GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31977, 2 May 1969, Page 10

GENERAL NEWS

Family Affair This year’s graduation ceremony at Victoria University of Wellington is a big occasion both for the Chief Justice (Sir Richard Wild), who receives an honorary doctor of laws degree, and for several of his family. Tonight, his son, Mr J. R. Wild, will graduate as an LI.B. His nephew, Mr D. White, whose father is the Solicitor-General (Mr J. C. White), will also graduate as an Ll.B. Present at the ceremony will be Dr L. Wild, Sir Richard Wild’s father. Dr Wild was the last pro-chancellor of the University of New Zealand before it split into autonomous universities. Mr D. White’s sister, Diana, was capped as a B-A. last night.—(PA.) Births And Deaths More births and deaths were registered in Christchurch last month than in April last year, according to figures supplied by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Mr R. A. Aitken). Births last month numbered 461, compared with 404 in the previous April, and deaths 215, compared with 190. This year there have been 1941 births, 54 more than in the same period last year), and 727 deaths (15 fewer). Last month 269 marriage notices were issued, a decrease of 11. Of these 39 were for registry office marriages. Notices issued in the four months numbered 1227, compared with 1129 last year. Red Ink Missing A Whangarei philatelist, Mr R. W. Miller, found one colour missing on a block of 18c Law Society commemorative stamps he bought yesterday. He then bought the rest of the stamps remaining on the sheet—9o in all. Mr Miller said the omission of the red ink in printing would increase the value of the stamps.—(P.A.) Poppy Sales Down The total collected on Poppy Day in Auckland city and suburbs was $13,309 $7Ol less than last year’s total, the Auckland Returned Services’ Association president (Mr R. B. G. Mahon) said today.—(P.A.) Farming Of Trout The profitability of establishing a trout farm at Alexandra was being studied by the Central Otago Farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd, in the hope that fuller use would be made of its planned freezing works at Omakau, the company’s chairman of directors (Mr J. S. Hunt) said at a meeting of the Otago Council. The survey was based on the handling of 100,0001 b of dressed trout a year, he said. The freezing works, if built, would have refrigeration and processing capacity not needed for sheep and cattle killing, and byproducts could be fed to the fish, said Mr Hunt.

Reefton Post Office The Post Office had yet to complete plans for rebuilding permanent communications and postal facilities at Reefton as a result of the Inangahua earthquake, the Regional Engineer (Mr H. W. Wilkinson) said yesterday. General plans for a new automatic exchange had been completed, but a suitable site had yet to be found for the new post office. It was unlikely that the exchange and post office would share a common site. The Post Office hoped tj be able to get approval to start both buildings at the same time as soon as all details had been settled. Hearing Postponed A tribunal under the Water and Soil Conservation Act, which will hear objections to the outfall of Moana sewerage being discharged into Lake Brunner, will sit on May 29. The tribunal was to have sat yesterday, but the secretary of the Westland Catchment Board (Mr L. M. Power) said that certain representations had been made which necessitated a postponement. The tribunal,- he said, would comprise three members of the board.—(F.O.Oß.)