Bay Harbour: September 05, 2018

Wednesday September 5 2018
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Fire rages, homes at risk
Call to secure cattle
• By Emily O’Connell
FARMERS ARE being reminded
to check their fences after
another car v cow incident.
The latest reported incident
happened on Hororata Dunsandel
Rd last week. The motorist
was not hurt but the cow was
killed.
North Canterbury Federated
Farmers dairy chairman Michael
Woodward said there are a number
of reasons why cattle were
ending up on roads.
“Potentially it’s basic security
hasn’t been followed . . . there
could also be people coming
onto properties who aren’t supposed
to be there that then leave
gates open,” he said.
The crashes are a “good
reminder” to farmers to check
their boundaries.
“With mycoplasma bovis in
the district the need to run a
secondary boundary fence isn’t
a bad thing, especially if it’s at
a gateway then that provides
a double level of security,” Mr
Woodward said.
Rolleston woman Carissa
Maitland who hit a cow last
month on Lincoln Rolleston
Rd said she was lucky she was
driving slowly when the crash
happened.
The incident was “pretty
terrifying.”
She was driving home from
the Crusaders Super Rugby final
against the Lions on August 4
when her she collided with the
cow about 11pm.
Mrs Maitland was travelling
at 30km/h through road works
on the 100km/h road when the
cow “came straight out in front”
of her.
“I didn’t see it at all and so, I
didn’t even brake and it basically
kind of sat on my bonnet and
rolled back onto my windscreen,”
Mrs Maitland said.
The vehicle sustained significant
damage to the bonnet and
roof and needed to be replaced.
Mrs Maitland and the cow were
uninjured.
Her collision is just one of four
accidents involving cattle over
the past two months in Selwyn.
A 27-year-old suffered serious
injuries when she collided with a
cow in Burnham on July 19.
On July 12, former Selwyn
Luxury LIFESTYLE TREAT YOURSELF!
IMPACT: Former Selwyn
mayor Bill Woods hit a cow in
his Mercedes-Benz.
mayor Bill Woods and his two
passengers were lucky to escape
serious injury after his Mercedes-
Benz, travelling at about
100km/h, collided with a cow.
In July, Senior Sergeant Pete
Stills told Bay Harbour News
road accidents with cows were
a “good reason” for motorists to
keep their speed down.
“Hit a horse or a cow at speed
and you’re in trouble because
all you do is take their legs out
and they come up the bonnet
through your windscreen often,”
he said.
Selwyn District Council senior
animal control officer Steve
Clarke is advising people driving
on rural roads to make sure they
are aware of potential hazards.
“If you do see farm animals on
the road please report it through
our 24-hour line – 347 2800,” he
said.
NOISY: Engine noise from the huge dredge Fairway kept
some Lyttelton residents awake at night last week.
Dredge engines
cause disturbance
• By Matt Salmons
SOME LYTTELTON residents
were disturbed by the engine
noise from huge dredging vessel
the Fairway last week.
Taking to Lyttelton community
Facebook pages, some
said it was a nice reminder of
what living in a port town was
all about.
Others wanted to know if the
rumbling engine noises were
keeping others up at night as
well.
The Lyttelton Port Company
said it understood the Fairway
was louder than most other vessels
in port, and had been heard
by several residents last Monday
night.
The port company said the
Fairway’s engines made a distinctive
low frequency noise.
“We apologise for any disruption
this has caused and appreciate
your patience,” the statement
said.
While in port, the Fairway
was running on the minimum
possible power, but engine noises
had not reduced significantly.
The Fairway was in port for
two nights and began dredging
operations at first light last
Wednesday.
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