MILK TRUCKS STRANDED

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31653, 13 April 1968, Page 12

MILK TRUCKS STRANDED

Deliveries ‘ln A Mess’

Some Christchurch milkmen waded in water up to their waists to deliver milk yesterday morning. Mr P. A. Caithness, president of the Canterbury Milk Vendors’ Association, said last evening that it had been very difficult for most milkmen to complete their rounds in the last two days. “The trouble Is you can’t see how deep the water is in the dark. At 4 a.m. yesterday seven trucks were immobilised because the milkmen had gone into deep water which they could not see in the dark," he said. “On Thursday morning deliveries were a terrific mess in places; bottles were being blown out of milkmen’s hands, crates were smashed by the wind, and some bottles which had been safely put into household milk boxes were broken when the boxes were blown over.” Mr Caithness said shops near areas which could not be supplied with milk were being given extra supplies. “Our chaps are taking the conditions very well. They were -laughing and joking about it this morning,” Mr Caithness said.

Small Cars Only A large gum tree blown across the Governor’s BayLyttelton Road on Thursday prevented trucks, buses and largfer cars from using the road; small cars were able to drive under the tree. “It was a huge tree, and it took us quite a long time to move it and allow all traffic through." said Mr E. R. Radcliffe, chairman of the Mount Herbert County Council.