Cycling Chinese chief steward

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33904, 25 July 1975, Page 13

Cycling Chinese chief steward

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(Bi, JOHX LESLIE) On arrival at Lyttelton yesterday morning, the writer noted that the port was bathed in sunshine, carpeted with hard, hazardous frost, and hacked by snowcovered hills. First. however, the writer's sternest but most helpful critic, a former shipmate, was waiting

as usual to pounce. Commentin on yesterday’s remarks abou dangerous traffic at Ly ttelton an< Opawa. he suggested that th . alarm was a little on the seriou side. Nevertheless, then appeared to be a subtle chany< • yesterday at the Opawa Roa< .crossing, near which man\ >hip ■ping men live Never in seathas the writei >een so mam courteous motorist> >lov<irs dou i for intrigued pedestrian.The critic said, too. that tin former All Black. Mr M. I. :“Curly ’» Page, of Fendalton, on ’gtually from Lyttelton, wa- ;• ‘‘double All Black” .■ ' t ais- repi tsseiit< d Ney £e; j

cricket Lyttelton > steep bill , sides haw bred man\ noted n sportsmen. A Lornier All Black captain, Mr R 11 Duff, for ex-i-;But just then, th< “\<lmg a Chinese chief stew aid" went d it was agreed Dial Mr Luu rence C hou . < I ie »u * ird < tip China Navigation Con.pant - ol the pie.". - • - !lors Lyttelton see>. and a good* ! subject tor a Friday morning ' ) Mr Chong, who is 51 and ori- • ginall •• ■ j \ ‘c • the Chiii.i \ . <nnpany tf |foi 35 years lie knows Neu j-j Zealand well. Before the Sinkiang t left Cashin Quay for Napier yes-| j!terday. Mi Chong cycled ashore} ; to buy private foodstocks fori j ■ ' K Jfive youne children at home. 'J Mr Chong’s Taiwanese-mMde ’{bicycle has a permanent large,] ‘| painted, wooden carrier at each 3 1 end—‘‘fore and aft." • Both Mr Chong and the writer., after seeing much of the world, agree that Neu Zealand is one M of the world’s most favoured •Hands. ■ Mr Chong was delighted to! ’ibuy lib ot gravy beef at Lyttel- • ton yesterday for 35c. and a simiClar quantity of rump steak for |6sc “These would cost twice as ''much in Hong Kong." he said. • I with a smile of pleasure. Because of their cheaper price. »| he also bought butter, milk pow■|der, and other items Mr Chong .Iso cycles ashore ;on pleasure jaunts, and in places . •Isuch as Manila rides many miles. U He suggested, and the writer’ • agreed, that if pedal cycling re- ‘ ; turned to Christchurch it might (conserve fuel, relieve pollution, [and preserve health. For uni-, :versify students, attending large!, ‘ seats of learning such as at’. J Ham, a bicycle with carriers.’ • ’.such as Mr Chong has would ■ be ideal for carrying bonks j I The writer, after world-wide* personal observation agrees with Mt ('hong that New Zoa’and is I certainly a naradise in which to}* ulive, and that its citizens are,, ivirtuallv “Kiwi millionaires" com- J pared wtib many other people, ARRIVALS Rangatira (6.38 a.m.), 9387, Capt.j R E. Pugh-Williams, Wellington it iiU.S.S.). Hawea ffi.4B a.m.). 2926. Capt. t I. Harrison, Dunedin (U.S'.S.). 'a

DEPARTURES 1’ Hawea 6.17 p.m .. 2926. < apt . • ■ ■ ■ . • I > *• • ’ Cam. R shipp. Napnt i.aihu x RancJ.iita Sp n> H 387. , < apt. It I. W i11,..,,:-. W.J iington I S S EXPECTED ARRIVALS , ibuik' , Stra..t Cumberland. Uellmgten J LaU 26 tU ’*Tanker r j b,an * UU ,Ul> ,'lnion Wellington. Vickluiid JuK 26 Rangatira. M eflfngton. luiy 26 Rangatira, Wellington. Ju!\ 27 . .Coastal Trader. Auckland. July .•Union Sydney. Dunedin. July 29 PROJECTED DEPARTURES Ngapara. Auckland, todav \ {Union Uellmgton ■< ■ . Juh 26 Rangatira. Wellington July 26 daylight Straat Cumberland Ain-k'.ind. July 2G. Rangatira. Wellington. Juh 27. , Laui eluo<»d Weli.ogton »»h .'7 j Tanker > 'Fremantle Star. Napiei July 28 j Coastal Trader. Dunedin, July 'Union Sydney. Wellington. Juh Holmdale. Chathams. August 2. vessels IN port Fremantle Star. No 2 Cashin Quay. ,Sonoda Keefer. G.P.F jHotmdale, No. 3 East. Ngapara. No. 4 West ’Hong Kong Surety. No. 7 East CONTAINERS i Cargo from the following con tainer> is now available at I Jslied: ACT IV 2272: Il 2146804. I.ACTU 7015762 Rugby league.—Two (. antet bury schoolboy teams had wins over West Coast opponents at Leslie Park on Sunday . The 12 years side won by 27.0. and Ute . nine years team by 24.0 Cricket.—Australia has rested their opening test batsmen. Rick McCosker and Alan Turner for the three-day county match against Lancashire today. ‘ 1