VISITORS’ GUIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24896, 8 June 1946, Page 6

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH

BOTANIC GARDENS, Rolleston avenueIn Cuningharn House ornamental foliage and fruittag tropical plants including bananas, guavas, pincappM citrus, mangos, peppers, chillies. many other plants of economic value are on display. Brightly-coloured PP* mula obconica, lady slipper orcnic* and a collection of cacti and succulents make an attractive showing Townend House. Many ornamem’* particularly cotoneasters and berhem, are heavily laden with berries J® gracefully arching shoots. AMW worthy tree, pinus rigida (noruwm pitch pine), is situated on the lawn north-east of the rose ga™enThis specimen, which has rna * ur a native of eastern North Amenct. from New Brunswick to Georgia W the past the species was one OTjg chief sources of turpentine and re B ™* CANTERBURY MUSEUM. Rollestpn a™* nue: visiting hours are Sunday. day. Tuesday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.;*"' nesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SUMMIT ROAD, from Gebbie’s Paw J* Evans Pass, through Kennedy s Bujl panoramic view of Canterbury PiB« n • PUBLIC LIBRARY: reading room oped 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, J to 5 P-g"! 7 to 9 p.m. Reference Library: OP" 1 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 to 5 P-»* 7 to 9 p.m. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS: this fine building in Gothic style * designed in 1865 by Mountfort. is treasured as a memorial to founders of the province. COUNTRY LIBRARY SERVICE. SeM«J floor of the Christchurch Press pany’s building. Cathedral service is primarily for country py sons, including children, and op from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Current displays are arrana and there is an information secu and reading room. The l endin Lz„w vice is available to city restaw through the inter-library loan senem •

A strangely assorted comp^ including followers of various occ pations not connected with the se , form the crew of the s.s. Kooli . which loaded 2000 tons of bunker c at Westport this week before S Wellington to tow the former -eq - steamer Maori to China. The crew * includes two Sydney journalists, one whom intends to take up a P oSIl i n . with a Chinese newspaper, and an surance agent, who is also intere.in business in the Far East, tn men, with several others who nave terests in China, signed on at Syan taking the opportunity of worxiuj their passages at a time when ii most difficult to secure shl PP in & commodation for the Far East. other members of the crew have n been to sea before and are their first voyage in a spirit of ad . ture. while others have servera various ships, but have as yei traded in the China seas. The. omc* and engineers include men who' n an d been in retirement for some time, two of the officers, besides tne f tain, hold master’s tickets. The c ary department on the Koolien is \ trolled by Chinese, who were on especially for the voyag* their native land.