N.Z. NEWS BRIEFS

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33516, 23 April 1974, Page 2

N.Z. NEWS BRIEFS

Old anchor An iron anchor, believed 1 to have been submerged for 102 years, has been hauled I from Cook Strait. Weighing! more than a ton, it is be-1 lieved to have come from the! 538-ton barque City of New-1 castle, which was wrecked! on N'ovem'oer 14, 1872, with] the loss of two lives. It was| found by Mr Warwick Bug-! ler, of Blenheim, in 10ft of I water off Wellington Head.’ Because it was too heavy for ; I the winch on his launch, he(hauled it through deeper; (water to inside Tory Chan-i 'nel, where it was lifted by ‘a crane Geothermal talks I New Zealand would be'

host to the first geothermal i implementation conference. ;later this month, the Prime' 'Minister (Mr Kirk) said in a! [statement yesterday. The! [conference will be held ati [Wairakei and Rotorua from! 'April 29 to May 3. A number! of countries interested in de-| 'veloping geothermal energy: (have been invited to send' representatives. One of the! [main topics will be ways of! [improving the exchange of; [information on geothermal; [research.

Knowledge exchange The possibility of a wider exchange of scientific and technical information between New Zealand and Japan has been raised in talks in Tokyo between the Minister of Finance (Mr Rowling) and the Japanese Minister for Science and Technology, (Mr Kinji Morixama). The suggestion is for an agreement along the lines of that signed by New Zealand and the United States earlier this year after the meeting between the Prime Minister (Mr Kirk) and President Nixon in Washington last year. Mr Rowling said New Zealand's experience in geothermal power development might be of help to Japan

Ur, • i Summer job* ‘I The Auckland Hospital '[Board will offer Australian ' medical students 13 summer jobs as acting house surgeons l jat the end of the year. The ■ board approved a recom[mendation from the staffing ■and appointments committee I that fifth-year medical Studdents from Otago Medical [School, and from Australia, be ’toffered IS positions as acting house surgeons in hospitals under the board’s control.

First boat Hamilton divers have recovered the first boat to carry tourists through the Waitomo Caves. The 70-year-old, square-bowed craft had been sunk in a muddy creek near the cave entrance for 30 years. Waitomo Caving Club members found the boat in the creek, and winched it out on Sunday, after four weeks of preparatory work. The boat will be dried out for three years before being put in the Waitomo Museum. Pipes arrive Flat-top railway waggons and road transporters provided a shuttle service at Blyde wharf. Port Taranaki, yesterday when the Australian freighter Jeparit began discharging its cargo of pipes for the new pipeline from Kapuni to New Plymouth. The ship’s master. Captain N. F. Barnett, of Brisbane, said the unloading of the 2273 pipes was expected to take until Friday, when the ship would return to Australia for a second load. The ship recently returned to the Australian trade after running stores to Vietnam for the Australian Army for four years. Taupo up

Lake Taupo rose l|in on Sunday, to more than sin above' its minimum powergenerating level, reported the Press Association. The lake has gained more than 6in since it fell well below the nominal minimum working level several weeks ago. It is now 1172.45 ft. The Electricity Department’s district manager in Hamilton (Mr W. J. Shanks) said 2in of rain fell in the Tongariro catchment area on Sunday