General News

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31198, 24 October 1966, Page 10

General News

Succour For Sam? Sam, the Mexican walking fish which was impounded in Auckland on its arrival from i Sydney more than a week ago, is still at the Department of Agriculture’s fumigation statI ion on the waterfront. But i succour is in sight. Application has been made for a permit to land the fish. Sam’s owner, Mrs M. Ramsey, of Sydney brought it ashore from the liner Australis, but port agricultural officers decided the fish would have to remain in custody until a permit was obtained. Mrs Ramsey left food and feeding instructions with the (fumigation station staff. Gardens Open 1 About 1700 adults and many (children, visited the University of Canterbury’s gardens at Ham yesterday. The rhododendrons and azalea gardens will again be open to the public in about two weeks. As yet the azaleas are not out fully. The secretary of the Canterbury Horticultural Society (Mr J. C. Fraser) said the grounds were in very 1 good condition. Much new ■ planting had been done. The ! St. Andrew’s College Pipe (Band played on the lawn. Labour Day Mails Today, Labour Day, all mails will close at the Chief Post Office at 7 a.m., and air mails will close at 8 a.m. Postal counters will be closed, and no deliveries will be made by postmen or rural contractors. Street posting boxes will be cleared at 9 p.m. only. The telegraph counter will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Warm Day Christchurch had its warmest day this spring on Saturday. Temperatures at Harewood rose sharply from 59 degress at 6 a.m. to maximum of 75 degrees at 3 p.m. The highest temperature previously recorded this spring was 72 degrees on October 5. Yesterday the weather was partly cloudy and cool. Light showers fell in the morning, but by late afternoon, the weather was fine. The wind varied from north-east to north-west. A maximum temperature of 50 degrees was recorded at Harewood at 2 p.m. At 6 a.m. the temperature was 49 degrees. It had dropped to 47 degrees by 9 a.m., but at noon it was 49 degrees. At 3 p.m. it was also 49 degrees. “’Project Magnet” A United States Navy Super Constellation is due at Christchurch Airport today on a “Project Magnet” mission. Its purpose is to obtain more accurate data on the lines of magnetic force used in compiling isomagnetic charts and in navigation. On Thursday the aircraft will go to the Antarctic, where it will fly over the ice towards the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and again over the sea. It will then leave for Perth before going to Singapore, Africa, Brazil, and Puerto Rico. The four civilians and 16 members of the crew will be back in Washington by Christmas. Abandoned Cycles Nineteen old bicycles which have been in hospital cycle stands for six months or more will be auctioned on behalf of the North Canterbury Hospital Board. Some of the bicycles have been there for several years and many of them are without parts. Some are in cycle stands next to the main entrance of the hospital, and others are in the stands attached to the nurses’ home. Temuka Schools The Canterbury Education Board had done everything possible to accelerate the solution of school building problems in Temuka, the chairman (Mr A. S. Murray) and the secretary-manager (Mr W. P. Spencer) told the Canterbury Education Board. The board was waiting to call tenders but did not yet have Treasury authority. Mr O. S. Priest, a South Canterbury member, had asked when the matter would be settled. Drainage “I would hate to go round and really see what is happening,” said the health inspector (Mr C. G. Roberts), discussing, at a Mount Herbert County Council meeting yesterday, ’ the disposal of household drainage and sewerage. He said he had seen a new house at Church Bay that had a waste pipe discharging on to the ground. Penalty For Thanks The Ellerslie Borough Council will advise the Ellerslie Businessmen’s Association that it cannot allow the association to use the council chamber for its meetings. The council was surprised to receive a letter of thanks from the association. It had not known that the council chamber was being used for association meetings.