In brief

Press, 12 October 1988, Page 8

In brief

Warders to the rescue

Two New Plymouth prison warders have been described as heroes by their superior for dragging an unconscious prisoner from his burning cell. The remand prisoner, aged 20, has severe burns and is suffering from smoke inhalation. He was reported to be in a satisfactory condition in Taranaki Base Hospital yesterday. The acting prison superintendent, Mr Rex Jones, said the two warders, whom he would not name, risked their lives to pull the inmate from the cell inferno about 2.20 p.m. on Monday. The man had apparently heaped bedding on the floor and set it alight in a bid to harm himself.—PA. Explicit A.I.D.S. message The Health Department is about to launch its third A.I.D.S. awareness campaign, which it says will be the most hard-hitting and explicit yet. A senior health education officer, Dr Lois Beckwith, said the campaign would begin in two weeks and would be quite different from previous campaigns. She said the three-week campaign aimed to break the complacency surrounding A.I.D.S. It aimed at the whole sexually active population and would include videos, pamphlets and television, radio and newspaper advertisements. A video has been prepared for high schools, and principals were asking for parental consent to show it, she said. —PA. Burn-off sparks fire Painters burning off paint at a Selwyn Street house yesterday resulted in the Fire Service being called there about 2 p.m. The house was slightly damaged in the fire, which was attended by two engines. Loco trucked in A locomotive will come to Christchurch by road today. The Works Corporation has been called in to bring the Fairlie Flyer to the city for the celebration of 125 years of railways in New Zealand. The corporation is one of the only transporters that can carry the locomotive and an overweight permit is required although the load is not unusually long or wide. The Fairlie Flyer has to come by road because its wheels are so worn it is not allowed on the lines. The wheels will be turned at the Addington workshop. The locomotive will be off-loaded at a special winching band at the Ensors Road yards on its arrival in Christchurch. Rock art on display An exhibition of Maori rock art is on display in the Visitors’ Lounge at the Canterbury Museum. The exhibition, entitled “Ka Tuhituhi o Nehera” (Drawings of Ancient Times) has been set up by Mr Tony Martin, of the Manawatu Art Gallery, and is touring New Zealand. Mr Martin’s interest in prehistoric rock art was stimulated when he was at the Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, which is not far from one of the main areas of rock drawings in New Zealand. The exhibition comprises eight pieces of rock with drawings on them and 13 large-size colour photographs of others. Sharp comparison Getting the inflation rate down to the popularity level of the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bolger, in opinion polls would assist the creation of jobs, said the Minister of Employment, Mr Goff, yesterday. Mr Bolger scored a 6 per cent rating as preferred Prime Minister in a recent opinion poll. Mr Goff told Parliament that in the last two weeks a number of economic indicators had pointed to improvements ,in the economy. He said business confidence had turned round. —PA