In brief

Press, 18 May 1989, Page 6

In brief

$568 taken from hotel

Two men seen loitering in Cokers Hotel, Manchester Street, are believed to have snatched $568 from the reception area yesterday afternoon. The money was noticed missing after the pair had left. Both are described as Maori. One is aged about 22, 167 cm (sft 6in) tall, black straight hair, clean shaven, and was wearing black leather pants and jacket. The other is aged about 17, 157 cm (sft 2in) tall, thin build, and was wearing a black T-shirt, faded jeans and denim jacket.

Limit on tenure?

The Leader of the National Party, Mr Bolger, will have to retire in March, 1995, if a rule change being promoted by the party’s North Shore electorate is approved. The North Shore electorate has put forward a remit for National’s Auckland divisional conference this week-end, which seeks to limit party leaders to nine years in the job. If passed by the Auckland conference, it would still need the approval of a full party conference to get into the rulebook. Mr Bolger won the leadership in March, 1986.—PA.

Explanation sought

The low-flying Air New Zealand aircraft over Wellington’s Newlands suburb requires an explanation from the airline, the Minister of Transport, Mr Jeffries, said yesterday. On Monday Newlands residents reported an Air New Zealand Boeing 737 flying so low over their houses they feared it would crash. Air New Zealand says the plane’s ground proximity warning system activated when it was 152 m above the ground.— PA

Decision on veteran

The Minister for Immigration, Mr Rodger, expects to decide within a fortnight whether a man who was brought up in New Zealand and fought in the New Zealand Army in World War II will be allowed to stay in the country. William Grundy has spent much of his life outside New Zealand, but recently applied to settle permanently in Dunedin. His application was turned down because of health problems.—PA.