LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 9 July 1929, Page 16

LYTTELTON NEWS.

Electric Light for StaUos The L-ytJtltoii Ha l'*»y fc'.at.oa ir.il abortly b« lighted by elcrlric.-y. An oStm] insj-ec-tion of the nation and ftjirounding* b** been made with this object, *ad the nork should be fat in hrnd soot. Public opinion ie un*Bimotis that the improvement of the of she slatioa it loos overdue, improvements to t!ie 1 ghiiiij of Jho <-ro**itij: to the ferry vbarf nn also ne»tle<i. At j>r#«eni the lijhtinj is sgiiuat icotorisl» the wharf. Ahead the brilliant li«l»U on the terry wharf east a flare directly >» tb» f.".' of a drittT, voile the otily vi <h<* croniing is a feeble litnp of tmall rard** TKiM-fr on a tov. er tiVoto tV 'ivorbesd V:dg<'. In the doom it i* itt diftirir't to .»•**, an appro.iching r*'r.e of ttu'Vn tmtii :V'y <■:.»« itto tho beam of the iighta from the <"*r itself, arid «eridtritt have oriy *o far been averted by the rare and cV-11 of the rar driver*. T>.e co*t of having the crnrsiTi;: properly lighted thotild not be irmrh. *% po' 1 ** to carry the li;hti ar.: a!,-«.aii> in poiitk'ti.

En-then**' Fund. At lit: night'* int>euEf of the Lytleitos Borough Council, Cr. W. T. L<>»-M»r endeavoured cnaueref if:il!y to have tbe Council's donation to the Earthquake Relief Fund increased from iSO to Hun. The tieurral Puti»oses Commit ice reported that it hid tccu decided to it-art a find in Lvltelton, and that the Council jive AM'. Cr. Lester nurd that tbc report l-c adopted subject to the cliuit Kivrns AiO hein; altered to read MuO. lie said t!»at the earthquake damage on the Weat Ooart was ao cxtc.-itire that A.'O was too paltry a> Mim to bo feivi a by I.yttclion. liicb wa--probably the m">t fl-iurirßinc municipality in the Bot.the>n HimUphere. lie thought that at least £IOO thould be eiven. Lyttelton *as the most financial borough in Xe* Zealand. Cr. M. J. 11i"t leeouded the motion. The Mayor taid the matter had already h-en decided unauimoa;!y by the General Purposes Committee, »!i:rh eouiprifcd the while Council. Cr. F. i'. Sutton t»>d he was sorry tb» metier had beea b.-o-jjht up for difctjfji-m in open Council. It had been discurar-d in committee and now the diffusion «u liable to he pur>!>«! el. He nppo.«ed as ineresise in the amount at pre«enl ontil th» matter bad bren further investigated. H« movfd as aa amendment tha: the report be adopted. The am»cdtncrt was aero;id»d by Cr. Me Donald and carried. Boroojb Council The T,;- ttelu-n liurousb Council met iatt ovenicp. Prefect: The Mayor (Mr IV. T. Poster*. Of. V. r ration. W. T. Lester. W. Wafts, W. W. Toy, il. J. Miller. L. G. Matthew*. \V. I'. "'Jower. A. McDanaid. The Mayor said that unce the la*; meetinp tbe town clerk had taken up temporary lean.-, for over £4OOO at 4 pir cent. The resolution to apply to the Loan* Hoard for authority to raise a loan <-f £2500 for electrical extensions wouid have to be confirmed at a special meeting of tbc Cuucil ai ju n«».t meeting.

The Lydel'.op VihaHrr Brlfari.- for«a;d*d a certified copy of the Krijnde s balancesheet for the jear ending March ."lit, J4Ci> An invitation was received from the Ladi*>. Committee of the I yttelUm branch of th* Y.W.C.A. for tbe Mayor and C-ounciliora and their wives to meet Miss Ethel Law, National and Genera] Secretary of the Association in Sew Zealand, on Thursday evening. The invitation was acrepte-i.

Mr A. K. Cialbraith, City Knfjinewr, Chri.-l-church, wro;e a»kiii;T for dan regarding ihr aerial survey tamie of Lytteltoa in connexion with iotrn planning. It uas decided to supply the inforrc-iuun required. The lessee of ;l, t - Britj-h Hotel, of which

the Council are the owners, wrote aslunj that the cost of repairs to the roof of the hot*!. amountir,; to il3 VJt Od, ehf-uld be paid b> the Coanc:!. On the mniion of tr. Sn; ton, seconded by Cr. Mcl>ona!d, it was decided to pay the amount. Mr H. Jt. Sinclair wrote a.»s.;ing -.hat tii* Council make an entrance from the road to his section in Canterbury *<r*e». The borough engineer (Mr ]I. U. Barnard) reported v*>rl>ally on the request, and tie Council decided to jrrant the application. A letter was re.-tived from Mr K. T. To*.*will, secre;ar>- of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund, pointing out that since the death «f the laU- Mr \V. Itadcliffc the fonncil had ii"t been represented on the fut.d. Tlie Oounri! ■was asked to n"™-,: ♦•• a r*iir»senU.tiTe. The Mayor (Mr W. T. Foster; was appointed The boro'jg', koiicitor-. M>s>rs Daecar. Coiterill anri (.>., forwarded a draft of ".he propohei Bili author >ins the Council to ta'a'c over certain street, in the borough wfajrh may not comply with the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920. and conferring on the Council certain powers of leasing and validalini certain leases already granted They recoromended that the Council approach "the member for the district with tie view to hi« introducing the Bill. The Lyttelton Harbour Board asked tbe Council to appoint a representative to a cor.ference to consider the question of Mlectiai a site for a casualty dress is g station m the '•raterfront at L-:teitor.. The JI«»« (Mr W. ! T. Foster) w»« appoint**!. j _ It wjj that heaters be iuitalinJ I in the rire Station ijaarifrs at a cost aot to exceed fs r '. i T«« tj-latt, iiid Leg;.! C&inmittee Ttow j mended that when t.ie permits f< r 'arapmjr at Diamor.d Ilarbonr expire no far ' 'her permits be frranted. »»d that the amp. j '7 ar *- f ' e "ored. The recommendation was adopted. 1 Mr H. Herdman applied for the leas* ~t I Met.on No. 3of --are. ~p application wa. trusted at tie » "7,** r nt *' nf £S »' T -»«.■» I Mr K. Hofeba, Cornwall road, wrote caw- J pUtmoc of fJw, per mxppiy mt 1 imu'T I

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