General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31768, 27 August 1968, Page 16

General News

Forgetful Patrons

A sale of property which had been left on Christchurch Transport Board buses over a two-year period realised a net profit of $329.70, the board was told at its monthly meeting yesterday. “We have our forgetful patrons to thank for this additional revenue,” the board’s chairman (Mr R. E. Smith) said. Mrs L. E, Macfarlane said she was amazed that persons did not bother to claim their lost property. In a sale of left property in January, 1966, a net profit of $196.92 was realised. Sales Decrease Health-stamp sales to last Friday had amounted to $23,448, the Deputy Chief Postmaster (Mr C. V. Jury) said yesterday. This was about $3500 below last year’s figure. Sales last week amounted to $1059, compared with $823 in the same week last year. Hepatitis Cases Infective hepatitis affecting three Christchurch children was reported to the Health Department last week. According to the department’s national returns, there were 300 cases of hepatitis in June, the highest total for any notifiable disease. A case of leptospirosis, involving a farmer, is being investigated by the department. Lyttelton Museum The newly-established Lyttelton Historical Museum will be open to the public after a brief informal ceremony on September 29, according to information received by the Lyttelton Borough Council last evening. Stray Dogs When the Riccarton Borough Council agreed last evening to pay a $2 bounty for each stray dog collected by members of the staff, it asked the Town Clerk (Mr R. Sarjeant) to make an agreement either with the City Council or the Paparua County Council on charges for the impounding and destruction of strays. After hearing a report by its townplanning committee, the Lyttelton Borough Council last evening agreed to increase the bounty from $1 to $3 for members of its staff who collect any unleashed dog in the Lyttelton shopping area or at Corsair Bay. World Weather The world’s weather on Sunday, compiled by the Associated Press and A.A.P.Reuter was:—Rome 61 degrees minimum, 75 degrees maximum, cloudy: Paris 63, 77, fair: London 58, 70. sunny; Berlin. 61, 81. fair: Amsterdam 59, 81, sunny; Brussels 55. 77, sunny; Madrid 68, 93, cloudy; Moscow 64. 81, sunny; Stockholm 61, 81, sunny; New York 70, 86; cloudy; San Francisco 54, 67, clear; Tokyo 77, 82, cloudy; Mexico City 55, 75, clear; Buenos Aires 48, 74, clear; Hong Kong 80. 86, rain; Johannesburg 45, 76, fine; Sydney 56, 68, fair. Fiordland Deer Helicopter meat hunters were keeping the red deer down in the 3m-acre Fiordland National Park, said the chief ranger (Mr H. Jacobs) in a talk to the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association last evening. Mr Jacobs said that the body weight of deer in the park was increasing and vegetation was coming away again. The only damage done by deer in Fiordland was to the vegetation. New Post Office The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting of business organisations and local bodies tomorrow afternoon to consider a joint approach to the Post-master-General (Mr Scott) to expedite a new chief post office and new postal centre for Christchurch. The meeting will be preceded by a tour of the present Chief Post Office. Exhibition In N.Y. An Auckland artist, Alan Thornton, is to have about 40 of his works exhibited in New York. Until the beginning of this year Mr Thornton had met little success, financially or at the hands of critics. But a New York millionaire, Mr M. Shapiro, saw one of his pictures in Noumea and was so impressed that while visiting Auckland he secured about 20 of the artist’s canvases.—(P.A.)