General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 16

General News

“Protest Ship” Financial assistance is being sought in Christchurch for an Australian “protest ship,” which would sail into the danger area created by the French nuclear tests. An appeal for funds would be made by the Christchurch branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,, with a leaflet distributed from a stall outside the Chief Post Office tomorrow, said Mrs R. Plumridge, secretary of the branch. The stall would also display posters about the tests and possible effects of fall-out Tow For Dredge Arrangements are being made to have the Westminster Dredging Company’s dredge, Foremost Prince, towed from Napier to Lyttelton by the Nelson-based tug Mohala. The Auckland dredge was forced into Napier on May 30 by bad weather while on its way to Lyttelton. The crew refused to take the dredge further south, claiming it was unseawortby. Cloudless Day There were heavy frosts in Christchurch yesterday, and throughout the rest of the day the weather was cloudless. A frost of nine degrees was recorded at Harewood, the heaviest this year being 9.6 degrees recorded on May 35. At the Botanic Gardens a frost reading of 7.6 degrees, the lowest recorded there this year, was taken. The maximum temperature at Harewood was 62 degrees, at 3 p.m. At 6 a.m. the temperature was 30 degrees, at 9 a.m. 33 degrees, and at noon 55 degrees. At 3 p.m. in the Botanic Gardens the temperature was 63 degrees.