NZPA news in brief

Press, 24 February 1977, Page 4

NZPA news in brief

Interpol joins hunt World-wide inquiries are being made with Interpol’s aid for the missing Wellington housewife, Mrs Heidi Charles, who disappeared while out shopping in Rotorua nearly eight weeks ago. Detective Inspector Brion Duncan, the officer in charge of the search at Rotorua, said ■yesterday that inquiries were i now on a world scale. 1 Message to Church A message containing greetings and encouragement for the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa “for the courageous stand against apartheid in education,” has been approved by the Auck- : land Methodist Synod. A second motion, that the synod “assure the Catholic Church that we in New Zealand will do all we can to ihelp them in their struggle for justice.” was defeated. Members of the synod described this motion as patronising and said it did not mean a thing. Support for students The Minister of Education I (Mr Gandar) has promised [that he will support univer- ' sity students’ requests for a bursary increase. The president of the Universitv Students’ Association (Miss L. Sacksen) has said in Dunedin that she has received this undertaking by the Minister, who would make a recommendation to the Cabinet. j Port charge up Wellington Harbour Board; port charges will rise by 20] per cent from July 1. The] board has approved the in- 1 creases in port and wharfage] charges in an attempt to stop an annual deficit of SIM from developing by the end of the year. The last increase in board charges was in April last vear when there was a similar 20 per cent rise.