AN ANCIENT LANDMARK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15558, 7 March 1911, Page 9

AN ANCIENT LANDMARK.

FATE OF TREES IN CATHEDRAL SQUARE.

MATTER HELD OVER FOR NEW COUNCIL.

The fate of tho Inrgo sycamore tree at tho south end of tho tramway shelter in Cathedral Square trembled in tho balance at last evening’s meeting of the City Council, when the Reserves Committee recommended that it should he cut down.

Councillor W. H. Cooper said that ho did not seo why the treo should be removed, because it affordod a good deal of shade and had a seat under it. fie was of opinion, however, that tho other trees around tho Godloy Statuo bad outlived their usefulness, and with the exception of tho cabbage trccq should bo cut down, as they obscured the town clock from tho north. Tlioir removal, also, would allow tho statue to be viewed from any side. The grass plot could then bo improved by tho planting of annuals and shrubs. Ho moved that ail tho trees should he cut out.

The motion lapsed for want of a seconder. Councillor J. J. Dougall then moved that the recommendation of the committee should be held over until next meeting, so that councillors could view the spot.

Councillor C. D. Morris, in seconding the motion, said that lie favoured the removal of Dm tree, as it was not symmetrical, and was of tho wrong type. Councillor Thacker said that tho trees in many French cities were removed to tho country occasionally to recuperate, and it the tree liad to bo removed it \could be transferred to another part of the city. Tho motion to postpone consideration of the question was canned.