"IMPROVEMENT TO GATEWAY"

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19544, 14 February 1929, Page 16

"IMPROVEMENT TO GATEWAY"

i I Lyttelton Residents Pleased i ! ! 'The midatt of Lyttelton welcome 11k etoctii&cariMl ef the Christchurch-Lyttelton line, beUniij that it I be of great benefit to Canterbury and particularly 1 Lyttelton and Christchurch. It will remove the npniif which has existed too lone, that the entrance to the waaiajfc fol Canterbury Plains should be marred by smete'dp I sulphur fumes. The cleaner and swifter service wuis' | encourage more people to traveL "Lyttelton hopes to see many Christdmrch vUum* anxious to know more about their port at first hand. Lf* telton has many attractions to offer to the city man. Tfea business man desiring to possess a seaside residence «■ find what he is longing for in the Diamond Wart—f Settlement. A ferry service, run in conjunction with ti electric trains, will make it possible to cover the diaMMe between Christchurch and l>iamond Harbour in a 1Mb 1 over half an hour. Lyttelton itnelf possesses attractions for i 1 wiiidaaaiC I outside the city and many desirable building ' aitas «ai available. The faster, more frequent and better tarvig generally by the electric trains should insult in Ljttftat coming into its own as a bathing retort. * At Corsair Bay and *t Diamond Harbour the safest bathing in all Canter* bury is available. The Snflway Department would do wall ! to consider the question of fares on the line, as cheamr 1 rates would undoubtedly have the effect of inducing a I considerable volume of additional passenger trafle. j| "Canterbury has waited long for this improvement (J to her gateway. If the Department decides to ran m, ' frequent goods service it will assist the more expedition^ ii working ef the Port, and also relieve 'the congestion in flfl j Christchurch yards. If these maapum fall t» naiiM j' existing conditions, then the turner rend will have .to M | constructed." 1 SC&ror of IdftOaHon, -•