General News

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32220, 12 February 1970, Page 12

General News

New Frigates The launching in Maj ot the new frigate. H.M.N.Z.S. Canterbury will coincide with the commissioning of the new H M.S. Achilles, a frigate in the same Leander class as the Stsm Canterbury. The Achilles Association in Auckland has been in touch with 1 the new Achilles and has ar--1 ranged to send a plague with a letter of welcome and greet *igs.—(P.A.) Winner Silent ! The identity of the winner of the Mammoth Golden Kiwi : drawn last week in Welling- ! ton was not known, a spokes- ; man for Hammond and McArthur, which runs the lottery. said yesterday “We | have been contacted by the winner but the 5120.000 prize . has not been picked up: be is waiting until the publicity dies down. Any prize-winner has up to six months to collect on a ticket in either thei Golden Kiwi or the Mam moth”.—(P.A.) Birthday Of P.M. The Prune Minister (Mr Holyoake), yesterday celebrated his sixty-sixth birthday, with work as usual. Mr Holyoake arrived back in Wellington at midnight after a visit to Dannevirke, and spent the first two hours of Februarj 11 working on official papers at his home.— (P.A.) Royal Luncheon [ Nine senior pupils of the i Mairehau High School had been invited to the luncheon i with Prince Charles and! ! Princess Anne, the board of i governors was told yesterday Two others had been invited to Mona Vale for the afternoon reception, and a school party of 270 pupils would at tend the public function at the Addington Show Grounds Earthquake Recorded The small earthquake felt in Canterbury on Tuesday i morning was recorded on the seismograph at the Canterbury Museum at 10.27 a.m The record of the earthquake will be sent U the seismological observatory of the Depart ment of Scientific and Industrial Research in Wellington later this week. Block Named The new block at the Mairehau High School would be) named after the chairman of; the board of governors (Mri C. T Ford), a meeting of the board decided yesterday Mr Ford has been a member of the board since its inception in 1962. The headmaster (Mr A B. Ryan) said that by naming the building Fordj block the board would main tain the policy of establishing 'memorials to those who had • been closely associated with the early days of the school. Presbytery Roll One of every four ministers in the Christchurch Presbytery was employed in work other than parish work. Mr L B Galbraith said at a meet [ ' ing of the presbytery on Tuesday evening. Mr Galbraith said that of the 145 persons on the "resbytery roll. 77 were ministers, including 58 active ministers and 19 ministers emeriti. Of the active | ministers. 43 were employed lin parishes and 15 in other jobs. There were four vacant! parishes. Ten deaconesses: [were on the roll, five active; and five retired. Only two • deaconesses were working in I narishes an-i soon there woii'd ‘ be only one There were 58 elders. 44 from parishes and! 14 special elders.

Landscaping Urged

Limited landscaping at the Christchurch Technical Institute was recommended by the principal (Mr C. V Gallagher) in his report to the monthly meeting of the institute's board of governors. “The general atmosphere and .appearance does much for a [good working spirit,” he said. I“I believfe a few plots of .shrubs in dead corners could ,do much to lift the atmosphere." Mr Gallagher said that the Department of Education was prepared to grant $lOOO for outside seating and $4OO for concrete tubs for shrub planting. Canons Appointed The appointment of two > new canons of the ChristI church Cathedral was an- ; nounced on Tuesday evening | by the Bishop of Christchurch (the Rt Rev. W A Pyatt) I after a combined meeting of !a standing committee of the

Diocese of Christchurch and the Cathedral Chapter The new canons are the Rev. K. O. Bathurst, vicar of St Matthew’s Church, St Albans, and the Rev. E. A. Johnston, the recently appointed principal of Christchurch College. They replace Canon R. J Witty, now an archdeacon, and Canon J. O. Rymer, who last Friday became Dean of Auckland. At the same meeting Mr R H. Cranfield was reappointed lay canon for another five years. World Weather The world’s weather on Tuesday, according to cable reports, was:—Rome, showers, •52 degrees minimum, 64 degrees maximum; Paris, cloudy, 36. 51: London, clear. 37, 41; Berlin, overcast, 32, [ 37; Amsterdam, snow, 32, 37: [ Brussels, overcast, 35, 44; ! Madrid, sunny, 40, 50; Moscow, overcast, 19, 27; Stock holm, overcast, 10. 32; New i York, cloudy, 35. 41; San ' Francisco, cloudy. 56. 76; Los Angeles, rain, 59, 63; Chicago, cloudv. 32. .35: Miami, clear 60. 72; Tokyo, clear, 30, 46; Hong Kong, overcast, 57. 63: Buenos Aires, clear, 63, 82; Montreal, cloudy, 14. 27: Toronto, rain, 21‘. 32: Johani nesburg. cloudy. 61. 79: Singaj pore, overcast, 75, 86; Sydney, | fine, 70, 82.