LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23205, 17 December 1940, Page 10

LYTTELTON NEWS

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Lyttelton Borough Council met last evening. There were present the Mayor (Mr F. E. Sutton). Crs. G. Halliday, T. S. Young, G. S. Morris, W. T. Lindsay, R. Cairns, W. T. Foster, and J. D. Sargentina. An offer of an oil painting of Sticking Point, Lyttelton, showing the old blacksmith’s shop, as a gift to the council, was received from Mr Jesse Hollobon, Sydenham. The council decided to accept the painting and a resolution of thanks to Mr Hollobon was passed. Sewer for Corsair Bay A decision not to proceed with the laying of a sewer at Corsair Bay until the beginning of the new financial year, was made at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. A tender of £1077 was received from a contracting firm for the work. The Mayor said that there was £250 on the estimates for the work. In the circumstances, although the council had passed the work to be done, councillors would agree that it would be impossible to proceed. Cr. Morris said he was disappointed with the council’s attitude. The council should not be frightened by the job. The council had a duty to the residents of Corsair Bay. Cr. Young supported Cr. Morris, He said that the council should scrap the tender and do the work itself. It was a case of having to cut the cloth to suit the purse, said Cr. Sargentina. Councillors said “go ahead,” but he wanted to know, where was the money to come from? Cr. Foster said the council’s first duty was to the health of the community. The council should proceed with the work.

Cr. Lindsay said the council should drop all other work and put the w'hole staff on to the sewer work.

A motion by the Mayor, that the work be not proceeded with and that a guarantee be given that the work will be the first to be undertaken in the new financial year, was carried, and it was agreed to use the £250 for the purchase of pipes in readiness for the work.

The Lyttelton Bowling Club was granted permission to use water for the bowling green between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., instead of between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. * Personal

At the opening of the meeting of the Borough Council last night, the Mayor (Mr F. E. Sutton) welcomed back to the council table Cr. R. Cairns, who had been absent in hospital for nine weeks, and Cr. G. Halliday, who had also been absent through ill-health. Both councillors returned thanks. Anniversary of Canterbury

“To-day the council meets on a unique occasion,’’ said the Mayor at the meeting of the Borough Council last night, “it is the sixteenth of December. Ninety years ago to-day, the early settlers arrived. They were .then all looking forward to the establishment of their future homes. To-day we are all looking forward to the establishment of the peace of the world,’’ Damage in Cemetery Wanton damage in the Catholic portion of the public cemetery was brought to the notice of the Lyttelton Borough Council last evening by Cr. J. D. Sargentina. He said considerable damage had been done, chief of which was the smashing of the ends of a marble cross on the grave of the Rev. Father P. Cooney. Councillors expressed indignation. and it was decided to place the matter in the hands of the police.

MOW is the time to order your Christmas Ham. Small and large, every ham guaranteed. Also, all fruits and preserves, fresh and clean. Vidulich. Grocer, Lyttelton. 6097

COURT QUEEN OF THE ISLES. T AST MEETING of the Year, TONIGHT, 7.30. F. COLEMAN. 6096 Secretary.