General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31109, 12 July 1966, Page 16

General News

Second Fund A second fund has been started at Burnham Military Camp for the dependants of Corporal E. J. N. McLean, who was killed on June 11 when he was struck by a car outside the Rolleston Hotel. A tin containing between £2OO and £3OO collected for his dependants was stolen from a table in the entrance to the corporal’s mess between 9 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. last Friday. Most of the money was in notes. An Army spokesman said at Bumham yesterday that, in spite of the theft, the men were determined to complete the fund-raising effort. 12-Degree Frost Christchurch had one of the heaviest frosts of the year yesterday—l2 degrees, recorded at Harewood, and 10 degrees at the Botanic Gardens. The hardest frost previously was on June 30, when 12 degrees was also recorded at Harewood. Winds yesterday were light and variable in the morning and southerly in the afternoon and the sky was clear throughout. Temperatures at Harewood were 32 degrees at 6 a.m., 30 degrees at 9 a.m., 44 degrees at midday, and 47 degrees at 3 p.m. The maximum was 48 degrees recorded at 3 p.m. at the Botanic Gardens. The temperature gauge on the Government Life building in Cathedral square registered 48 degrees at 4.30 p.m. Glowing Baton A baton which can be illuminated to warn traffic, has been tested by traffic officers of the Christchurch City Council during the last few weeks. The baton is a heavyduty torch with a long, translucent red cone in place of the lens, and a small beam of white light is thrown through a hole in the apex of the cone. It is visible at a considerable distance. The Traffic Superintendent (Mr J. F. Thomas) said the tests suggested that the baton, powered by ordinary torch cells, would be particularly useful at the scene of accidents, but it had not been decided whether more batons would be obtained. The device is made in the United States. Personal Items Professor A. D. Brownlie, professor of economics at the University of Canterbury, has been given a Carnegie grant to study development of teaching and research in economic computer techniques in the United States.— (P.A.). Mr J. F. Moffat, group controller for the Christchurch Civil Defence Organisation, is to attend two courses at the Australian Civil Defence School at Macedon, Victoria. He will leave Christchurch next Monday. The courses, each lasting for a week, are cn welfare and organisation and control.