General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31774, 3 September 1968, Page 14

General News

No Whitebait

Although the whitebait season opened officially on Sunday, there was no whitebait on the Christchurch market yesterday. A spokesman for P. Feron and Son, Ltd, attributed this to the lack of transport from the West Coast on Sunday. A small amount of Canterbury whitebait came onto the market and it will be sold today with the supply expected from the West Coast. Lucky Programme Mrs J. Dennis, of Fleete Street, Christchurch, won a week-end for two at Mount Cook in a lucky programme competition at the third Music 68 concert given by the Christchurch Civic Orchestra in the Majestic Theatre on Sunday afternoon. She was the third woman to win the trip, which was given by Stars Travel. The concert drew a full house. Moderator To Preach The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (the Rt Rev. E. G. Jansen) will be the guest preacher at a combined service to be held in St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Cashel Street, on September 22 by the congregations of St Paul’s, Knox Church, St Andrew’s Church, and the Trinity Congregational Church. The service, which will begin at 7 p.m., will be conducted by the minister of St Paul’s (the Rev. L.. Jones), assisted by the Rev. J. Murray, the Rev. M. Leadbetter and the Rev. K. Faletoese. Earthquake Fund A special fund to aid victims of the earthquake in eastern Iran had been set up by the North Canterbury centre of the Red Cross Society. The centre’s secretary (Mr R. J. Lipscombe) said yesterday that any money received would be sent to the International Red Cross for distribution. Persons wishing to contribute to the fund may send money to Mr Lipscombe, P.O. Box 217, Christchurch. Power To Remove Immobilised vehicles were left for long periods on roadsides, where they detracted from the surroundings and often caused a traffic hazard, said the County Clerk (Mr A. Kelly) • at a meeting of the Paparua County Council last evening. At his suggestion, the council decided to stiffen its by-laws to allow the council to remove vehicles, and to recover costs. Recreation With rapid industrial and residential growth and the expected development over the next 20 years, there was a need to buy 200 to 250 acres for a recreational reserve while land was still available, said Mr W. L. Ragg at a meeting of the Paparua County Council last evening. His suggestion was referred to the county development committee. World Weather The world’s weather on Sunday, as compiled by the Associated Press and Reuters, was: London, 54 degrees minimum, 63 degrees maximum, cloudy; Paris 59, 70, cloudy; Rome 63, 79, sunny; Berlin 56, 68, rain; Amsterdam 54, 66, cloudy; Brussels 56, 75, sunny; Madrid 57, 76, sunny; Moscow 60, 84, sunny; Stockholm 63, 72, overcast; New York 58, 82, clear; San Francisco 59, 63, clear; Tokyo 57. 80, cloudy; Mexico City 53, 72, clear; Buenos Aires 49, 55, rain; Montreal 53, 77, clear; Singapore 74, 87, fair; Hong Kong 79, 87, showers; Sydney 47, 65, cloudy.

Stone Walls.—A message from Masterton, published on Saturday, about discovery by a Wellington archaeological team of signs of early Maori habitation on the Wairarapa coast referred to the “moonstone walls”. This should have read “many stone walls.”— (PA.)