General News

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32304, 23 May 1970, Page 10

General News

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Absenteeism among women is not expected for any of the coming Rugby matches, according to the personnel managers of Christchurch firms who employ large numbers of women. The idea of women absenteeism for Rugby matches had never occurred to some managers. Others said they had fairly high rates of absenteeism anyway, so could not tell if their staff was staying away for a match or not Some managers said that though they had no problems with women being absent from work on the day of a match, small numbers of their male staff tended to stay away. Lake Luxmore The Minister of Lands (Mr Maclntyre) announced today the reservation of Lake Luxmore, near Te Anau, as a wildlife management reserve. Control of the reserve will be vested in the Minister of Internal Affairs, but day-to-day management will be undertaken by the Southland Acclimatisation Society, Mr MacIntyre said.—(P.A.)

Mail Service Suspended

The airmail service for packets, letter packets and parcels from New Zealand to Israel has been suspended. Because of the small number of airmail items posted to Israel from New Zealand these are sent to Australia for inclusion in direct dispatches made up there, but Australian Post Office regulations now require that these items be presented at the Post Office and be wrapped in view of a senior Australian Post Office official, who will endorse matter as being safe for transmission. The service from New Zealand to Israel iwill be re-introduced when I amended arrangements have been made with the Australian Post Office.

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Welcoming Tourists

Sir, —All New Zealanders will applaud Mr H. J. Walker’s plea for a more friendly welcome for tourists who come to this country. We can spend thousands of dollars on the physical needs of tourism, we can provide a wealth of unrivalled natural beauty, but ultimately our success as a tourist country will depend on what the tourists think of us as individuals; and this