General News

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32322, 13 June 1970, Page 10

General News

Silent Vigil

Thirty students from the University of Canterbury held a silent vigil outside Christchurch Cathedral for an hour and a half early yesterday morning, in protest against the New Zealand Rugby tour of South Africa. The students, who were dressed in I black academic gowns, i assembled in Hereford Street and marched along Hereford Street to the cathedral bearing a coffin and a placard with the words “The Death of Non-Racist Sport.” A short address on the tour was given by the president of the Canterbury University Students’ Association (Mr D. Cuthbert) and a wreath was laid on the coffin.

“Christchurch. 1974”

A 15-minute colour film, “Christchurch, 1974,” produced by the National Film Unit and directed by Mr J. King, had its premiere before a small invited audience in Wellington on Thursday, according to the Tourist and Publicity Department. But few people in New Zealand will see the film, although it will be shown to V.I.P.s in 30 Commonwealth countries. Three two-man teams will leave soon to visit these countries, the film being one of the main aids in support of the campaign, continuing since 1963, to mave Christchurch the venue for the 1970 Commonwealth Games. —(PA.)

Lost And Found

A modern Malaysian art exhibition due to have opened at the National Art Gallery on June 1 arrived in Wellington yesterday after a troubled voyage from Kuala Lumpur. The display will, however, be in time for the Aspac conference which begins in Parliament House next week, said the gallery director, Mr M. N. Day, this morning. The display of 130 paintings and sculptures had been lost on the Australian railways, diverted to air freight when it was found, rediverted to sea freight, involved in a wharf stoppage, and finally forbidden to move on New Zealand roads on its container freighter.

No Contact

The Hawke’s Bay first fiveeighths All Black and his eyes are again in the news. The offer from a South African oil company to provide B. D. M. Furlong with a set of contact lenses was matched this morning by a Christchurch optician. He telephoned the N. secretary (Mr R. E. Morgan) and said: “Send Furlong on a plane to Christchurch today and I will fit him with a set of contact lenses.” The offer was politely declined.

Name Change

There is a story behind the first names of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, the Mayor of Auckland, who has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Recently he adopted formally the name Dove-Myer instead of the names Dove Myer. His second name is a common Jewish name. He was given the name Dove be cause his mother liked birds, was a pacifist, and an admirer of King Edward VII, who was known as Edward the Peacemaker. Sir DoveMyer Robinson was born in 1901, King Edward’s corona tion year.

World Weather

Weather throughout the world on Thursday, according to the Associated Press and Reuters, was: London, sunny, 63 degrees minimum, 86 degrees maximum; Paris, sunny, 61, 81; Rome, sunny, 57, 79: Berlin, cloudy, 57, 77: Amsterdam, sunny, 70, 80; Brussels, sunny, 59, 82; Madrid, sunny, 57, 82; Moscow, sunny, 50, 77: Stockholm, sunny, 57, 77: New York, cloudy, 67, 82: San Francisco, cloudy, 54, 63; Los Angeles, cloudy. 62, 72; Chicago, cloudy, 71. 87: Miami, cloudy, 75, 84; Tokyo, cloudy, 67, 72; Hong Kong, overcast. 77, 86; Buenos Aires, cloudy, 60, 67; Montreal, clear, 60, 86; Johannesburg, fine, 44, 64; Singapore, sunny, 73,84; Sydney, fine, 45, 64; Melbourne, showers. 47, 58; Brisbane, fine, 56, 72,