General News

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26514, 31 August 1951, Page 8

General News

Obstruction Removed From Propeller A Lyttelton Harbour Board diver was engaged at Lyttelton yesterday morning in removing an obstruction from the propeller of the overseas steamer City of Eastbourne. When the vessel was moving out to the moles on Wednesday night, bound for Dunedin, it was found that the propeller had become obstructed. With the assistance of the tug the vessel returned to her berth. She sailed yesterday afternoon for Dunedin.

Brisbane Tranis There are no such things as pram* and push-chairs in Brisbane streets, because trams will not carrv them, according to Sir John McKenzie, who has returned to Christchurch after Spendmß three months in New South Wales and Queensland. A woman in Brisbane who went out shopping with a baby seemed very much a beast of burden, he said. She had to carry the child in her arms the whole time she was doing her shopping, as well as carry her parcels. By comparison W’ith Brisbane, Christchurch tramwaymen performed a very useful service in carrying prams. There was, however something that Christchurch could learn from the Brisbane tramways. Tram stops in Brisbane were numbered so that a stranger to the citv could find his destination with relative ease provided he knew, the number of the stop at which he wished to alight.