General News

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28260, 24 April 1957, Page 12

General News

No Paper Tomorrow ‘‘The Press” will not be pub- . lished tomorrow, Anzac Day. Every 1000 Miles A teddy boy with long hair, a : knee-length jacket and tight trousers seated himself in a barber’s chair. “How do you want it. sir, short back and sides?” the barber asked. The youth ret plied: “No, just change the oil.”— 1 London, April 23. e £32,000 for 30 Perches □ The site of the old City Couns cil chambers in High street, Lower Hutt, has been sold by the council for £32,000.' The pure chaser is the Colonial Mutual Life s Association, which plans to erect e a four-storey building there. a Situated on the corner of High ' street and Laings road, the section 5 has an area of approximately 30 s perches. Express Delayed t The Invercargill to Christchurch t express train was 55 minutes late * arriving in Christchurch last , evening. The express was due at 7.20 p.m., but because it was a t more than usually heavy train it 1 lost time all the way from Inverj cargill and did not arrive in a Christchurch until 8.15 p.m. 1 N.Z. Historical Figures y Fifteen famous men who played ’ a prominent part in the early 5 history of New Zealand are comt memorated in a booklet recently ; published by the Bank of New South Wales. Portraits and biographical details of men whose names are familiar to all New Zealanders are included in the booklet. Among them are Abel Tasman, Captain James Cook, the i explorers; Samuel Marsden, who first brought Christianity to the colony; Tamati Wara Nene, the influential and far sighted Maori I leader; and George Grey, GovI emor of New Zealand from 1845 i to 1853, and from 1861 to 1868. The text of the booklet was writr ten, by Mr C. R. H. Taylor I librarian of the Alexander Turn- . bull Library, Wellington and the line illustrations were drawn by ' Mr James Berry, of Wellington. Produce Prices , Produce prices in Christchurch ■ remained fairly stable during i Easter, auctioneers reported yesterday. In the last month there . has been almost a glut of pumpkins, which have been selling 1 for as little as 5s or 6s a sack. ■ Marrows were also reported to be i , plentiful and were down to 5s a sack. Tomatoes are now in 1 dwindling supply and the price 1 has risen. Brussel sprouts, which ! are just starting to come on to ] the market, sold for 39s a sugar t bag. There is now a plentiful • supply of potatoes and the price ‘ yesterday was 13s a sugar bag. i Ine price of cabbages ranged ’ from 8s to 13s a sugar bag; cauli- 1 ma<^e U P to 16s a case. < With moderate supplies coming to 1 hand parsnips sold for about 18s 1 «n apple case. There are very ( few lettuces available now and up 1 to 16s a case was paid for them. ■ Old Trading Token J A trading token, issued by a 1 grocer m Auckland in 1858, was recently dug up in a Sydney garden and given to a former. Christchurch resident who was returning to live here. The token a copper coin the size of a halfcrown, has on one side the in- • scription “Charles C. Barley, ! Wholesale Grocer, Auckland, New c Zealand.” On the other side there 4 is the inscription “God Save The , Queen” and the date 1858 with J the figure of a woman holding , scales in one hand while her other < hand rests on a cornucopia. There i is a sailing ship in the back- ! ground. The token, which is in a good state of preservation, was i brought to Christchurch by Mr < A. Williams. It was given to him e by a neighbour in Sydney when , she knew he wrs returning to New Zealand. Maruia Springs Baths e The thermal baths at Maruia I Springs will be officially opened $ by the Minister in charge of i Tourist and Health Resorts (Mr £ D. J. Eyre) on Saturday, May 4, * at 2.30 p.m., and the public are r invited to attend the ceremony. The Tourist Department will issue v an invitation to local bodies and c other representatives in the Nel- h son, West Coast, Marlborough and r Canterbury districts to attend the function. After some delay the ® baths have been completed and will be available f-• use by the a public. They are under the con- s trol of the lessees, the Morris c family, who are the proprietors of the Maruia Springs Hotel. e Charges for use of the baths have J been prescribed by the Tourist * Department.—(F.n.o.R.) Ship Arrives Week Late x The 8529-ton Blue Star Line s passenger and cargo ship, South \ Africa Star, limped into Auck- s land on Monday after six days adrift in the South Pacific with both her boilers out of action. With two tugs shepherding her the ship berthed at 4.30 p.m. to disembark her 12 passengers and general cargo from Liverpool more than a week late. Permanent repairs are expected to be i completed in about three weeks, by the time the cargo is dis- J charged.—(P.A.) Big Crowds In City Although for many persons the Easter holiday ended on Monday Christchurch was still crowded with holiday makers yesterday. For most of the day city streets were packed with shoppers and a sightseers, cinemas were well patronised and large crowds at- s tended the Botanic Gardens, the ? Public Library and inspected p many of the city’s well-known sights.