LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21710, 18 February 1936, Page 19

LYTTELTON NEWS

’ —»- — f. . WJ 1 . BOROUGH COUNCIL * " - ' i ’ ” ’ " ' , The Lyttelton Borough Councty.mqt, last evening. Present; The Mayor (Mr F. E.’Sutton) and Crs. Hi Fenton; D. E. L. Collett. J.N. Neville, Q. S. Morris, A.,Gr.Sinclair, W* W. Toy, T. E-Hemp*; stalk,' and W T. Foster. k The Canterbury Progress. League appealed for a donation lor a memorial to Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson. It vrgs decided that the appeal bg • deferred ‘ until the council considered J the -estimates for the next financial . Morris moved that the Christchurch city Council be,: approached (With a request that it’place a sum on • its‘estimates for .the owning year as a , grant *6.the boroughcoUncfl lor expendltiire on Corsair Bay., Me said the beach was not the ’ptopwtyof Lyttelton, biit belonged to fte people of North Canterbury.;' .On Sundays- and holidays fully two-thirds of the visitors ip the bay came from Christchurch.. ; In 'seconding the moubn. Crv;Slnelalr, mid ha did n6t see why the^.Whole • expenditure should be borne by ; the Lyttelton Borough Council. ■ ’ n XJr. Menipstalk' said that. Lyttelton was called upon to pay its quota toSards the upkeep of the Christchurch dmaln, Cr. Toy,-who supported the j motion, mid that while Corsair. Bay cOst money to.maintain, it was an asset, to Lyttelton. ■ lt‘ brought thousands of people to Lyttelton and brought.,business to the town.. Without' Corsair Bay; Lyttelton utould have lew visitors. - ■ « The Mayor agreed mat Corsair Bay was an asset to Lyttelton. The motion b*.was carried. ■ .'*,■'• f Slot TetgphoSm fey West Lyttelton .vte/wplyiivto a Request made bir ft? . council lor ;the installation, of a'inot : taiephone in Weet Lyttelton,.fte.DisWrote InfeiinFfte, CoUhCtt th|rthe .request had bash approve and that “ the. work: of.installation WoUldibe f ceeded with in the near future, . i v CounclUors expressed ■ r.mttwaction :c mk the decision. f l ; T. H,-McCombs, W. uHSftS? ed bf l a.eSidCTJ: gbie- ipas |HB >' thie - lates 1 ■ad' in

BnnnnMnMM | 3 ‘ , i'i, n f ’ t ,' ' ' mdtits over a number of years, if you:, keep at it, they soon get. sick of yiw' and you get what yoU'want. • Cr. NevUle moved that a reply; be sent to Mr McCtobsi that -the council ■ was not department reply, >. The £■■■* jLi °»«HsSESSnMSRSPJ mit an M .me edit of insWJmi; three, adflitioaal -Alarm boxes ,is4pK t in to keep for a suitable infd'iOr plant, for dealing with'-fires oVhpors, l oetr olirucks, aftq S SSagpi ; «n>t Svntlateqdait Carton 1» j coimcll- r c<mßldered^a^|s^|^t^|i' and that the council had complete confidence in him and in . the briga de eraUy?-’ •v, * 2 t o P (6)[Thai the borOugh englneer con-r suit the borough .on the question of the council’s powers in reference to glass verandahs. . u ; The recommendatlotr Was* adopted, ' * < If; ,‘V. . Yesterday jWas tti©-la»t day obrwhich rates could be paid m Lyttelton with- 1 out incurring the 10 per cent,;penalty,' and the office staff was 'kept busy*, all day in l«cmvin*tat« /! Ww meeting' of the council msti evening, Cr. Collett, chairman of the flnance committee, reported that when-thi office closed there was approximately, [cent, of'the rates outstanding. ''With the money .that Would be received through, the post overnight, the percentage would ptobably’(' j be:'tedhc<a to four «. five, of taln the mixed doubles •SSMnTS* SffioSfMS. Tennis Club on : ‘:Pon^^tu.next-Sdnday;,^ v ;'[rr : ■ k: Th«e>' wai' hj lafge ■ members at.the Te whiS^EHl^B Saturday' afternoon, to the Misses. mmen' George, who are leavlnfifWlMl^F sl»rrtw iS»LMsr t 3'iii •jßkcently’MbW s»t up severaLvm«m 1 % moved that a 1 ittter be '"MHt* Matthews o<mgratulatipg- him/ on Ws successes.) The motion Wds seconded by Cri 'poster end carried.- . - • v /^ . Swimming ’> - The annual race'for beach members of the Lyttelton Ladies* Swimming, Club, for, .a trophy .presented by. Mr a F. E. 1 Sutto.n, will be held at Corsair Bay to-day at noon, 1 v%;| This, afternoon swimming sports. for pupils • of District' High School for| the Herbert Smith cups will be helrat Corsair Bay. 3 Harbdur UghtTbeaire , f A SWftgepMriAe^^ Light Theatre , thflT*atte^oon I *anl evening .and .to-morrow evening. In this.itory Chan is pAUfcd.unfc.twofre One of his greatest myrtesfas, set'amid the ancient tombs of-|sgjpt.';' v --' : ‘pat Paterson* Thomas.'Beck, and Rita Cansino affclnciudedJin, ihe,GM|f;- .. ■, Tbeshort), Ba^eeK'tocldde “Air SS%”i,SJSSS?-*V 11, * rom * dJr ’' ana; 'two ii6WSWOU.mM|! ft , u is --n .