General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31086, 15 June 1966, Page 16

General News

21 Acres Sold Christchurch College has sold about 21 acres of land between Avonhead road and the junction of Athol terrace and Brodie street to Maurice R. Carter Ltd. Tenders were called. The college is reinvesting these capital funds for long-term development. Powerless Power board representatives about to watch a plasticcompounding unit demonstration at a cable factory recently were embarrassed to find their visit coincided with a power cut. “When we arrived at the cable factory they were ready to level the gun at us,” the chairman of the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board (Mr W. A. Newton) told the board yesterday. “Power was restored with the minimum delay,” he said. Cold And Wet It was cold and wet In Christchurch yesterday. The temperature at Harewood at 6 a.m. was 34 degrees, rising to 38 degrees at 9 a.m. and to 44 degrees by midday. The maximum of 45 degrees was reached during the early afternoon, but by 3 p.m. the temperature had dropped again to 44 degrees, the same temperature being recorded in the Botanic Gardens at 3 p.m. and on the Government Life building clock at 4 p.m. Early-morning fog broke about 9.30 a.m., leaving cloudy to overcast skies. Fresh and occasionally strong south-westerly winds brought showers of rain and hail during the day. Artist’s Book A book of 48 drawings with text, by the Greymouth artist, M. T. Woollaston, will be published this year. A local boy is the subject of each drawing and the text deals with the friendship between the artist and the subject. This will be the first book of drawings produced by Mr Woollaston. The book, which took nearly three years to complete, will be published with some assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. Flight Upset Mainly because of bad weather at some North Island airports and a patch of fog at Christchurch, the National Airways Corporation cancelled two Viscount flights yesterday morning between Wellington and Christchurch, and Christchurch and Auckland. Passengers were taken on later flights. Christchurch was closed to landings between 5.40 a.m. and 9.40 a.m. Because of the bad v.eather at North Island airports some flights were up to 45 minutes late yesterday afternoon. Chathams Fishing A newly-formed fishing company plans to trawl in Chatham Islands waters. The company, the Pitt Island Fishing Company, Ltd., will also do some crayfishing in the area if Marine Department appro/al is obtained. The two subscribers and directors are Mr A. S. Martin, of Lyttelton, and Mr H. Gregory-Hunt, of the Chatham Islands. Both are seamen. Their trawler will be built in Dunedin. The company has been registered with a capital of £5OOO, in 10s shares.