DISAPPOINTED PICNICERS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 59, 16 April 1914, Page 8

DISAPPOINTED PICNICERS.

There was an exceptionally low tide at Lyttelton this morning. Those boats conveying excursionists to Governor's Bay—the Purau and Monica —had the luck to stick in the mud, and, consequently, a large number of town visitors who were desirous of spending the day at Governor's Bay were occasioned a long delay in waiting for an available boat from Lyttelton. It is stated that a considerable sum of money was expended on the erection of a new wharf at Governor's Bay, but the utility of the new structure has not been manifest excepting at high tide—the only time it is approachable. It was iJ p'.m. before it could be used. Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. the lower wharf was not practicable. It is stated that a man is stationed on the Lyttelton wharf to take a tally of the number of people arriving, and a fee of one penny per head is charged the shipping companies conveying the people. If that is the case, surely in their own interests the Harbour Board, for the benefit of the travelling public, should construct a channel up to the wharf at the Bas*.

The death of a girl in Moscow has been traced to a Siberian plague. She had been wearing furs made of the skin of the Siberian red fox, and plague germs were found in these furs. The Paris '' Journal'' publishes a telegram from Rome stating that a young man of nineteen who has been examined in the hospital has been found to possess two separate stomachs.