LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19786, 26 November 1929, Page 16

LYTTELTON NEWS.

j Bine Club Dance. I ;;'U> J;- ■.■.-..,„ - "/■'■ \ ■■■, ~ ,!,.,,. 1:: ;! .„ Trinity ?. uoi>.: oo:n to ■ Seamen'» Institute. | At t':.e Board meeting of tie Bntisi'. I Sailors' v.cld at "the Seatuen's Institute last evening, the superintendent submitted th- foilowias report of the -work for 1 the past tv. ,j nionthi :—Officers and men vis; • ! and parcel, 0 ; literature distributed 49. letj ters received and posted 2-M. set-i-ices he.a I '-' a-te-dan.ee ■',<, ronr-orts held 4, attendance ' 325 re«i»-t-c" visits 7 men visaed 11 sea- | met; agisted '•■ .Citts of biscuits, playicc I enrds "-■■' 1;~ pape-- and flowers were a;S-.- ; a,knev. r ) ~;. i Borough Council. i Ti-.v L-.-.--.ltoii Borough Council met last I ~,-...,,. ' T, e<er .- The Mavor .Mr W. V. | Foster'. Crs. F. il. Sutton. W. T. Lester W. I Waie, j). .1 Comer. M. J. MiHe-r. L. t. I Marth,.-.vs W D. Gowcr, A. McDonald, and | K. Fetltc-i. Th- M;.\.v was appointed to attend a oon- ! ferenee a- the Council Chambers, Clinsteliurch. to consider a proposal ior a memorial ' to the late Mrs A. E. Herbert. J The. <Urk of the Waimairi County t oiin- ■ ■il wrote staling that a conference of ro-;.resenta-:ves ~t local bodies on which an j Atrial levv is made by the Christchurch j Hc.m ;l in> lioard v..mid be held at the Caris-t-I church t itv Council Chambers ou lli'.ii-s-aa>. and in\-.-'.- the l.vnelton Borough Council ! to be re. rc/ented. The Mayor was appointed i The District TelfEraph Engineer t.Mr F. C. ! Fairbalrn) wrote acknowledging the Coun- | oil's complaint regarding the telephone seri -. i-e. The. v.riter stated that every eft or > i wou.'l be made to give an efficient service, and | that it would help considerably if me sub-' scribe-s would make their complaints at ihe I time of the trouble so that the nature ot the fault could be determined at once. I Cr. Sutton moved that a letter be sen- to j the Di.-tri.t Telegraph Engineer ihaukiu-; I him for the interest taken in the improve- ; mciu of the service, and expressing apprt-.-i.i----i timi o: the cluT.ge-over to the automatic tele- | i.hones, which, were giving complete satsitac-

j The motion was carried. i An invitation was received «ud accepted ! from the Lvttelton Ladies' Swimming tml) i to attend the opening day at Corsair Bay on Saturdav. . , , . The Lvttelton Ladies* Swimm:ng I .'lb s application for the use of six bathmg su.ds during the season was granted. Mr A. A. Swabv wrote suggesting that he be allowed to paint the Colonist Hall during the school holidays instead of as provided for in the specifications. Is ivas decided that the conditions of the contract should be adhered to. The gas manager's report ou the gas mains in Winchester street was received, <md he was authorised to re-lay further mams as suggested. The question of erecting a garage for the motor for the electrical department wa-i referred to the borough engineer and electrical engineer for report. The Lvttelton Harbour Board's account for timber supplied and for repairs to the bathing jettv at Corsair Bay -was received.^ The town clerk was instructed to write to the Board pointing out that as ail improvements carried out at the Bay were ior the benefit of not onlv the people of LyMelton hut for the whole ot North Canterbury, it be asked to remit the amount, also that the Board be asked if it can see its way to extend the bathing jetty 20 feet. The New Brighton Municipal Band applied for permission to give a concert at Corsair Bav on either December Ist or Bth, and to'take up a colle-ction in aid of the band contest funds. On the motion of Cr. McDonald, seconded by Cr. Lester, the i request was granted. Superintendent E. Kales, of the CunstI church Police, wrote drawing the attention of the Council to the fact public billiards rooms were being carried on in the borough without license or proper control. To enable the police to exercise control over such rooms the writer suggested that the Council consider framing by-laws under the Municipal Corporations Act to deal with such places and the licensing ofThe town clerk (Mr F. Hobbs) submitted ; a draft by-law in accordance tvith the suggestion made by the Superintendent. Among. ■ other provision's the proposed by-law pro- | vides that an annual fee of £2 2s be paid, ! that billiards rooms shall be closed between 10.30 p.m. and 8 a.m., and that no person under the age of 18 years be permitted on i the premises. The by-law- as drafted was approved, and it was decided to hold a special meeting of the Council on December 9th to pass it. A petition was received from nine business firms in Oxford street complaining of the dust nuisance, and asking that the Council should carry out the tvork of tar-sealing which was promised some months ago. The Mayor said he was not aware that there had been a promise to tar-seal the whole of the road. It had been decided that, « strip of 10 or 12 feet on both sides, of th» road should be tar-sealed. "■ Cr. McDonald moved that a reply be sent informing the petitioners that the work was on the list of works and would be carried out in due course. Cr. Gowcr said the work should be regarded as urgent. In nor'-west weather the dust had to be shovelled from the shopfronts on the. west side. Cr. Sutton (chairman of works) said the works staff was now completing the tar-seal-ing of the Sumner road, and the next work would be repairs to the road in AVest Lvttelton, which was breaking up. The tar-sealing of Oxford street would follow, and he could definitely promise that the work would be completed before Christmas. The motion was carried. Behaviour of Campers. Complaints regarding the conduct ot campers at Corsair Bay came up for discussion at the meeting of the Lytteiton Borough Council last evening. The Mayor (Mr V. T. Foster) 6aid that complaints had been received of the misbehaviour of campers at Corsair Bay, and he thought the time had arrived when the campers should be warned that unless the camps were better conducted the Council would take steps to have the nuisance abated- Unfortunately, the worst of the campers were encamped on private property. Cr. Wales said the Council had no authority to deal with those on private property. They should refer the complaints to the police. Cr. Miller supported this view, lie said that parties of campers went through "West Lytteiton to Corsair Bay lato at night singing and otherwise making themselves a nuisance. Cr. Sutton said he was sorry that the matter had been brought up in open Council, as big reports would no doubt appear in tha papers. The present caretaker was very conscientious and used every endeavour to keep the Bay in order. The trouble was caused by certain people who had been refused sites on the Council property being allowed to camp on private property. The Mayor said he wished to make it clear that it was not the campers on the Council property who were causing the trouble. After further discussion it was decided to obtain legal opinion in the matter. Water Supply. At laat night's meeting of the Lytteiton Borough Council, the Borough engineer (Mr H. H. Barnard) reported that during the past few weeks there had been an extraordinary demand for water, which at times exceeded the supply from the wells. In one week an excess of 750,000 gallons was used. This extraordinary demand was doubtless caused by tho use of water for garden purposes owing to the continued dry weather,. An inspection revealed that in some instances the use of water for gardens was being abused. One householder was defected using a onc ; inch open pipe which was allowed to run night and day to irrigate his garden. The supply in the main reservoir was low and a serious position might arise should a bis s re occur. Cr. Miller (chairman of the "Waterworks Committee) said it did not seem to be generally known that hoses could be used for gardens only between the hours of 6 and .8 a.m. and 5 "and 9 p.m., the hose to be held in the hand. The demand had been a big tax on the wafer supplv. Most of the householders uaed the water with discretion, but others abused the privilege. Cr. Lester said the Council was not taking the matter serious!;.- enough. When the Council granted the privilege of the free use of water for gardens it did not anticipate that it would be abused. The selfish action of 10 or 20 housiholders would probably result in the privilege being withdrawn should the d v y weather continue. He moved that the Council advertise the conditions under which water could be used for gardens and also that in future an" person detected usintr water i-iegally should he prosecuted without- further notice. He said that such people should be made an example ot. The motion wa3 seconded cy Cr. Gower and carried. At a later statre of the meeting, Cr. Stttton moved (hat ihe question of providing- further storage rcservoiis in Lvttelton ehnnid lie considered n the Tietv vcar. The motion was earned.