General News

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30979, 8 February 1966, Page 16

General News

Lovelock’s Medal

The 1500 metres gold medal won by J. E. Lovelock at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin is now in the possession of the Timaru Boys’ High School where the great sportsman was educated. The medal is one of several awards given to the school by Lovelock’s widow, now Mrs C. Tharaud of New York. They were brought to New Zealand recently by close friends of Mrs Tharaud, Mr J. Dalenz, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, and Mrs Dalenz, who travelled from Christchurch on Sunday to hand them to the school rector (Mr R. J. Welch).—P. A. Seized Radios Transistor radios and cigarette lighters seized by the Customs Department from overseas ships are being offered for sale by the Government Stores Board. The board is calling tenders for 630 transistor radios and 82 gas-type lighters. Previously seized goods have been sold by auction. Eighty-three of the radios are held by the department in Christchurch. The others are in Auckland, Wellington and Invercargill. All the cigarette lighters are held in Auckland. The transistor radios will be sold only in lots. Anniversary Days New Zealand flags were flown on Government buildings yesterday to mark the anniversaries of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the Throne in 1952 and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in the Bay of Islands in 1840. Although the anniversaries fell last Sunday it is customary to fly the flags on Monday if the date of anniversary falls during a weekend. * Bus Revenue The Christchurch Transport Board’s revenue for the four weeks period ended January 2 increased by £llB, or 0.3 per cent, over the corresponding period of last year and was greater than estimated by nearly £lOOO, said the chairman of the board’s finance committee (Mr E. J. Bradshaw) in his report to yesterday’s board meeting. Though the revenue increase was small it was pleasing to see, he said. Hoses Banned A complete ban on the use of hoses was imposed yesterday by the Gisborne City Council. At Mangapoike, the main source of storage for city water, the supply has fallen from a peak of 246,000,000 gallons to 146,000.000 gallons. If the consumption continued at the present rate, the Mangapoike supply would be exhausted in a matter of weeks, said the Mayor (Mr H. H. Barker).—(P.A.) Gift Of Cheese A 101 b cheese will be presented to the Governor-Gene-ral (Sir Bernard Fergusson) and Lady Fergusson when they visit Edendale during their Southland tour. The couple will spend 25 minutes in the town on February 21. The Edendale dairy factory is the oldest dairy factory still operating in New Zealand.—(P.A.)

Overcast Day The weather was overcast, with moderate temperatures in Christchurch yesterday, a maximum of 62 degrees being recorded at noon at Harewood. A moderate southwesterly wind in the early morning changed at noon to a moderate north-easterly, which later changed back to a southerly. At 6 a.m. the temperature at Harewood was 54 degrees, and at 3 p.m. it was 58 degrees, the figure being the same at the Botanic Gardens. The temperature gauge on the Government Life building showed 62 degrees at 4.30 p.m. Busy Port Although labour was still short at Lyttelton when work began yesterday, the position has much improved since the previous week. At 7 a.m. only 123 men were required to fill vacancies and only one vessel, the Kaimai, was idle. Two other ships, the Tomar and Ampenan, were short manned. When work began 586 union men were engaged and 70 non-union men also obtained jobs. Rain in the afternoon caused some delay. First Swordfish The first swordfish to be caught in Gisborne waters was landed today by a party fishing on Mr I. Kerr’s deepsea game fishing launch, the Corsair. It was a striped marlin weighing 3121 b, and was caught by a Gisborne taxidriver, Mr Keith Tarry.— (P.A).