General News

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31006, 11 March 1966, Page 10

General News

Hides Recovered A Timaru frogman, Mr V. F. Yeldon, made nine descents over a period of two hours to a depth of about 30 feet from Timaru’s number one wharf yesterday afternoon to retrieve nine bales of hides lost overboard from the Haparangi. A sling gave way and the bales dropped to a protective net, which broke. The bales were subsequently winched from the ship on to the wharf after they had been secured by Mr Yeldon.— (F.0.0.R.) No. 1 Old Boy Mr W. O. N. Drinnan, of Milton, the first pupil enrolled at St. Andrew’s College. is attending the jubilee celebrations in Christchurch. Old Boys, at the annual dinner last evening, also honoured present members of the staff with more than 21 years’ service—Messrs A. G. Gillies (first assistant), F. J. Bennett, Henry Dowling. Hurst Dowling, and P. D. Keir. Southerly Spell An hour’s rain, yielding 21 points, followed a change from a moderate nor’-wester to a light south-west wind about 9.30 a.m. yesterday. Temperatures at Harewood dropped from 77 degrees at 9 a.m. to 63 degrees at 10 a.m. By midday, however, skies had cleared, there was bright sunshine and the temperature had risen to 69 degrees. A maximum of 75 degrees was recorded at Harewood, at 3 n.m., with 76 degrees at the Botanic Gardens. The wind, which had shifted to the north-east after the southerly change, returned to the southwest about 4 p.m., and at 4.30 p.m. the Government Life building was showing 71 degrees. Scotch Old Boys of St. Andrew’s College have a tradition that at their formal dinners, tables are decorated with white candles in whisky bottles, giving the college colours. Round the neck of the bottles sprigs of heather are tied with tartan ribbon. There were hundreds on the tables last evening for the jubilee dinner. First Visit A Hercules transport aircraft of the R.N.Z.A.F, landed at Timaru airport yesterday for the first time. The largest and heaviest to visit the district, the freighter touched down on the grass runway without incident at 4.20 p.m It had brought airmen and ground support equipment for the Royal New Zealand Aero Club pageant on Saturday After a short take-off the Hercules circled Timaru city before returning to Christchurch.—(P.A.) Similar Flags The P. and O. house flag at present flying at the mainmast of the 9943-ton cargo steamer Aden at Lyttelton is, at a distance, not unlike the international code flag Z. Both flags are divided into four triangular sections. The Aden, formerly the Federal Steam Navigation Company’s Somerset, is no stranger to Lyttelton and is on a long-term charter to the P. and 0., which has retained its distinctive black hull, stone colour housing and black funnel in its cargo fleet, which is more commonly seen in Asian waters. An occasional P. and O. tanker with similar colour scheme, visits Lyttelton, but the large P. and O. liners have white hulls and buff funnels today.