LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19376, 31 July 1928, Page 11

LYTTELTON NEWS.

Holy Trinity Church. Final services by the Rev. A. J. Petrie were conducted in Holy Trinity Church on Sunday, when there were crowded congregations, especially at 8 a.m. for Holy Oona* munion, and at 0.30 p.m., when the church was full. Miss Myra Sutton sang, "Nearer, My God To Thee," and the vicar preached from the text, "This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, tho only true God and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent.' At the conclusion of the service the vicar and' Mrs Petrie said good-bye to all as they left the church. Thoy leave for Ohristchurch and Ashburton this afternoon. ■during the interregnum the services will be tHken by relieving clergy from Ohristchurch. T}ie Rev. A. C. and Mrs Purchas and family will arrive in Lyttelton on August 29th. Presentation at St. Saviour's. On Saturday afternoon the teachers and scholars of St. Saviour's Sunday School gathered to bid farewell to Misses Edith and Winifred Wales, who are leaving shortly tor the North Island, and whoso' departure, owing to their active interest in church work, ana their ability as Sunday School teachers, will be keenly felt. Master Pat Barnes and Miss Dorothy Matthews, on behalf of thoir respective classes', presented each of them with a jewel casket, and the Rov. T. M. Ouraow, on behalf of the teacherß and scholars of the school, with a silver serviette ring each. Victorian posies wero then presented to Mrs and the Misses Wales by little girls of the school, and a pleasant afternoon terminated with musical items and afternoon tea. Borongh Council. The Lyttelton Borongh Council met' tost evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr F. E. Sutton) and Ors. W. Wales, W. T. Foster, 0.. F. Bell, W. J. Miller, R. Fenton, li. G. Mathews, A. McDonald, W. D. Gower, and W. W. Toy. A notification was received from the manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Lyttelton, that the interest on the borongh overdraft had been reduced to 61 per cent. The Returning Officer for the Ohristchurch Technical College, Dr. D. E. Hansen, notified the Council that the local bodies representative on the Board of Governors, Mr W. R. Gahagan, would retire automatically on August 3rd, but was eligible for re-election. A letter from Mr Gahagan asked for the -Council's support of his candidature. The Council decided to support the nomination of Mr Gahagan. An invitation from the Lyttelton branch of the Plunket Society to the Mayor and Councillors to attend the opening of the branch's new rooms at the rear of the Dental Clinic on Saturday afternoon was accepted. The Sumner Lifeboat Institution -wrote thanking the Council for its offer of £lO 10s towards the special. fund for the purchase of a new lifeboat. The chairman of the Board of Governors of the Technical College invited the Mayor and Councillors, and friends interested, to visit the College this evening at 7.30. The invitation was accepted. The British and Foreign Sailors' Society were granted permission to hold a flower day in September next. Superintendent W. G. Carsoil reported on the fire at Shaw, Savill's wool store on Saturday afternoon. The report stated that the three-inch main did not provide sufficient water at the commencement, and two leads of hose from the tug had to be used. There had been some delay in getting the alarm to the station, and in this connexion he asked the Council to consider the installation of additional alarm boxes at different points, and also to approach the Harbour Board ,to have three or four boxes installed on the waterfront. A quantity of hose and a number of uniforms had been damaged at fire, and Secretary B. Jones had received injuries to an arm and had been placed_ on the Brigade's insurance fund. The Brigade wished to thank the Town Clerk (Mr F._ Hobbs), and members of the public for assistance at the fire."

The report was received, and it was decided to reply, expressing appreciation of the Brigade's services at the fire. The matter of additional alarm boxes was referred to the General Purposes Committee, to report on. The Works Committee recommended that Oxford, Canterbury, and Dublin streets from Norwich quay to London street be graded, with a view of tar-sealing ten feet on each side of the kerbs. The recommendation was adopted. The Lighting Committee recommended that an extra street lamp be erected jn Upper Canterbury street near the quarry bins: also that the electrical engineer furnish a report on the street lighting of the borough. The recommendations were adopted. The Borough Engineer (Mr H. H. Barnard) submitted a report on the present heating system of the Fire Brigade Btation and library. It was decided that the engineer submit an estimate of the cost of a suitable system of heating the premises.. The Lyttelton Harbour Board wrote advising the Council that the Board had agreed ■to the insertion of a clause in the Local Legislation Act giving the Council a fifty years' lease of a recreation ground at Naval Point on certaih conditions. It was decided to ask the Board to receive a deputation from the Council at Us next meeting to discuss the mn!ter, and in the meantime the Mayor and Town Clerk interview the Board's solicitor to find out what decision the Council's solicitor had come to. The Mayor and Crs. W. T. Poster and W. V. Toy, and the Town Clerk (Mr P. Hobbs) were appointed a deputation to wait on the Board at its meeting next Monday. The Mayor reported that the unemployment relief work on the waterfront at Diamond Harbour was practically finished and more work would have to be provided. The E.S.A. had promised a further grant for the relief of unemployed returned soldiers. .He was pleased to say that the appeal for food and clothes for the unemployed at Christchurch had met with a liberal response, and the food and clothing given had been sent to the depot at Christchurch. Men's boots and clothing were still required. Cr. Foster, chairman of the Works Committee, moved that a quarry be opened up at