Reporter’s diary

Press, 22 May 1986, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Oxygen tank

SPECULATION THAT Henry Moore is alive and well, and sculpturing for the Canterbury Hospital Board, is all wrong. The round structure on Hagley Avenue which has fascinated passers-by, and provoked many a “what is it?,” is a liquid oxygen tank. It will replace the liquid oxygen plant near the old Christchurch Hospital laundry, which is the designated site for the new pathology department. The oxygen is stored in liquid form but piped under the road to the hospital to be used as a gas. The “Henry Moore” structure is simply there to protect the tank. Thinking ahead THE DIRECTOR of the Ward Observatory in Wanganui is getting, Jn early. Mr David GlWer

has already asked the city council to turn off street lights when Halley’s Comet makes its next appearance in 2061. Mr Calder also expressed the hope that his work load in 2061 might not be as great as during the recent comet appearance. Hope springs eternal. Chrysler 6 pack A GROUP OF keen Chrysler road and track vehicle buffs are forming what they believe is the first club specialising in the rare and historic cars in New Zealand. The inaugural meeting of the Chrysler six-pack owners’ club will be held at the Hinds Tavern at 1 p.m. next Saturday. The enthusiastic initiator of the club, Mr Terry Reed, of Oxford, said the idea is to preserve the Chrysler R/T E 37, E3B, E4B, E 49, and V 8 E 55 vehicles which

have become collectors’ items. These “muscle” cars were the product of Chrysler’s Lonsdale factory in Australia, in the 1972/73 run, and were not a result of company policy. Parts for the cars, which were privately imported to New Zealand for racing, are difficult to find, said Mr Reed. It is a bear cop SOME LONDON magistrates complained that police officers seemed to take their appearances in court too lightly — and were wearing golliwog badges on their uniforms. This prompted the deputy assistant commander of Six Area, Metropolitan Police, to ban the badges. They were, in fact, Rupert Bear brooches, which policemen buy to finance holidays for families of murdered Royal Ulster Cons®bulary officers.

Chicken peat THERE HAS TO be hope for a world in which people hold international chicken flying meets, while living under the threat of nuclear disasters of the Chernobyl magnitude. Linda, one of 250 chooks competing in the fifteenth annual meet at Rio Grande during the week-end, flew 75.13 m from the top of her mailbox launching pad to win the international chicken flying title. The event is held at the 445 ha central Ohio farm of a restaurant chain owner, Bob Evans, and includes contests in which both chickens and owners are judged on their crowing ability. — Jenny Clark