GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31770, 29 August 1968, Page 10

GENERAL NEWS

Returned An engineer officer from a ship at Lyttelton completed the journey through the tunnel to Heathcote on a bicycle, the Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel Authority was told at its meeting yesterday. He was intercepted by one of the authority’s traffic inspectors and told that cycling was banned in the tunnel. The man and the bicycle were returned to Lyttelton by van. World Weather World weather on Tuesday, as compiled by the Associated Press and Reuters, was: London, 57 degrees minimum, 75 degrees maximum, variable; Paris, 63, 77, sunny; Rome, 59, 82, variable; Berlin, 62, 66, overcast; Amsterdam 59, 77, sunny; Brussels 60, 77, sunny; Madrid, 66, 87, rainy; Moscow 63. 81, sunny; Stockholm 54, 73, cloudy; New York 61, 79, cloudy; San Francisco 58, 70, clear: Tokyo 70, 74, rain; Mexico City 33, 75, cloudy; Buenos Aires 58, 75, clear: Singapore 73, 83, fine: Hong Kong 82, 92, fine; Johannesburg 45. 63, fine; Sydney 51, 76, fine. Golden Kiwi Lottery Golden Kiwi lottery No. 347 will be drawn today.

Land For P.O. The Heathcote County Council has set aside 15 perches at the comer of Colombo Street and Woodbridge Road for a new post office. To be known as Thorrington Post Office, it is expected to be open within three years. Tunnel Check A close watch was being kept on vehicles which seriously held up following traffic, the superintendent (Mr W. A. Wheldale) told a meeting of the Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel Authority yesterday. All vehicles checked at low speeds or with excessive exhaust fumes were reported, and repeated incidents were acted upon.