In brief

Press, 11 July 1989, Page 9

In brief

TV3 bureau head TV3, expected to go on air in November, has appointed Mr Chris Bishop head of its Wellington news and current affairs bureau. Mr Bishop has worked in Australian television, including Channel Nine, Channel Seven and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and in Britain as a producer for a breakfast show, TV AM, as well as editor for Television New Zealand’s “Eyewitness News.” Hope extinguished The Fire Service -was called in to try to free a trapped seagull from the Crystal Plaza Centre yesterday. The bird had been stuck between panels in the ceiling since Saturday. A fireman on a turntable ladder failed to free the bird. Skyhawk loses pod The Air Force has banned the use of modified rocket-launching pods on Skyhawks until it finds out why one fell off a Skyhawk over Blenheim. The pods are modified to carry baggage because the Skyhawk cockpit is too small, and are attached under the aircraft. On Thursday, a pod sheared off a Skyhawk taking off from R.N.Z.A.F. Base Woodbourne and ploughed into a nearby vineyard. The Minister of Defence, Mr Tizard, was at Woodbourne that day for the official handing-over of the first modified production Skyhawk, which was not involved.—PA. Square party planned A four-hour party is planned for Cathedral Square on Friday. To mark the first anniversary of the market in the Square the Christchurch City Council’s inner-city promotion division will, stage a birthday celebration. The entertainment will start at 11 a.m. A birthday cake, baked by Christchurch Polytechnic bakery students, will be cut by the Mayor of Christchurch, Sir Hamish Hay. Shoppers in the market will be able to eat a piece. The entertainment will include the Wizard, bands, stilt walkers, and face painting. ‘Richest man’ robbed The police are investigating a £lO million ($27.9 million) robbery from the London home of the Sultan of Brunei, the world’s richest man, British newspapers reported on Monday. The thieves, who evaded infra-red alarm beams guarding the house and closed-circuit television monitoring the large garden, stole jewellery, gold and foreign currency. The break-in took place last Thursday. A police spokesman said the owner had requested that no details be disclosed. The Sultan of Brunei was named as the world’s richest man in a survey by “Money Magazine” last February,' His personal fortune, derived from Brunei’s oil revenues, is estimated at $43 billion.—NZPA : Reuter. f ■ J .... I