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Hard Frosts A frost of nine degrees was recorded at Harewood yesterday, one degree more than on Saturday. Temperatures for the rest of yesterday were wanner than they had been on Saturday and the day was cloudy and calm. The maximum temperature of 59 degrees was recorded at 1 p.m.; this compared with a maximum of 49 degrees at the same time on Saturday. In spite of the low temperatures, Saturday was a fine, sunny day with light north-easterly winds in the afternoon. Fijian Coin Sale An Australian buyer paid £22 10s—believed to be a world record price—for the 1940 Fijian halfpenny at a coin auction held in Auckland. Its catalogue 'alue was estimated at £l5 15s. A full set of Fiji coins, the first to be auctioned in New Zealand, fetched £B5. —(P.A.)
Postponed The Transport Commission’s public inquiry into the structure and principles of the new wharf handling charges has been postponed from July 4 to August 1. Parties making submissions to the inquiry wanted more time to prepare submissions. —(P-A.) Brighter Buses Wellington is now getting brighter, more pleasant buses because of the smoking ban introduced two years ago. The oldest trolley buses and some diesel buses are having their old varnished three-ply lining replaced with laminated plastic in several light, bright colours. Six trolley buses and one diesel bus have beer treated already. The varnished plywood would have been due for refurbishing in any case, but because buses are no longer subject to so much damage from smoking the City Council transport department is able to replace it with something more pleasant. Cooperation by most citizens in the smoking ban has resulted in an annual saving of £BOOO in cleaning bills. Large Pour One of the biggest continuous concrete pours ever undertaken in New Zealand will be placed by the Ministry of Works in the concrete dam at the Aviemore hydro-elec-tric project towards the end of July. It will take three to four days of round-the-clock work to place the 6000 cubic yards (nearly 11,000 tons) of concrete.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31096, 27 June 1966, Page 12
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344General News Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31096, 27 June 1966, Page 12
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