General News

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32120, 16 October 1969, Page 12

General News

Decision Deferred “Suckers like us are pay ing to preserve all these old buildings,” said the County Clerk (Mr B. P. McManus) when the Waipara County Council was considering « request from the Canterbury Provincial Buildings Board tc contribute to the restoratioi and preservation of the Can terbury Provincial' Buildings “I would far sooner see oui money going into the new town hall and things like that,” said Cr F. K. Forrester Other councillors commented that increasing numbers o! requests for grants were be ing received and that th( council’ was already committed to making annual grant! to many organisations. A de cision on the request was deferred. Pigeon Problem The North Canterbury Game Shooters’ Club has misgivings about the proposed poisoning of pigeons by farmers. A letter received by the executive committee of the agricultural section of North Canterbury Federated Farmers yesterday said the club considered that such action presented a danger to partridge?, pukeko, ducks and other wildlife and asked that some other form of control be considered. The club would provide experienced shooters if farmers who were troubled by pigeons got in touch with the club’s secretary. “If the club’s shooters can provide the answer then I feel we should give them a trial,” said the chairman of the section (Mr A. L. Mulholland). School Opened The chairman of the Canterbury Education Board (Mr A. S. Murray) officially opened the new Diamond Harbour School yesterday. The threeroom block is of a design new to the South Island, with lower studs than in previous standard designs and exposed rafters. The building has been in use since July 28 and a swimfning pool has been built on the school property since then. The roll at the school is 85. The school had 16 pupils when it was opened in 1945. Rotary Award A Rotary Foundation graduate fellowship has been awar ded to Mr A. Hinkley, of Invercargill. The award is made annually for a year’s study overseas. Mr Hinkley is a graduate of Victoria University with a master’s degree in languages. He will study at the University of Poitiers, France.—(P.A.). World Weather The world’s weather on Tuesday was:—Rome, 50 degrees minimum, 73 degrees maximum, sunny; Paris, 55, 72, overeast; London, 59, 66, overcast; Johannesburg, 55, 78, fine: Berlin, 39, 62, sunny; Amsterdam, 59, 68, overcast: Brussels, 51, 64, clear; Moscow. 42, 51, overcast; Madrid, 55, 64, cloudy; Stockholm, 46, 55, cloudy; New York, 62, 68, cloudy: San Francisco, 53, 61, cloudy: Los Angeles, 55, 73, cloudy; Chicago. 48, 68. cloudy; Miami, 74, 82, clear: Tokyo. 48, 69, cloudy; Singapore, 75, 87, fair: Hong Kong, 75, 84, clear; Buenos Aires, 54, 71, overcast; Melbourne, 63, 77, rain.