GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32221, 13 February 1970, Page 12

GENERAL NEWS

S.I. Promotion > Continuing the “Visit the South Island" promotion effort in Auckland by the South Island Publicity Association and N.A.C. last September, S.I.P.A. would take a group of 12 South Island travel agents to call on travel agents in Auckland from .June 8 to 13, Mr J. E. Davies, chairman of the association's promotions committee, said at a meeting of the associaition's executive committee ! yesterday Travel agents in Whangarei. Hamilton and iTauranga would also be visited. The president (Mr H P Smith) said that the Auckland .promotion had been an outstanding success Building Sold A commercial building of 17000 sq. ft at 300 to 304 Cashel Street was sold for '844.000 at auction yesterday. The propertv. on a section of 40.4 perches, has a Government valuation of $37,000 |II was offered on behalf of iA. A. and F. K. L. Orton The auctioneer was Mr S. E L. Rathie, of Merritt-Beazley Homes, Ltd.

Cook Celebrations

Breaks made by cattle in the ramparts of the Nga Nihu Pa at Kaikoura were being repaired in preparation for a Public celebration at the site tomorrow, said a report to a meeting of the Canterbury Museum Trust Board yesterday Cook called the Kaikoura Peninsula “Lookers On" 200 years ago because six doublecanoes of Maoris would not respond to calls from his ship or; come aboard, the report said.

Air Services

Timaru was the only city in New Zealand without a sealed runway, and because of this National Airways Corporation Hights between Christchurch and Dunedin could not touch down at Levels Airport, said the Mayor of Timaru (Mr D R. Dowell) when he asked the South Island Publicity Association yesterday to support Timaru in its quest for more air services. The South Canterbury Public Relations Officer (Mr A. S Abernethy) said that a midday service in addition to the existing schedule was needed.

Name Confusion?

A protest against use o( the name Wakefield for tne new suburb in Wellington has been registered by the Nelson Chamber of Com therce. The chamber’s secretary (Mr C. V. Neale) told the New Zealand Geographical Board that there was already a thriving provincial settlement in Nelson of that name and having another Wakefield Would lead to public confusion. The "ecretary of the board (Mr A. Evans) replied that the proposed Wellington name had not been submitted officially to the board and was being used only as a means of identification. There was no reason to expect that the name would be bestowed on the new area, he said.—(P.A.)

Peacocks Sold Four unusual lots were included in a Rakaia clearing sale this week when Mrs G. Wells, of Dorie, offered four adult peacock's among stock and equipment from her husband's farm. Two of the birds were sold at $4B each and went to a farm at Cheviot and a third was sold locally for $44. The fourth was passed in. Mr and Mrs Wells have had peacocks on their farm for about 10 years. Mr Wells said that the birds had the run of the farm and no special care was needed. He and his wife had had a numI ber of telephone calls from - Christchurch and South Can terbury about the birds before the sale. S4.sui Building 1 A $4.5m multi-storey office building for the AMP. Society, on the site bounded I by Customhouse Quay and Featherston and Grey Streets , has been approved in prin- , ciple by the Wellington CityCouncil. The building will be J on a site provided by the demolition of the Pier and Post Office Hotels and Nathans Building. An A.M.P. spokesman said yesterday that the. i building would have baseII ment car parking, two podium J floors. and a 16-storey upper ,1 tower.—(P.A.) i Greenstone Display An extensive display of J more than 100 pieces of | i!worked-greenstone, found on' a Kowhitirangi farm, hadi ibeen lent to the Canterbury; Museum by the owner of the; property, Mr J. Havill, said' i a report to a meeting of the Museum Trust Board yesterday. The site was believed io be a transit camp on the greenstone route from the Rakaia Pass to Hokitika.

Hunger Gift

About $l7OO has recently been received by the Christchurch office of C.0.R.5.0. from the Timaru Youth Against Hunger Committee. The money, which brings the committee’s figure for last year to $5147, will be used for wells in seven villages in India to mark the centenary of Gandhi’s birth. A large number of school children helped to raise the money by holding dances and other functions and by taking part in the Miles for Millions campaign.

World Weather

■ The world’s weather on Wednesday was:—R o m e, ! cloudy, 37 degrees minimum, ;55 degrees maximum: Paris,

. cloudy, 35, 44: London, sunny, ! . 30. 36: Berlin, overcast. 32, 1'32: Amsterdam, overeast, 34, ■ 140: Brussels, clear, 28. 40:, ■(Madrid, cloudy, 34, 54: Mos-! I cow, overcast, 27. 32: Stock-: ’.holm, sunny, —5, 4: New i York, cloudy, 35. 48: San 11 Francisco, cloudy. 54. 62: Los ! Angeles, rain, 58, 63: Chicago.. > cloudy, 21. 31: Miami, clear. I (52, 66: Tokyo, clear, 28, 46: j (Buenos Aires, clear, 68, 92:'!' ’’Montreal, snow, 36. 37: ' ! Toronto, snow, 31, 34: Johan-: nesburg. fine, 59: 80: Singa- 1 I pore, fine, 73, 87. i