General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31728, 11 July 1968, Page 16

General News

Objections To Sale When the time for receiving objections closed yesterday, the Heathcote County Council had received five objections to its decision to sell a plantation reserve of 1 acre 2 roods opposite the Sign of the Takahe. The council, which is required to use the proceeds of the sale for work on other reserves, will consider the objections, and send its comment on them to the Lands and Survey Department for a final decision. Fence Built A fence between the cattle pavilion and Canterbury Court had been built and should assist in keeping In-, dustries Fair crowds in bounds, the secretary-mana-ger of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Mr H. M. Studholme) reported to a meeting of the general committee yesterday. He said the turf in the ring was holding well and in spite of the wet conditions, and the effects of football being played on the ground were not as great as in previous years.

“Coming To Terms” Although the Woolmark remains a sign of 100 per cent pure wool, the International Wool Secretariat is now coming to terms with synthetic blends, according to the “Financial Times,” which says: “This is certainly so as far as the carpet trade is concerned. A blend of 80-20 wool-nylon is being accepted by the organisation but, behind this, the I.W.S. promotion is based on the slogan, “Wool, the Heart of a Good Carpet.” The only other area where the I.W.S. has let up on the demand for 100 per cent pure new wool is in Japan, where kimonos can be promoted with a percentage of nylon in the cloth.”—London, July 10. Long Service Members stood in silence as a mark of respect for the late Mr Walter C. Brydon at a meeting of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s general committee yesterday. Mr Brydon was on the committee from 1938 to 1945, treasurer from 1945 to 1955, vice-president in 1955 and president in 1956. He was 93 when he died, and until recently had regularly attended committee meetings. Higher Bills Subscribers to the Ngahere telephone exchange have received increased toll accounts, because of a fault in the mechanism controlling metered calls. The Chief Postmaster at Greymouth (Mr M. R. Terry) said yesterday that the fault was found to be in the mechanism of a control device, which had speeded up since the earthquake. The fault had now been rectified. Mr Terry said that if subscribers felt their accounts were higher than they should be they should ask the post office to make the necessary adjustments.— (F.0.0.R).