LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17134, 2 May 1921, Page 8

LYTTELTON NEWS.

2 Mr uid Sir* A. V. White-Pram* tat H spending a holiday in Auckland. |B THE GAOL SITE. fl A- oonforenoe arranged by Mr J. UeOottV |B M.P., was held at Lyttelton on Saturday bo- 1:H tween representatives of the Lyttelton Bot» *" ! j®j ough Council and the LyHelton District High ' ;flh Scflool Committee, lor the purpose of for- 'iH mulating a practical and economical proponi- : || tion to lay before the Minister of JuiAne is fe connexion with the proposal to demolish the is? Lyttelton Gaol and convert the site into a f playground for tho school. . There were pre- |, sent:—Messra McComb*, E. J. Howard. | MP., the Mayor* of Lyttelton (Mr H. T. f Lester), Messrs H. Webb, D. Grubb, W. G. * Carson, W. T. Foster, and the borough «*■ J gineer, Mr H. H. Barnard. « The party first mado an inspection oi th* | buildings, and at the conference afterward* f 5 various schemes were ducnssed. It was *af«. t " geated that, in order to leessn the cost of the demolition, the Justice Deprnrtnmt should employ prison labour. There i» accommodation for thirty men in the noiilyeast wing, and a working party of tweott prisoners - from the Paparua Prison could easily be acoommodated there, ae well at the few casual prisoners who are at pttml confined in the wing. Those present took the view that the gaol had to come dow* - some time, and it was as "much the wwl» " of the Justice Department to clear tte ! buildings away as it was of the Education > ,1 Department to prepare the axte for soMftl P Yt > w»8 finally decided to aslc the borowgh j: engineer, Mr Barnard, to make an estirnt* ol the cost of the work. HABQOTTR LIGHT THEATRE. A oonoert, to be followed by pictures, will - ; be given at the Harbour Light Theatre tonight in aid of the heating fund for th* - Borough School, and the committee hop* to raise the balance of the money required lot I tie purpose. Items will be given by kism Olive Thorpe, Flora Macdonald, Dorothy Naumarm, Ruth and Ursula Oarleon, awMessrs J. H. Cocks, H. Lane, and P. Somsj and pictures will bs shown in the mmm half of the programme. To-morrow night ,»i the ordinary picture will be | ehownk. consisting of May Allison ta ' Ar*A]| j Men Alike?" nn episode of "The Mootttto- J ers," and "the Burial of the Unknown War. ' j rior at Westminster Abbey." j FIREMEN'S BANIX The Port wa» enlivened on Saturday after- J noon by* & band of merrymakers from the A steamer City of Aucklandl A party »on the stokehold crew of that vessel formed < g themselves into a Highland Band, «i«| bagpipes player to the fore, and, tin whutlM, J side-drums, oynbslßj and bass dwo vnrtitsij I support. The big dTum slowly M I provised out of a tub, with th© bottom know* I ed out, and canvas stretched over lUTfcj -J| piper wae dreeaed iu kilts, and th^wstcx the band in uniforms ol brilliam jmn M eeys, with blue dungaree with wfl Wk stripes. ' The band paraded the stwts and plavcd* at various corners. Th«y attrsww J||?. a large following of seafaring man. nrwjcC a gi|j whom evidently found the excitemsnt w much for Uleto, m they were gently, tat « firmly invited to become ni® Majesty s gusSW over the week-end. ... as

LTTTELtON-StJMKffiR ROAD. . 1 Tho offer made by the Lyttelton Boroufk -J|j Council to complete the neceasaty work W the Lyttelton-Sumner road, for the «m*«r £1245 IBs,' has been rejected by the Public ?| Works Departniefct. The offer «a made the result of a report by the W J eineer that the road-would rapidjy deterlw- « nte if left in its present etate, especially ? during the ooming winter. - estimated the oost as follow* -Metallinf lower' '4O chains, £397 10»; ntttaJHa* « - chains, £441 15s; aw lft-inch culvert*, «( J 10s; protectivie walls, £180; maintenance, ; removing slips, «tc., for> wv, two JJWfc £160; total, £ISWS IBs. The wft*J.oj ' tho Department to have U» work -complttwl has caused dismay in a* to* to ad, with its clay surface on the lower part, < will bo practically unfit for trafflo ia.tho ,* wet season. The Canterbury f FW*** f , League and tl\e. Automobile' AMoeiatioD will probably be aekid'.to tak© action. ' CUSTOMS "CHANGES. •. I ' Mr, H. MoKinna, of the local Custom* aUS, i has been transfetjred to Auckland on pK>n»r $ tion. Mr S. Diamond of toe ChrfatohMdb staff. , comes to Lyttelton on proniotktt. Ms "D. Wallace, of the Department?* WeUinftaa. | staff, has been appointed Boardjng-Inepecwr at -Lyttelton. Mr S. Forme,relieving in Lytteltoa, »taa» to Otattt-' churoh. *1 . : SEA SCOOTS. 1 I " A- ptrty of Lyttelton Bea 'ScouU took MjJ in the field-day organited bjf.Mr. O. Vt ' Bishop. No. 1 Distriet OomiMnkr, at Nivv i ißrighton on Saturday. An intekxethig oay ' -was spent, the boys thorougltly enjoyed ttaafr 'dj selves, tho party did'not to telton until late on Saturday evening. v,. »l