Reporter’s diary

Press, 14 April 1984, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

No apple THEY WILL BE playing “The William Tell Overture” at the Swiss Chalet restaurant in Hereford Place. Mrs Jan Meldrum, a waitress at the ■ Swiss Chalet, has been shot in a hand by an arrow. Regular patrons of the little restaurant need not to be alarmed, however, the accident did not happened in the Swiss Chalet, but on a proper archery range. Mrs

Meldrum’s son is a keen archer. She was standing at least 15 metres, to one side of the target when a wild arrow struck her on a thumb, chipping the bone. Witnesses assure us that Mrs Meldrum did not have an apple on her head at the time. Queens for a day TEN SECRETARIES and receptionists from Levin and Palmerston North were several times taken for the, “Miss Universe New Zealand” contestants in Christchurch on Thursday. The office workers, most of whom will not see 21 again, were the subjects of some admiring looks and whispered comments when they toured the city in vintage cars, lunched at the Town Hall, and ..went rowing on = the Avon River.' Xs ‘ theytrooped out of the Government Life building, having seen the city from the roof, a smiling taxi driver said: “You all look lovely. I hope you do well.” Buddhists celebrate ABOUT 30 Khmer families, refugees from Cambodia, will celebrate the Buddhist

New Year at the Hagley High School this morning. Prayers will be followed by a pre-noon feast of Cambodian fare and national dancing. The reason for the early repast, according to one of the organisers, Mr Terry Kung, is that Buddha ate only one meal a day and that always before noon. With friends and sponsors, there will be more than 200 at the celebrations. There were only 15 to 20 Khmer families in Christchurch last year, according to Mr Kung. Wrong colours? MR EDWARD SHAVE has noted someone’s concern, expressed in a newspaper about the number of yellow road markings in Christchurch. His concern is of a more parochial nature: “What about all the vertical posts, poles, and pylons in yellow and black, Wellington’s colours, in ‘Ranfurly Shield country’? I respectfully suggest to the ’city fathers’ that the posts and poles should be in red and black. After all, the ”log-of-wood’ is in Canterbury’s possession.” Railway day THE WEKA PASS railway hold a members

and friends’ day at waipara tomorrow, beginning at 11 a.m. For $lO, which, incidentally, is the cost of membership of the society, one can ride a jigger to Frog Rock. Gongs galore THE UNITED STATES Army is determined that its victory over a motley band of revolutionaries and Cubans in Granada should be celebrated in true American style. It has determined that 8612 soldiers were heroes of the invasion worthy of receiving medals, even though there were never more than 7000 enlisted men and officers on the Caribbean island. This first crop of medals may be only the tip of the iceberg, however. The Marine Corps, the Navy, and the Air Force have all begun issuing or taking applications for medals. In addition, the Pentagon is expected to issue an expeditionary medal to all the men and women on or near the island during the invasion, including an estimated 10,000 sailors who sat on ships arrayed round the island. This could result in the awarding of another 19,600 medals. — Peter Cowper