General news

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32461, 23 November 1970, Page 14

General news

National anthem The Jaycees would present a case to Parliament no matter what the result of the nation-wide poll on a national anthem for New Zealand, the vice-president of the Hamilton chapter of the organisation, Mr A. Morgan, said. The National Research Bureau in Auckland, which conducted the poll, had described it as one of the best it had conducted, as far as public response was concerned.—(P.A.) School appeal The Queen Victoria School appeal was beginning to bring in overseas currency, the appeal committee chairman, Dr S. M. Mead, said. He said the United Kingdom branch, headed by Sir Bernard Fergusson, a former Governor-General, would boost tiie overseas funds for the appeal considerably. He had received a cheque from the Queen Mother and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. The appeal ! to keep the school going, now ' stands at $167,000, and the appeal committee hopes to ’ raise about $500,000.—(P.A.) Bridle Path walk The Bridle Path cemmemi orative walk will be held on ' Sunday, December 13. It , will start at Ferrymead between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and end at the Lyttelton Borough Council chambers. A certificate will be issued to persons who complete the walk and a seal will be sent to those who did the walk last year so that it can be affixed to their certificates. Trasport Board buses will leave Cathedral Square from near Woodwards Gift House comer at 12.30 p.m. and from Lyttelton at 1 p.m. The buses will return from Lyttelton to Ferry mead and the Square from approximately 3.15 p.m. If the walk is cancelled because of bad weather an announcement will be made from station 3ZB at 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. Lottery grants The chairman of the scientific research distribution committee (Mr B. R. Law) announced, in Wellington, grants from Golden Kiwi lottery funds. These include: Professor R. Park and others, University of Canterbury, $23,000, as a contribution towards the purchase of a concrete testing machine; Dr J. B. Stott, University of Canterbury, $3OOO for work on acetylene-pro-duction; Professor T. M. Morrison, Lincoln College, $15,300, for climatological research.—(P.A.) Toy soldiers Australian and New Zealand troops will be among the 10,000 lead toy soldiers to be sold in London by auction on December 10. Four South Australian lancers with an officer which originally sold for Id each, were expected to fetch £lO. Mixed Australian and New Zealand infantry are included in a mixed j lot with American West Point cadets, bandsmen, guards; and field guns. The sale will take place in the sale rooms of the auctioneers, Phillips, Son, and Neale.