LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16117, 23 January 1918, Page 8

LYTTELTON NEWS

BOWLING. Tho Agar Gold Buttons have again changed hands, and the winners, W. .McAuliffo, J. Garrard, 11. Barnard, and J. Young- (s), havo been challenged to play the following rink to-morrow evening:— T. Newton, J. McCormick, O. Brown, andi J. Childs (s). THE PICTURES. The interesting drama "Big Tremaine' was screened yesterday afternoon and evenin" at the Harbour Light Picture Theatre. The same programme, which incluoea some good supporting subjects, will he presented this evening. A Paramount Scmcc film entitled "Sleeping Fires," featuring Pauline Frederick, will be screened to-morrow. THE TUNNEL. The Railway Department's letter .to the Lyttelton Borough Council requesting, it to assist the Department to stop trcspas3in in the Lyttelton tunnel, was not accorded a sympathetic reception,.the Councilbcui? decidedly of the opinion that pedestrians should bo encouraged to make H l ® tunnel e 8 the only safe means of getting in and out of the Port. Lyttelton .residents who=o business delays them at Chriatchuxch until the last train for the port has departed, are faced with cither a half-hour s walk •through the tunnel or a walk over Pass, better known a© tho Zig-zag, a journey which, even by travelling by tram to burner, occupies over two hours, and under certain condition*, is a-tcnaod t>7 coneidcrabjc danger. DIAMOND HARBOUR' WATER SUPPLY. The Borough Council's decision to accept the use of a diamond drill from the Mines Department, means that tho local body is determined to make one more effort to obtain an adequate water supply at Diamond Harbour befoTe abandoning the project, upon the success of -which ths future development of the settlement largely depends. The shut is five feet in diameter, and has been sunk {o a depth of 300 feet, a three-inch pipe having been driven through 6oft rock an additional 123 feet. The bore having now encountered hard rock, no further appreciable progress can bo made with the prwent plant, and the Council therefore acted' wisaiy in securing more effective means of continuing the work. Tho settlement possesees a 75-gallon reservoir, which is filled during wet eeasons with surface water from a gully, and upon tlii3 reservoir and rain water collected in tanks the residents are. at present dependent for their supply of ; water. The queetion whether this effort to procure water -will ultimately meot "with success has given rise to much speculation. Mr Clarke, the well-known water diviner, confidently expects that ail abundant supply will be forthcoming when tho pipe has been sunk another 50 feet or thereabouts, having traced eleven different underground streams connected with a spring in the vicinity of the bore. TUST ARRIVED, XMAS ANNUALS— "The *)■ Sketch," "Illustrated London News," "Holly Leaves." Also current issues of American Magazines, etc. On Sale at Railway Bookstall and at Canterbury street. MRS PIERCY'S, Lyttelton. ARBOUR LIGHT PICTURES. THURSDAY and FRIDAY. "SLEEPING FIRES." A Paramount Service Film, depicting a atory of mother love and self-sacrifice. 726G