STEAMERS WHISTLING LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13109, 7 May 1908, Page 6

STEAMERS WHISTLING LYTTELTON.

AN APPEAL TO THE BOARD. >'"iSj The nuisance caused , afc LytteHoir bjLip'ilp the whistling of steamers was Red at the meeting of tie Board yeeteitlev. '^s*'sg&?*»< Mr J. C. R. IsherwoocT, who upon the Board o» the subject,it. was Absolutely unnecessary that whistles should bo sounded-. There no necessity for it, end such whiertiißJ£?J|p= was prohibited in all the chief-centret^^g 3 , of Now Zealand us a public The' tug whistle would arouse oil telton at-4 or 5 ccJock in the ■warn)B&~ J ,foi every, day in. the week ermpfcy purpose of calling together the o&w~gg£ to attend to their duties. tamed that the crew should be on when wanted in the same way aa men had , to Ix>. Hβ had medical opinion, and the doctors coQ-^> ; -|pc suited were unanimous in condemning /iW:, the existing practice of stcaanen'riM' whistling. - v -t'.S . The matter came irp again at o lates, K 'g*t stage of the meeting, when* Mr S. B. 3f§|| Webb was called on motion of winch he had , given I to the effect that a by-law should be f&£s. edopted prohibiting the of •whisUes in the port except for tion purposes. Sir Webbeaid that , some adverse personal criticisms been, directed against ihim in conneotioo J with the matter, and ho would "■ 'j. ingly not propose the motion. however, agreed: to move it pro fonne^-j^j The .motion was seoftnded by Mr )f;'i Witty, who said he had ahnays l»Jd; ( that the steamer whietles should! x«* jz-ZM be blown in the port except for nan- -J "£* gation purposes, and' the nuisance^;-Ju; should h& stopped. * ■ \v>^ Mr Pitcaithly said it would be. a thing for the Port if steamers ooift-in-g in at tiight or during foggy woe*' ther could not blow their whistEs. '. > The Chairman pointed out that i* wea only intended to prevent steamers . / Wowint? their whistles at the wharves. ff. There would !bo no interference trite; , * navigation at all. > ~, ~-, Mj GraJuun said it was neoeseary to ~ \ call up some of the tug orew by whis-- j ; jj tip, but thwe might be some other i**.| way of Domini mica tins with tho men*, f> J On tlie motion of Mr Friedlandcr,*it - ?,; ivas decided to Tcfer the matter to tlio Harbour Improvement Committee. ."^