Reporter's Diary

Press, 11 February 1981, Page 2

Reporter's Diary

Ana Dablan talk AN ILLUSTRATED talk on the successful climb of Ana Dablan in the Himlayas made last October by six South Islanders will be held in the Christchurch Town Hall on February 17, at 8 p.m. Paddy Freaney, Russell Brice, and Rob Hall, all of Christchurch, with Graham Elder and Peter . McInally, of Greymouth, and Bob Murie, of Arthur’s Pass, completed the climb of this major Himalayan peak via the north ridge. The talk will be free of charge but donations will be sought at the end to support 1 the group’s next expedition, an attempt on

Ninbur, a peak of more than 7000 metres which has not yet been climbed. Bar tea THE ARTICLE from London in “The Press” recently about the . Englishman who, tarrying too long at a hotel’ had his evening meal tipped over him in the bar by his wife, recalls a . similar incident in Greymouth a few years ago. In that case, the husband stayed on . . . and on, 'inspite of several telephone calls from his wife. Finally she arrived — an open coat revealing her apron — complete with hi's tea on a plate, a knife, and a fork.

She placed it all on the bar in front of her husband, and departed from the hotel without a word. Colourful authority? THE SOUTH ISLAND 'is billed as “Gem of the Pacific” in a new pictorial envelope produced by the South Island Promotion Association. One wonders, however, why the “eye” of the law — the Christchurch Central Police Station — should feature so prominently. The building is hardly the city’s most attractive piece of architecture. A tree bit OFFENDERS in Press Lane are getting younger and younger. One recent sunny afternoon, a small boy, probably aged about four was. seen busily

watering the horses in a closed back doorway leading on’ to the lane. Already disturbed by the arrival of A Lady in the lane, the small boy hastily finished and scampered off when she told him that the police, who kept a close eye on Press Lane, took people to court for That Sort of Thing. TP breaks TELEVISION had a few unexpected breaks at the w’eek-end, especially when the floodlights and warship lights were turned on at Waitangi and a fuse seems to have blown. One tune played during the breaks is optimistic and appropriate.. It is a soothing guitar piece, played by Ry Cooder, called “I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine.’’.