LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23743, 15 September 1942, Page 3

LYTTELTON NEWS

BOROUGH COUNCIL The Lyttelton Borough Council met last evening. Present: the Mayor (Mr F. E. Sutton), Crs. A. K. Dyne, T. B. Hempstalk, T. S. Young, W. T. Lindsay, W. I. Bradley, G. Briggs, and W. T. Foster. Cr. Young spoke of damage done to the lawn at Corsair Bay by military trucks. The Mayor said ’ that it was extremely dangerous for children and others at the beach for motor vehicles' to drive down on to the grass, and the by-laws prohibited all but tradesmen’s vehicles. The meeting decided to write to the military authorities. An offer was received from a wellsinker to sink wells, the writer suggesting that the council secure land nearer Linwood for the purpose. Cr. Foster said that a good supply of water could be obtained near the Heathcote river without crossing the river. The council decided to decline the offer. Colonists Hall Site The future of the Colonists’ Hall and its site was again discussed at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. The Mayor said that some years ago the council had agreed to give the site for educational purposes. In the discussion with the representatives of the Education Board it was stated that the site was required for a secondary school and that the council , was ..to have the material from the building when demolished. The board had communicated with him and had asked if the council would object to the building being pulled down and the site laid out for a playground. Cr. Young said it could not be denied that the Education Department had acted generously in providing the new classrooms. He would not be sorry to see the old building come down. They were first to have a secondary school, which they did not get, said Cr. Bradley, and then they were to have a school for woodwork and domestic science, and this also had now been refused. Cr. Foster said that when the council received the deputation from the board the trend of the discu'sirn was that the site would be used for a secondary school. The Lytte ton District High School was the first to"be established in Canterbury, and its record in percentage of passes was second to none. The council should protest to the board about the woodwork and cookery classes being taken away from Lyttelton. He moved that the council ask the board to retain the woodwork and cookery classes in Lyttelton. The motion was carried. Persui.al At the meeting of the JBorough Council last night a resolution of sympathy was carried with Mr R. N. Thomas. Borough Engineer, who is at present serving overseas, in the death yesterday, at Akaroa, of hi. mother. Magistrate’s Court At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Messrs W. C. Cleary and W. T. Lester, Justices of the Peace, Robert Marshall, a ship’s engineer, pleaded guilty to having assaulted Constable A. J. Buckley whilst in the execution of his duty, and to having used obscene language. On the first charge he was convicted and fined £2 in default 14 days’ imprisonment, and on the second he was convicted and fined £3, in default 21 days’ imprisonment. Golf In the first round of the championship of the Diamond Harbour Golf Club, played on Sunday, T. A. Mahar beat E. Willman, and T. B. Bowring beat Bowring and Kempthorne tied, each with a score of 80 net. In the first round of the women’s championship, Miss J. R. Sneddon beat Mrs E. Willman, Mrs W. Rhind beat Miss A. McAuliffe, Mrs C. Brown beat Mrs R. Kempthorne and Mrs R. Duckworth had a bye. The monthly medal match was won by Mrs Rhind, 104-36, 68.