Estuary clause sent back

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33753, 28 January 1975, Page 16

Estuary clause sent back

The controversial suspensory clause in the Christchurch City Council's proposed by-law on motor-boat speeds on the Estuary was yesterday referred back to the council’s parks and recreation committee for further consideration.

The issue occupied only ' seconds of a special council meeting which lasted barely i 10 minutes. 1 The meeting was also , called to allow formal con- ! firmation of several loan resoi lutions. | However, most of the documents before councillors concerned the estuary issue. Submissions objecting to the ! proposed clause were from I the member of Parliament for ; Lyttelton (Mr T. M. ! McGuigan), the president of the Redcliffs Residents’ Association (Mr L. Colling-! wood); the secretary’ of the Combined Estuary Associa-' tion (Mr D. Watson): Mr and Mrs C. Stemmer, the commodore of the Christchurch I Yacht Club (Mr K. A. May-! nard), Mr J. C. Elworthy; the! president of the Combined Estuary Association (Mr B. : R. Hansen), and Mr A. H. Forrester. I

ri Mr Collingwood, of the 1 Redcliffs Residents’ As<' cia/|tion, also sent a petition against the clause signed by ) 273 persons. - Mr W. R. Rusbridge, secre- ■ tan.- of the Estuary Water- ' sports Association — a body ‘ formed in response to moves sto restrict power-boating — . sought a designated area for ■ water-skiing. il Mr Rusbridge said that as ■far as water-skiing was conI cerned. Brooklands lagoon f[Was overcrowded, and Lyttel- ’ ton was unsuitable. ■ He also said that his •■organisation had received a •! letter from the Sumner LifeI boat Institution saying that • a 10 m.p.h. limit on the II Estuary would prevent ■'learners from using the only • safe water in Christchurch, ■and that it supported efforts jto keep the Estuary open to all classes of users.