General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 12

General News

Never Before The British comedian, Jimmy Edwards, won 1206 follower* and undying fame in Kihikihi, near Te Aaamotu, on Saturday when he I scored five goals and,led his team to victory in a polo match between the Kihikihi Whites and the Kihikihi Pink and Blacks. Nowhere during his 10 years of polo playing had he scored five goals in a match before.—(FA.) Rest Periods The North Island Water, front Workers’ Association is to ask the annual conference of the Federation of Labour this week to agree to approaches being made to the Government to enact legislation providing for a rest period after every two hours of work. This is one of a number of remits dealing with general working conditions, holidays and compensation expected to come before the conference—(P.A.) Fare Reduced The Christchurch Transport Board bus fare from Grahams road to Kendal street in Bryndwr will drop Id today as the area has been brought into the board’s rating district. This area was formerly outside the board’s rating district but was included by an act passed during the last session of Parliament A penalty fare of id was Im.

• posed because no rates were • received from the district. Meat Prices Veal, first grade beef, pork, and first grade mutton will ' be cheaper in the Canter- ! bury meat pricing district this month. A reduction of Id per lb in the maximum retail price of each of these ' classes of meat for May has , been made by the Price Tribunal. Second and third grade beef and hogget will remain the same. Second and third grade mutton shows an increase of Id per lb, and first and second grade lamb an increase of 2d. North Beach Library Cr. A. Shumacher had proposed that a room in the North Beach Memorial Hall could be used to accommodate an adult and children’s library, the chairman of the City Council library committee (Cr. R. G. Brown) told delegates to the regional conference of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Library Association on Saturday. He said that the proposal would be considered at , a meeting of the committee i tomorrow. i