LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17297, 8 November 1921, Page 11

LYTTELTON NEWS.

BOROUGH COUNCIL. Die Lytteiton Borough Council met last evenir.?. Present--! he Mayor (Mr W T. Lester). C». J. K. Weob, J. J. Gower M. J. Miller, G. JYhit:o:d, H. Webb, D. Grubo, and 3. 11. Coiiir.s. , TV Mavci- referred to the death of the Cur.til's late wawrman. Mr 8. Xorria, and 0 ., *;- a „.,-> =.•■.•! <--•' ('-,-. Mu'.ev it ?/as decided to pW-'Vn VVccr.-i -he Council'* trppreciaticn cf \i- Nvri-' = ions i-3 faithful service, and a';>-o Vr.h'rr V- '"he relatives the Council's T-<- lie:: A. J. P !:ie. v i"r of Hoc Tr:r.:ty, ~T O; ",* srs'.lr."'♦!:at, as 'A.rmi'jti,:c_ Day tell on a V.a'.'idv'-.'uri rr.v-y '/.pepic would be absent 1 f- o "j'.' i\' e ' ;"i~t; -It: "t'.>V-:'-*t.',icncc, he had a-r- ---• ' r .,'. u l c h"' : ., jiVjd i"stucii. memorial service at : ~>V' : - Trir-i'v Ch-.uvh or. Sunday nest, t» j v> '' ;'-< M.ivjr ±'--d c-ii<sc:"or* wercinvivd. ' "•{. •■•£• d•■■i-'ei *J sccer.t the invitation. i ' a i ; -iu;''' i't'-i-r f:'o"ru the Prime Minister ! :../,......,J :!... Cv..::cii ili.it ~J»' Majesty tho ■ V-V,'",- 'i'a t -. i wish that on Friday ' no''" Av'vVico !'a>, ti.-;re ihou'd V a tom- !,'•.""' ~'.-''".','." : r,- ol ui 1 norma; business ; :!ucug!ian: the Empire c-unr.g two minutes, ' c Min-enc-ias at il a'm. . ' Mir.w that, as ine C-yanei. I had'accVafed the'hr-:;,-Uc:: to attend a spec:*', i vr-c Rt Holv Trinity on the folio'.v-.ng Sunr;.v, th'-ie slio'a'.'l bo no ceremony on ArtnisI 'ko Dr.." ''.•::'. that the two minutes' silence j s'r.r uld be observed. j Tliis w«i agreed U; I Xi.f Town Ciirl' o: A:ic.r:ar.l wrote stating ' tlr'" - co"-"'i'iX' appointed by li.a Council ! r tha Mot-.'r Vehicles Bill, 1921, had I /•u-V-i* a r,-so':i;ii.-.n for adoption by the i Auiklar.d City C:.»;;-i', '.lie contest, of which ' '>v; 'in frinphitiw- protest aguinst the p;o----i p-'-s/ii contained iv. il.'< 13!! (hit the license i 'era .':>' vehicle* *H/ui!.i '-'-" P O -*'- "''»° l^e *-' o n" Bolidattd Kmid i-.i-'tfsd of. as htretofora, into the fundi oi th« loco! bodies. Tha Lrttelton Coun.-il w.is cjktd to suppoit ths resolution und forward >;anie ou to t!i? local members of I Pbriianienl. ■ , Uealir.g partly with (lie flame matter, the Ttwn Clerk Ci.Yistc-hnrc}., v.-rote stating that a conference of ioc..'. ocdi'.s v.-cjid Ik held at C iir?tchurch or Xcvrmbf-r 17th io consider the Local UuclHc Finance Bill and the Motor Vehicks Bill, 'i'ho Lytteltoa Council were asked to r„rv°' l: - t-.-.-o delegates. Tiic Mayor r.nd Cr. Gowor wero appoin'.aa t> repre.~eni tlw Council. A Ifttcr v.'ii? received from a Wellington firm otferi-j.g to supply Xaw Zeahind niarblo suitable for a so!di«rs' memorial. It was <loci<lcd U' hand tin letter to the War Memorial i Committee. * In reference to ths recent mgh tides at Heatlicot* Vaih'v, which caused flooding of some cf (bo Cour.cil's lard there, the clerk of the Hcathcote County Council tvroto stating that i'J3 Council were- in no war responsible :?r the action of tidal waters. The letter also pointed out that the- Henthcote Council had In the past asked for nasi3ter.ee in tho direction pointed out by the Lytfo'ton Council, but received no support whatever Cr. Miller said there was evidently eomemisunderstanding .about the matter. All the Lyttelton Council had asked the Heathcolo Council to cV> was to convene- a meeting to consider tho matter It was decided to leave the correspondence in the hunds of the Town Clerk to deal with. An application, from Mrs 1». Olr-en 'i<ar have her premises connected with the high-pressure water supply, instead, of .the pieaer.t lowpresaure service, was referred to the. Water- . works Committee. Mr A. I>. Hamilton wrots on behalf oi several others, nskin? the Council's cqnsant •to the laying- of a quarter-mile cinder track at Officer's Point. It waa decided that permission bo granted, and the chairmen of the Works and Estates Committees and the borough engineer to draw up conditions. The. tender of Rhinda Motors, Ltd., of £5 per annum for the lease of a site for a tea. ] kiosk at Diamond Harbour, for a, period of I twenty-one years, wus accepted. It was decided to .invito applications for tho position of waterman to shipping. In regard to the rat daetruction campaign, the Town Clerk reported that so far not a single rat had been presented at the gasworks to be burnt. VANDALS AT WORK. At last night's , meeting of the Borough Council," the Mayor eaid he thought it would bo necessary to point out to the polico the desirability of occasionally visiting' the various reserves about the town for the purpose of checking the theft and destruction of flowers. The previous night tho reserve below Dap-tain Murray's house had been stripped of » particularly fine lot- of blooms,, and the fences and shrubs had been damaged. It was not the work of children, but of aduivs, as the footprints clearly showed. If one or two of these vandals could bo caught and made an example of, it would undoubtedly have a good effect. It was decided to inform the police accordingly. . - ..