Reporter’s diary

Press, 1 March 1984, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Bristling problem THE ORIGINAL purpose of a heavy old cast-iron brush or broom (pictured) is puzzling Mrs E. V. Blair, of Wainoni, who found it while rummaging through an old shed. The brush, about 30cm wide, has a swivel fitted for the handle and very coarse bristles, with a cast-iron weight on top. One theory is that it might have been used to scrub wooden floors. Raw deal

STILL LURKING out there, even in these enlightened days, are male chauvinist pigs which would make Henry the Eighth look like a choirboy. A young Christchurch woman ran into one the other day when she went to inspect a car which had been advertised for private sale. The older man would not allow her anywhere near the vehicle, let alone take it for a drive. “No!” he exlaimed. “You’re a girl. You should. have brought a man with you to look at it.” The young woman, aged 23, has a keen interest in cars and mechanics, but she was too flabbergasted to do anything but leave quickly and quietly. It is not known if the man has sold the car; the young woman hopes not. Paper in buses EVERYONE would probably praise the Christchurch Transport Board’s initiative in launching its “Bus-’n’-win” promotion — everyone, that is, except the people whose job it is to clean out the big red buses. It:*ems that too many comi&ters are throwing away thelittle

voucher tickets they get on each ride, and the screwedup bits of paper now greatly outnumber discarded tickets on the floors of the buses. Unsatisfied customer BRETT EDYE, of Drummoyne, Australia, drives round with a sign on his car which proclaims: “I would never buy another..Edye

says that in the two years and nine months for which he has owned the car. (since new), it has been in 43 times to have faults repairs — 18 times for the same fault. He is now demanding a replacement car, because, he says, he paid for a new car and never got one. Happenings “CAffERBURY EVENT,” a mq>ihly magazine giving

comprehensive coverage of all sorts of goings-on in the province, will hit the streets tomorrow. It gives listings under the headings of eating out, cinema, shopping, visual arts, theatre, children, fruit, education, music, books, sports, and the outdoors, as well as feature and reviews, all for $l. Wet trip? A TELEVISION advertisement recently boasted a non-stop flight by Qantas from Christchurch to Melbourne. We wonder how many passengers would want to stop between here and Melbourne, any way.