N.Z. news in brief

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33128, 19 January 1973, Page 2

N.Z. news in brief

Bends cases The Royal New Zealand Navy treated a record numsber of civilian divers suffering from the bends during 1972. Seven men were treated, and naval divers spent 669 man hours attending them. Exam results Candidates who sat the University Entrance examination in November would receive their results on Saturday or Monday, a spokesman for the Universities Entrance Board said in Wellington. The results will be mailed from Wellington today. Mr J. R. Caldwell, secretary of the board, said it was hoped to supply the results of the bursary and scholarship examinations next week. Book theft When the police called at an Onehunga man’s house vesterday about some missing library books they found

hundreds of books stacked along the walls, under his bed. and in a cupboard. A police van had to be called to make two trips back to the Onehunga Library with the hoard. Staff counted 729 volumes, worth about $4OOO, and all reported missing from the library in the last 18 months. A 47-year-old man has been charged with theft of the books. ’Copters grounded The fleet of Iroquois helicopters based at Tekapo this week for the annual territorial camp was grounded yesterday as a result of the forced landing by the Iroquois carrying the Chief of the General Staff (MajorGeneral L. A. Pearce) on Wednesday. An Army spokesman in Dunedin said it was norma! procedure to ground for inspection helicopters or any other military aircraft if one of their kind was involved in a mishap. He expected the Tekapo helicopters to be in service again today.

Coast cruise Mr F. Davis and Mr B. Pearce, who are attempting to circumnavigate New Zealand in a powerboat, arrived in Wellington yesterday from !Wanganui. After taking on I petrol supplies they con- ' tinned to Nelson. iM.P.s called A proclamation has been issued summoning members of Parliament to appear on Wednesday, February 14, “for the dispatch of business at 2.30 p.m. in the Parliament House in the City of Wellington.” The proclamation by the Governor-General (Sir Denis Blundell) was issued as an extraordinary Gazette, and is part of the formal procedure of summoning Parliament. Parliament will meet that day for the swearing-in of members and the election of the Speaker and Chairman of Committees.