GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32252, 21 March 1970, Page 10

GENERAL NEWS

Double Draw

Mrs L. E. Davis, of Howick, a member of the Auckland Building Society, has become the first member of the society to win two interestfree $BOOO loans in the same night. Mrs Davis said yesterday she would take the cash equivalent of the two loans—s4ooo—to help pay off their home.—(P.A.). Apartheid Talk The Canterbury Rugby Football Union has been asked to nominate a speaker to take part in a public meeting called for April 1 in opposition to the All Black tour of South Africa this year. In a letter to the union, the secretary of the Christchurch branch of the Citizens’ Association for Racial Equality (Mr J. Good) said that Mt Dennis Brutus, the South African lecturer, would ad dress the meeting. As C.A.R.E. was anxious that both sides of the issue were placed before the public it invited the union to present its point of view, Mr Good’s letter said. Work On Road Parts of Rountree Street, in Upper Riccarton, are being excavated, the foundation replaced, and the surface resealed, because of a deterioration in the road. At the same time the opportunity is being taken to replace some unsatisfactory water connections to houses. The work will cost about $4200, and similar work is being done in Wentworth Street.

Edisto Returning

The United States Coast Guard ice-breaker Edisto, which was on its way to the Japanese ice-breaker, Fuji, which had been trapped in Antarctic ice for the last three weeks, is on its way back to Wellington to unload the provisions and equipment it was taking in the event of the Fuji’s remaining fast through the winter. The Fuji is now sailing to Cape Town. The other American ice-breaker. Glacier, which was to meet the Edisto about March 29, is now sailing to Punta Arenas. Chile.

$llO,OOO Raised

More than $llO,OOO has been raised in the National Council of Churches’ Christmas appeal. This is half the target of $220,000. Of the money already raised, $lOO,OOO has been sent overseas, including $12,000 to Nigeria and $5OOO to Laotian refugees. A total of $lO,OOO has been sent for disaster relief in eight countries.

World Weather The world’s weather on Thursday was.—Rome, variable, 45 degrees minimum, 59 degrees maximum: Paris, cloudy, 39. 51; London, variable, 43, 54; Berlin, variable, 34, 45; Amsterdam, cloudy, 38, 43;. Brussels, overcast, 37, 48; Madrid, sunny, 36, 51; Moscow, overcast, 28, 34; Stockholm, cloudy, 28, 37; New York, sleet, 34, 41; San Francisco, clear, 55. 65; Los Angeles, clear, 56, 72; Chicago, cloudy, 32, 37: Miami, clear, 69, 77; Buenos Aires,' clear, 57, 75; Singapore, fine, 75, 90; Johannesburg, fine, 59, 80.