LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21577, 13 September 1935, Page 21

LYTTELTON NEWS

OBITUARY Ji|r Richard Meyrick, whose death pecilrred last week, was a resident of Lftteltort for more than 60 yeaYs. Boriji in Peel Isle Of Map, be arrived at Lytteltoji fc the ship Rakaia in April, ml ne lived in'Christchurch for some weeks, arid then fourifl .ejaploy; wefat with the contracting Gxtft . of Ma&j»d#le and Hawkins, who , had the construction of th« oSdstoiie plef, after the previous contractor &mT abandoned the work. Mr Meyrick Worked on the pier corafrucata for three years, and then obtainea employment with the Railway Bepartmeni aS a Casual Worker. Jie worked *? m department until the big strike tit im and then worked on the water, front until about 1912, When he took wdaStarmtog in llytteltoh; He is "uWS byMrs Wick: and by three •Hautfhters Mrs D. Boyd (Lyttelton), and Mrs T. Mannix (Pembroke). 7r»vel)lng Library I*e aefcetae for supplying rur*J

latt to the pupils of standards V. and VI. and of the secondary department, the headmaster, Mr A. F. Barrell, said he considered it an honour that the school had been chosen as the first to be visited by Mrs Rowl itt The scheme would be of great value to both children arid teachers. Addressing the pupils, Mrs Rowlatt said she did not come as si school teacher, but merely to ageist them to their choice of poop. The wisdom of writers from of years ago until the present day were ISSss for the asking. She gave the names of several authors who were always popular with children, and of bS lh P e advised them ;fe noSee of the style of typo and prjritlng in their reading matter for she considered that much of the need for glasses for young people was caused §y reading poor printing in an unsuitable light, A wide Choice of books was available from the hbrary, and fiW asked them to read the type of fetheylikefbest. "I do not wish yOu to say you want to read Shakespeare and other classical Writers, whfen you actually prefer, say, Westerri stories, Xludel Mrs Rowlatt. "There are plenty of good Western stones, too. P The contents of three heayv parcels of books were then distributed to the