General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31118, 22 July 1966, Page 10

General News

Apples Arrive

Dr. R. T. S. Law, of Well-1 ington, chairman of the national projects committee of Lions Clubs, has received advice that the 100 cartons of apples sent by the children of the Motueka district as a gift to the crippled children in Hong Kong have arrived here. Five cartons of apples were delivered to the Sandy Bay children's convalescent home, Hong Kong, by the Tai Ping Shan Lions Club. The remaining 95 cartons were put up for public auction and realised £650. which has been handed over to the convalescent home.—(P.A.) Roads Open AU roads were open after the bad weather on Tuesday and Wednesday, but motorists using higher roads were advised to drive cautiously, the Automobile Association (Canterbury) advised yesterday. Museum “At Home” The Canterbury Museum Trust Board and all staff were “at home” last evening to more than 300 local body members and their wives from councils which contribute to the board’s revenue. The board's chairman (Mr G. C. C. Sandston) said that local body contributions had transformed the museum in the last 20 years. Visitors were taken on tours to see hundreds of projects developed from local body revenue. Maori Projects Tickets in the Te Wai Pounamu District Maori Council (South Island) raffle to raise money to further the council's projects will be on sale from five stalls in the middle of Christchurch today. The council is attempting to raise i £lOOO, and a particular aim lis to assist young Maoris go ! ing into the towns. Some of | the ticket sellers will wear . traditional Maori dress.

Allan Memorial When the Canterbury Museum Trust Board paid tributes to Professor R. S. Allan yesterday, it agreed to consider a memorial to him in the museum. Professor Allan was the only original member still on the board. The chairman (Mr G. C. C. Sandston) said he had an original and stimulating mind and his widespread contributions to the development of the museum should always be remembered. Visit By Choir The Durham Street Methodist Church choir will present a programme of sacred music in Ashburton on Sunday afternoon, on the choir’s first visit there for 15 years. The programme will be presented at the Baring Square Church, and will help to raise funds for the pipe organ of that church. The choir will be led by Mr W. Hawkey, conductor of the Christchurch Harmonic Society choir which toured Britain last year.. Cloudy Day The weather in Christchurch yesterday was cloudy, with showers. After frosts of six degrees at Harewood and three degrees in the Botanic Gardens, the temperature at th airport at 6 a.m. was 32 degrees. By 9 a.m. it had risen to 36 degrees, and by midday to 42 degrees. The maximum of 46 degrees was recorded at 3 p.m., when the temperature in the Botanic Gardens was 45 degrees. Tongan Hostel A new hostel for Tongan students in Auckland was officially opened yesterday by Princess Siuilikutapu, the eldest daughter of the Tongan Premier, Prince Tu’lpelehake. The hostel has cost about £12,000, and will house up to 24 students who have come to New Zealand on Tongan Government scholarships. It is built at the back of the Tongan Government’s hostel, “Atalanga,” in St. Andrew's road, Epsom.—(P.A.)