General News

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31843, 22 November 1968, Page 10

General News

Noisy Cars : The courts were concerned about persons who drove : through Cathedral Square and round Christchurch with modified exhaust systems, creating noise for fun, Mr P. L. Molineaux, S.M., said yesterday in the Magistrate's Court. The courts would come down on such behaviour to stop a breach of manners on the part of hooligans who thought their behaviour a joke. Such behaviour deserved heavy penalties, ( he said. “Bishop” The Bishop of Waikato (the Rt Rev J. T. Holland) wishes to be addressed as "bishop" rather than as “my lord.” “One gets a bit tired of being called ‘my lord’ all the time.” said Bishop Holland yesterday. He announced the change at the Otorohanga synod last Saturday, saying his decision was in line with a resolution passed at the recent Lambeth conference —(P.A.) Link Not Restored Communication between the United States Navy base at Christchurch Airport and the Antarctic was still difficult late yesterday. At 8.37 a.m. contact was made after a break of nearly two days and a half but it was later lost. Because of this it is not known whether the Convair jet with the Byrd Memorial flight party will leave as planned today for the transAntarctic flight after a stop at McMurdo Station. A Navy spokesman said yesterday that the decision would depend on the crew of the aircraft. Bagged Refuse The County Engineer (Mr; A. J. W. Lamb) was asked by the Waimairi County Council last evening to report to the works committee on the use of paper bags for household refuse collection. The neighbouring county, Paparua, will introduce paper, bag rubbish collections next, year. Cult's Letters I Christchurch doctors are now receiving cyciostyled letters from the Church of Sci-I ientology, and signed by Sir (James Hort, an Auckland (doctor and leading Scientologist. The letters had been posted from Auckland, and contained denicrating comments about psychiatrists, a Christchurch doctor said lastj evening. Comments in the letter were absurd, he said. 1 Protest Over Bottles One North Island council had adopted a by-law pro-1 hibiting the use of non-re-turnable soft drink bottles/ and he had asked the County Clerk (Mr J. Reid) to get; details, said the chairman (Mr D. B. Rich), at a meeting (of the Waimairi CountyCouncil last evening. “We have not had a great deal of help from the Government over these bottles,” he said. The New Zealand Counties’ Association, acknowledging the council’s opposition to the introduction of the nonreturnable bottles, said the association would again draw the protests to the attention of the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Seath). Tremor At Westport A sizeable earth tremor, which heralded a slight elec-j trical storm, was experienced at 10.20 a.m. at Westport yesterday. It was the second tremor in a week, and lasted 65ec.—(F.0.0.R.) Christmas Mail The recently introduced I practice of not delivering second-class mail on Saturdays would be suspended durjing the last few weeks before Christmas, the Chief Postjmaster in Christchurch (Mr (M. E. Wilson) said yesterday. I The Post Office would con[tinue to try to deliver every (piece of mail by Christmas (Eve. Boots And All Until the Government acted to improve the balance of trade with meat-customer countries, markets would not (expand. No-one would sell (meat anywhere until trade ! arrangements were made, said the South Canterbury representative on the Electoral College of the New Zealand Meat and Wool Boards I (Mr W. B. Trotter), speaking (at the judging of the South Canterbury export-lamb com(petition this week. Mr Trotter was appealing for “true political honesty” in New Zealand’s assessment of meat marketing. He urged farmers not to work so hard, and to take 10 minutes off for “time to think”. He said it suited people in high places that farmers should be kept so busy that they did not have time to think. “We should take time to put on hobnailed boots, and go to Wr'l- - and kick a few shins. That might be the best thing we could do,” said Mr Trotter.—(F.O.O.R.) Heavy Rain In Alps , For the 24 hours to 7 p.m. (yesterday, winds in the Lake 'Tekapo area had been gusting to about 68 knots, the astronomer-in-charge of the Mount John University Observatory (Mr F. M. Bateson) j said last evening. Sleet was (falling, snow was in the offing, and there was heavy rain in the alps, he said.— (F.0.0.R.) Personal Item Mr G. W. Johnson is the! j new president of the Outward I (Bound Trust. *Mr H. P. D.I (Van Asch and Rear Admiral J. O’C. Ross were appointed i vice-presidents. |