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Wednesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
News<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
PAGE 3<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Successful sea trials for tug<br />
In Brief<br />
• By Matt Salmons<br />
HISTORIC TUG Lyttelton<br />
could be carrying passengers<br />
for the first time in three years<br />
this December after successfully<br />
undertaking sea trials last week.<br />
Tug Lyttelton Preservation<br />
Society stokers successfully<br />
brought the 112-year-old tug’s<br />
boiler up to the<br />
right pressure<br />
over four days.<br />
Crew members<br />
were given the<br />
green light to<br />
head out for<br />
sea trials last<br />
Mike Bruce<br />
Thursday.<br />
Tug Lyttelton<br />
Preservation<br />
Society head stoker Mike Bruce<br />
said he and the crew were “very<br />
pleased” and it was a “very<br />
emotional time for many.”<br />
“We never expected this a<br />
week ago, never expected it.”<br />
Mr Bruce said the society’s<br />
short-term task would be to<br />
address any further issues raised<br />
by the marine surveyor present<br />
last week. The surveyor’s report<br />
would be discussed at the society’s<br />
next meeting.<br />
The stoking of the engine went<br />
“absolutely perfectly” Mr Bruce<br />
said. The optimum pressure of<br />
80psi was reached by <strong>10</strong>am on<br />
Thursday morning.<br />
All equipment on-board was<br />
run and signed off by an attending<br />
marine surveyor and a<br />
marine architect as steam was<br />
pushed through the engines to<br />
warm them.<br />
Mr Bruce said that the engines<br />
“ran like they had never<br />
been down” after they were<br />
started for the first time in three<br />
years at 11am.<br />
“Its a very real credit to the<br />
fantastic team of engineers who<br />
have looked after them all this<br />
time. Not to forget those men<br />
who designed and built them all<br />
those years ago,” he said.<br />
When it was suggested the<br />
crew could “slip the lines and<br />
take her off the wharf,” Mr<br />
Bruce said it was “kittens running<br />
to the cream bowl,” with<br />
society members scrambling in<br />
excitement.<br />
“One of our members who<br />
joined three years ago and turns<br />
CHUGGING:<br />
Tug Lyttelton<br />
cruising<br />
around the<br />
harbour<br />
on her first<br />
outing in<br />
three years.<br />
up every week had never seen<br />
the engines running. Never<br />
sailed on-board while under<br />
her own power. The guy was<br />
ecstatic.”<br />
He said the tug’s lap around<br />
the harbour went “too quick,”<br />
but had feedback from those<br />
who had seen it was “huge, better<br />
than we hoped for.”<br />
“We intend to build on<br />
that momentum and keep<br />
this historic vessel for future<br />
generations.”<br />
SUSPICIOUS CAR FIRES<br />
Lyttelton volunteer firefighters<br />
extinguished a car fire in Corsair<br />
<strong>Bay</strong> at 7am on Saturday. A Fire<br />
and Emergency New Zealand<br />
spokesman said the fire was well<br />
involved by the time the crew<br />
arrived. Police also attended.<br />
The Governors <strong>Bay</strong> Volunteer<br />
Fire Brigade attended a similar<br />
call-out the weekend before<br />
when a car fire was reported<br />
on Gebbies Pass Rd. Chief fire<br />
officer Andrew Norris said he<br />
believed that to be suspicious as<br />
well.<br />
CAFE PARKING FEEDBACK<br />
Beautiful views and<br />
recreational opportunities<br />
have put a strain on the<br />
availability of parking at the<br />
Sign of the Kiwi. The city<br />
council is seeking feedback<br />
on a proposal to install <strong>10</strong> P60<br />
car parks, one mobility park<br />
and designated motor-cycle<br />
parking in the cafe’s parking<br />
area. Alternative long-stay<br />
parking areas near the cafe were<br />
identified by city council staff<br />
in the proposal; the Sugarloaf<br />
Reserve car park and spots<br />
along Summit Rd. People<br />
could provide feedback on the<br />
proposal until <strong>October</strong> 25 via<br />
the city council website.<br />
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