Local services

Press, 12 August 1985, Page 17

Local services

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Burwood: General wards, 3.157.30 p.m. Maternity, 3-4 p.m. and 8-8.30 p.m. Spinal Injury Unit, 4 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Southern Cross Trust Hospital: 11 a.m.-noon. 3-4 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Christchurch Hospital: 2.304.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Children's Ward, 2-5 p.m., parents any time. Christchurch Women’s: Baby’s father only, 7 a.m.-lO p.m. All wards, 2.30-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. St George’s: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Maternity, 2.30-3.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Princess Margaret: 2.30-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Sunnyside Hospital: 2-7 p.m. Other times by arrangement. BUSES TO HOSPITALS Included below are the numbers of the Christchurch Transport Board buses that stop directly outside the main city hospitals: Christchurch Hospital.—From the Square: Take a No. 8, 21, 24, or 25 bus. To Square: Any bus marked City, or any No. 3,10, 28, or 29 bus. The Princess Margaret: 2D, 2E, or 20E. Burwood: 10H, 10N, 29H. Sunnyside: A No. 7 bus. Christchurch Women’s: A No. 4 bus. St George’s: A No. 1 bus. Southern Cross: A No. 18 or No. 4 bus.

LEISURE Swimming Pools.— Queen Elizabeth II Park: Monday-Sat-urday, 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. Centennial Pool: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-12 noon, public session; 12 noon-2 p.m., adults only; 2 p.m.-5 p.m., lessons only; 5 p.m.-6 p.m. training for public. Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, closed. Jellie Park: Closed. Wharenui: Monday-Friday, 12 noon-1.30 p.m. (adults only). Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 7.30 p.m.8.45 p.m. (adults only). Halswell: Closed. Waltham: Closed. Edgeware: Closed. Sockburn: Closed. Woolston Park: Closed. Bishop Memorial Pool: Closed. Templeton: Closed.

Canterbury Museum.—lo a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Monday-Sunday. Lyttelton Museum.— Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ferrymead Historic Park--10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.. Yaldburst Transport Museum.—lo a.m. to 5 p.m. Art Galleries.—Robert McDougall: 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. C.S.A.: 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Public Library — Lending and reading: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Newspaper Room: 8.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Children’s Library: 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Christchurch Town Hall, Kilmore Street, tours seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For information, telephone 68-899.

Wildlife Parks. —Orana: 19 a.m. to 5 p.m. Willowbank: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SERVICES Emergency Doctor.—lf you cannot contact your doctor or a doctor in your area, telephone 69-133. Emergency dentist.—lf you cannot contact your dentist, telephone 69-133 for information. Urgent Pharmacy (15 New Regent Street): Monday to Thursday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 9.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous.—Telephone 790-860. Citizens’ Advice Bureaux.— City, telephone 68-413; Hornby, telephone 495-236; Bishopdaie, telephone 598-090. Aged Peoples’ Welfare Council, help for the elderly in their homes, 60-64 Cashel Street.-Tele-phone 60-903. Canterbury Information Centre (corner Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace), telephone 799-629, Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Community Law Centre, 84 Worcester Street: Monday to Thursday: 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Continuous Ansaphone service, telephone 66-870. Geriatric and domiciliary services (24-hour service), telephone 559-169. Community Mediation Service, 181 Cashel Street: Week-days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Anasphone service. Mediation sessions arranged to suit, telephone 64-744. REFUSE PITS Parkhouse Road and Ruru Road Metro Refuse Stations: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.