LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26855, 7 October 1952, Page 4

LYTTELTON NEWS

OVERHEAD BRIDGE PROPOSAL The Commissioner of Transport (Mr G. L. Laurenson) aavisea tne Lyttelton Borough Council at its meeting last night that the assistant-engineer of the Transport Department would confer with* representatives of the council this month on the proposal by the Harbour Board to erect an overhead bridge from Norwich quay to the waterfront. A letter was also received from the Lyttelton Harbour Board saying that a new clause had been added to the bill now before Parliament to permit a variation in the bridge plan if it was considered desirable. The board was prepared to confer further with the council on the matter. The council decided to advise the Transport. Department of the board's alteration to the bill. Corsair Bay Improvements A deputation from the Lyttelton Amateur Swimming Club last evening put before the Borough Council proposals lor improvements at Corsair Bay. Mr R. T. Norton said that the club was particularly concerned at the proposal to demolish the swimming enclosure. If the enclosure was to remain, it would need to be repaired, said Mr R. H. Duff. In its present state it was a danger. If it was pulled down it would no longer be a swimming bath and the club might have difficulty in continuing to function. If the enclosure was pulled down the club intended to put forward a proposal to erect a permanent concrete bath between the men’s dressing sheds and the jetty, said Mr M. Dromgoole. The club would find the money. In the meantime the club desired to erect a starting platform near the men’s shed. Mr R. Phillips drew the attention of the council to the state of repair of the dressing sheds. The stone wall behind the shed, he said, was collapsing. After the deputation withdrew, the council appointed a committee to confer further with the swimming club on the proposals. Obituary Mr Carl Oscar Frith (Fred) Anderson, who died recently, was an old and respected resident of Lyttelton. Born at Visby, Sweden, in 1871, he arrived in Lyttelton at the turn of the century, and lived there until his death. He joined the shore staff of the Union Steam Ship Company soon after his arrival, and remained with the company until his retirement in 1939. In 1914 he' received a certificate of commendation from the Royal Humane Society for saving life. He had been a member of tne Canterbury Kilwinning Lodge of the Masonic Order since 1901.