LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17058, 1 February 1921, Page 9

LYTTELTON NEWS.

BOROT7GH) COUXCITx. The Lyttelton Borough Council mot last evening. Present—Tha Mayor (Mr "ft. T • Lester), Cra. G. Morris, M. J. Miller, Gower, J. H. Collins, W. J. Elliott, uud J. IL Webb. An invitation: from, the O.C. Ho. 11 Company Senior Cadets, for the Mayor and councillors to attend a demonstration of physic? l drill by tie company on Tuesday next in connexion with the Anderson Challenge Cup, vraa accepted with thanks. The Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade forwarded a copy of its annual balanced-sheet., showing a credit balance of £sl 2a Id. —Received. A long letter was received from Mr JBaxter concerning the Council's intention t" sell a further Wook of sections at Diamond

Harbour. The writer pointed out the present lack of a. metalled road to connect the main, road with. the settlement, and, spanking on behalf oft several prospective purchasers, asked that some msauranco ehould bo piveo of the maintenance of a frequent boat eervice-

Ct. Collins said that the time wa« coming •when, motor-cars would' be u*ed much moro extensively za a means of communication hetv.con the city <md Diamond Harbour. The Council tliouM. inetn.l tho road and provide ai safe access from Purau to tho settlement. Cr. Mtarris 6aid that lie was quito sure that th'> bulk of tho residents of Lyttelton would ofpoie any jnocsy whatever being' Bpent on reads for Diamond Harbour. The Mayor eaid that the Council had subdivided tie land, wld he was etrorarly of opinion that th» Council should; provide the same roads for the settlement as a private syndicate trould bo compelled 'by law to do. Cr. Miller eoid that lie thought that the letter was a. vwy reasonable one, and the Ccuncil ehould carry out tho request to metal the roads. The letter was referred to tie Estates Comr mittee to report. A acile of charges' s» arranged between tne Mayor and. Town C-lerk and tho oairetakcr at Corsair Bar waa approved. It was decided] to arrange wltli tia Cafflr terbury College authorities for their inspector of reserves to inspect certain of the Coua> cil's reserves and; report as to whether _or not the conditions of the leases were bean? complied with. RETURNED SOLDIER'S BEATS. Tie death ji reported of Private Percy Palmer, eoa of the late Mr Jas. Palmer, Mnaariy of Lyttelton. The late Private Palmer wib bom and- educated! in I/yttelton, Mid as a. schoolboy ho was an. enthusiastic member of the Juvenile Naval Corps. He enlisted in October, 1911. and was discharged in. JcuuiEury, 1010., Ho died of acute pnou.jncniai at the Eaiboura Hospital on, "Wednesday la«t. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Messrs P. Knights and F. G. Norton, J.P.'e, presided at tbe Magistrate's Court yo«-tordi-y. Henry John Barrett pleaded guilty to elfaling a, quantity of paiint valued at £1 IBs £d, the property oi Arthur De Jyturr Boso. He wm convicted and ordered to pay the aanonnt of the value of the paint, in default 2) days' imprisonment. Agnes Mwgamst Lester, charged with drunker.ness, was convicted and ordered to oame U|, for sentence when called upon. "THE DIGGERS." There was fli full house at the Harbour Light "Theatre hat evening when the New Zealimd Diggers gavo a return programme, v.'bich wa* no less enjoj»able than tho previous performance aomo weelcs ago. Seveivvl how items have been added to the programme, including a delightful Maori soma, witli Stan La/won and a Maori ma.iden. rite comedy work mi, aa usual, in the cap&we liands of Tauo Fama and Donald Stuart, the former inaikixvg' an all too short a.ppearanoe. The otheT members of the company acquitted themselves well, especially Prank Perkins, whose fino baritone voice was heard to advantage in tho stirring "JCoinate." The" perfarmance concluded witli a farcical absurdity entitled "Murphy Meata tlio Governor, which kept tho audience in roars of laughter from start to finith.