged by the Canterbury Education Board to exercise restraint in taking specimens during field trips. The agricultural committee had reported that the biological section of the new science syllabus chiefly concerned animal communities and it was feared that visits to rocky shores to collect specimens could eventually seriously deplete and upset these ecological communities. The district senior inspector of primary schools (Mr B. J. Wilson) said that conservation should always be encouraged, otherwise animals, bush, and other communities would be destroyed. Indeed, children should be taught how to observe, record, and enjoy nature without removing or damaging specimens. First-Day Stamp A stamp and first-day cover released by the Canadian Post Office on March 13 commemorates the nation's first fixed-point weather observations which began at Fort Prince of Wales, Churchill, 200 years ago. The early readings were recorded by Joseph Dymond and William Wales, who were at Hudson Bay under instructions from the Royal Society to observe the transit of Venus. Wales, one of the foremost astronomers and mathematicians of his day, later accompanied Captain Cook on voyages around the world. Official weather records began in Toronto, Ontario, in 1840, and the National Meteorological Service was established in 1871. The stamp, in yellow and two shades of blue, incorporates a section of a weather map and a composite group of an anemometer, radar antenna and weather balloon.

Good-will Stores The third good-will store run by the Methodist Central Mission in Christchurch will be opened soon in Colombo Street, Sydenham. The other stores are in Armagh Street and Lincoln Road. Both the Sydenham and city stores will concentrate on clothing, and the Addington store will supply a wide range of household goods. The new store will be run by voluntary workers under the general oversight of Miss J. Hills, the former manager of the Addington store, who has recently been appointed the mission’s socialservice officer. Decision Delayed A recommedation that the new Aorangi Road Occupation Centre be named the Alienvale School perplexed members of the Canterbury Education Board yesterday. The local committee suggested the name in recognition of the work of Mr A. B. Allen as Education Department psychologist in Christchurch and now as an inspector of schools largely responsible for special classes. The chairman of the board (Mr A. S. Murray) said the idea might embarrass Mr Allen while he was still in the service. It was agreed to defer decision for a month. Gift Of Library A prominent South Canterbury trade unionist, Mr O. J F. McKee, has given his library of about 900 books to the Canterbury district council of the Federation of Labour. The acting-secretary of the council (Mr C. R. Thomas) said that the books would be used as the nucleus of an industrial trade union, political and sociological library, to be established in the Trades Hall. Mr McKee was a freezing worker.