Reporter’s diary

Press, 27 April 1983, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Telethon A STYLISED F.T. (pictured) is the symbol of the New Zealand Family Trust, the beneficiary of this year’s Telethon. The trust has been especially set up to handle , the money raised by Telethon, which will be held on June 25 and 26. The money will be distributed by the trust to social services for young people, the needy, and the fragile aged. The symbol represents children, adults, and the supporting arm of the family. Transport service MAUDIE Fenn, the defghtful widow, aged 84, whose

story was published on the feature page of “The Press” early this month, has inspired the Christchurch South Lions Club. After reading about her the Lions decided it would be an appropriate . response to organise a transport programme to take elderly people who live at home alone, like Maudie Fenn, into town and for drives in the country. They are arranging details with the Nurse Maude District Nursing Association, and will confine their project to South Christchurch. Mrs Fenn is now out of The Princess Margaret Hospital’s assessment and rehabilitation unit and back in her own home. Anchors a weigh LIKE uncle, like nephew. When Andrew Shaw, aged 14, of Wainui, discovered an old anchor on the seabed of Akaroa Harbour last weekend, he repeated a feat carried out by his uncle 12 months ago. Andrew and a friend, Richard Stevens, also aged 14, were diving off Dan Rogers cliffs in about 12m of water, when they discovered the anchor of an old sailing ship. By inflating

-their compensators the boys managed to get the anchor to the surface. The metrehigh anchor which is probably about 100 years old is destined to join last year’s find in an acid bath, for preservation. Eventually, it is hoped to display the anchors in Wainui. Quick comment COMMENTS on the failure of Mrs Ann Hercus, the Labour member for Lyttelton, to make the reshuffled Opposition front bench in Parliament are no longer heard from one Government back-bencher. When Mrs Hercus was speaking, the member for Pakuranga, Mr T. de V. Hunt, interjected asking her why she was not on the front bench. Quick as a flash, Mr G. B. Braybrooke (Lab,, Napier) replied: “Why aren’t you in South Africa?” Whoops

THE Minister of Tourism, Mr Talbot, will be keeping his fingers crossed that no tourist buses pl.unge over cliffs in the immediate future. In a recent speech, he observed, “Tourism is big businejf,'’ even undertakers benefi”from it”