Local services
HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Burwood: General wards, 3.157.30 p.m. Maternity, 3-4 p.m. and 7.30-8.30 p.m. Spinal Injury Unit, 11.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Christchurch Hospital: 2.30-4.30 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. Patients' children with adult; Sat. and Sun., 10.30 a.m to 11 a.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 Trust Hospital: Take a No. 4 or 18 bus. LEISURE Swimming pools.— Queen Elizabeth II Park: Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m. Centennial Pool: Monday to Thursday, 7 a.m. to 11.45 a.m., 1.45 p.m. to 5.45 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., 12 noon to 1.45 p.m. (adults only). Friday, 7 a.m. to 11.45 a.m., 1.45 p.m. to 6 p.m., 12 noon to 1.45 p.m. (adults only). Wharenui: Daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adults only, Monday to Friday 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. and Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Jellie Park: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Waltham Park: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4.45 p.m., 4.45 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. (adults), 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. (club). Friday, 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Sockbum: Weekdays, 7 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. Halswell: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Templeton: Weekdays, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Edgeware: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Canterbury Museum.—lo a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily. Lyttelton Museum.— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ferrymead Historic Park.— 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily. Yaldhurst Transport Museum.—lo a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Art Galleries.—Robert McDougall: 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily. GS.A.: Sat. and Sun., 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Public Library.— Reading: Sat and Sun., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Newspaper room. Wildlife Parks.—Orana: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. dally. Willowbank: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. SERVICES Emergency Doctor.—lf you cannot contact your doctor or a doctor in your area, telephone 69-133. Emergency home help.— Nurse Maude, telephone 556-089. Emergency dentist.—lf you cannot contact your dentist, telephone 69-133 for information. Urgent Pharmacy (15 New Regent Street): 9.30 a.m. to 11 p.m., telephone 64-439. Canterbury Information Centre (comer Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace), telephone 799629, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Community Law Centre, 84 Worcester Street: Monday to Thursday: 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Saturday: 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Continuous Ansaphone service, telephone 66-870. Geriatric and domiciliary services (24-hour service), telephone 63-225. REFUSE PITS Metro Refuse Stations: Parkhouse Road, Ruru Road, Sat., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Styx Mill: Sat., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on New Year’s Day.
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