General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29514, 16 May 1961, Page 14

General News

“Weak Argument” "The reluctance of the Christchurch City Council to provide adequate safety zones . at the intersection of Woodhat.. road, Linwood avenue and Avonside drive on the ground that no-one had yet been killed or maimed there was a weak sort of argument,” said Dr. G. Jobberns. ! who presided at a meeting of , the Avonside Girls’ High , School board of governers yesterday. The board agreed ! that, as the speed of traffic ; at this intersection had be- > come dangerous, it should write again to the council Police Recruits Sixty of the 210 men and I women recruits required by the Police Force this year ‘ have been found since recruiting opened in March. , The total strength of the .‘Police Force is about 2500 /but to keep abreast of popuIlation increase it is planned to reach a target of 2580 by the end of March, 1962. In addition, 40 cadets are being /’recruited for the annual in- ' take in January. : Rates “A Pleasure” “Rates are a legal deduc- . tion on income tax.” said the /Minister of Works (Mr Goos>man) at the opening of the /new Piako County Council /offices at Te Aroha. “If they iare high, it means more “money is being spent in the /district. Even when my rates (are high, I pay them with I pleasure.” Fish Scarce Because of the bad weather ’lover the week-end all ,! varieties of fish were very /scarce in Christchurch yesi terday. Flounders comprised most of the supply and sold ■ in the shops at 3s 6d a pound Small quantities of other varieties were also available i Gurnard sold in the shops at 2s 9d a pound, groper at 4s , a pound and tarakihi at 3s 6d. As the weather improves ' better supplies are expected. I U.S. Army Officers / Thirty United States Army ■officers arrived at WhenuaIpai yesterday by special airI craft, five to spend a month in New Zealand as guests of the New Zealand Army, and 15 to spend the day and night before going on to Australia for attachment to the Army there. Five New Zealand officers will leave in the aircraft today for a month with ' United States formations and ; units in Hawaii. Heading this party will be LieutenantColonel L. A. Kermode. deputy-Assistant Quarter-master-General at Army , Headquarters.—(P.A.) Physics Students Physics teachers from Wel- ’ lington secondary schools ati tending a course at Victoria ' University last week had . been disturbed by the small number of physics students ! coming forward to the uni--1 versity. said the Professor of 1 Physics. Professor D. Walker, yesterday. He said the shortage meant a corresponding : shortage in schools, universities. Government posts, and in industry. A shortage in physics graduates meant a weakness in the foundation of New Zealand’s science effort generally. Professor Walker said the solution to the problem would require . imaginative action. "A situa- ; tion like this could take a ’ generation to straighten itself out,” he said.—(P.A.)