General News

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31920, 22 February 1969, Page 12

General News

Notes Lost Detailed notes of field trips made this year by a secondyear student at the Christchurch Teachers’ College were lost on Wednesday. The notes were in an old green satchel which fell off the back of his bicycle when he was riding down Ferry Road from the Christchurch Drainage Board’s plant at Aranui. Grant Goulton, aged 18, said he had advertised the loss in both Christchurch newspapers without success. “They are of no value to anyone else but me. Could you please help me to find them,” he asked. If found the satchel could be returned to the Teachers’ College, he said. Bishop's Bicycle The bicycle owned by the Bishop of Christchurch (the Rt Rev. W. A. Pyatt) will be shown to about 60 children between the ages of five and 12 years at Bishop Court, this morning. The children will compete at Bishop Court in a drawing contest organised by the Avonside Anglican parish. They will also meet Bishop Pyatt and Mrs Pyatt. During the morning a cartoon drawing demonstration will be given by the cartoonist for the “Taranaki Daily Herald,” (Mr G. Henderson). Fishing Rivers Most rivers in North and Mid-Canterbury were clear and fishable at 9 a.m. yesterday, the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society reported. This Waiau, Hurunui, Ashley, . Waimakariri Gorge, Selwyn, Ashburton, Hinds and Rangitata Rivers were all clear and fishable, and the Waimakariri mouth was clearing and fishable. The Rakaia River was discoloured, but was fishable for trout at the mouth and clearing at the gorge. Library Facelift Access to the New Zealand room at 'the Canterbury Public Library will be sealed off until about next Wednesday while renovations are made. The old kauri shelving which has been in the room since it was opened will be removed and replaced with steel shelving. It is intended to use the kauri in other parts of the building. New High School The opening roll of the South Westland District High Scfiool at Harihari exceeded all expectations—3o pupils enrolled on the first day and two more in the following week, with another this week. The Canterbury Education Board’s secretary - manager (Mr W P. Spencer) reported this at yesterday’s board meeting. “The board’s action in pushing strongly for the establishment of the school has been fully justified and it will go from strength to strength," he said.

Tavern Plan

A scheme plan for the subdivision of about five acres of Mr R. C. Harrow’s land at Withells Road, proposed as the site for a tavern under an application made this week by Burke’s Caterers, Ltd, was briefly discussed by the Waimairi County Council on Thursday evening, and referred to the next meeting of the town-planning committee Mr Harrow, who is a councillor, took no part in the discussion.

Longest Trek

Japan’s first expediton to the South Pole—and the longest round trip in Antarctica — was completed on February 15 when a party, headed by Mr M. Murayama, of the State Science Museum in Tokyo, returned to the Japanese base, Showa, on Ongul Island. It covered about 8250 miles on a 141-day round trip. It was Japan’s first and the world’s eighth expedition to the South Pole. The party set out on September 28 and reached the South Pole on December 19.

Styx Loop Line

The Christchurch City Council wanted to join the Paparua and Waimairi County Councils in their efforts to get a decision from the Railways Department that would free land for development along the line of the proposed Sockburn-Styx railway loop, said Waimairi’s chairman (Mr D. B. Rich) on Thursday. The city’s concern, particularly, jwas the effect of the line on I proposed runway extensions I at the airport.

World Weather

The world’s weather on Thursday, according to cable reports, was.—Rome 55 degrees minimum, 61 degrees maximum, showers; Paris 43, 54, cloudy; London 32, 39, sleet; Berlin 27, 36, ice, rain; Amsterdam 32, 40, overcast; Brussels 33, 40, overcast; Madrid 46, 53, cloudy; Moscow 7, 21, clear; Stockholm 27. 32, cloudy; New York 32, 33, rain; San Francisco 50, 52. cloudy; Tokyo 42, 47, rain; Montreal 20, 34, snow; Johannesburg 60, 71, rain; Singapore 74, 90, clear; Hong Kong 59, 68, overcast.