PORT CHRISTCHURCH
Sir,—Many years ago I saw a pretty sight. It was a large schooner, not on pleasure, as I thought then, being a small boy, but on commerce. It passed through the Ferry bridge and discharged coal and timber at the steam wharf. Sometimes schooners would go as far as Radley bridge, and smaller craft would navigate the Avon to Barbadoes street nnd discharge at a small wharf there. The pioneers decided that the estuary should be the port for Christchurch. Then came the Lyttelton tunnel; but I cannot discuss the work of the port here. However, engineers have agreed that the estuary could be made a safe harbour, so I shall hope that one of the public bodies which attended a-recent conference will look into the question. There is also the seaplane base.*-Yours etc., fcDGAR J. STEEDS. September 29, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25304, 2 October 1947, Page 5
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