LYTTELTON AFFAIRS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 760, 18 July 1916, Page 3

LYTTELTON AFFAIRS.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. BUILDINGS AT DIAMOND HARBOUR. The Lytteltou Borough Council met last night. Present: His Worship the I Mayor (Mr W. Radcliffe) and Crs W. W. Toy, J. T. Norton, W. T. Foster, M. J. Miller, E. R. Isaacs, J. R. Webb, and T. Hempstalk. The council went into committee to consider the applications for the position of manager of Godley House, Diamond Harbour. The 20 received were reduced to four, and a special committee was appointed to deal further with the matter. The financial statement showed: — District fund account, dr. £s:il 16/5, and temporary loans account, dr. £11,388 18/9. Accounts amounting to £I6;S9 8/9 were passed for payment. Mr J. H. Collins wrote complaining of a building which he described as of an undesirable sort at Diamond Harbour. The letter stated that "the old shack" was worm-eaten and rotten in places, with tar on one side of it and the remains of paint on the other. It was, the writer stated, a source of indignation to those who had erected buildings in the vicinity. Cr Miller said that the building had been erected by him. He was surprised that exception had been taken to it, as he did not think there was anything wrong with it. It was only a small building, and he intended to put up a new place. Cr Foster thought that the building should not be allowed on the estate. According to the by-laws permits to erect buildings had to be granted before a building could be erected. He was sure that permission would uot have been granted to erect such a building, and was surprised at Cr Miller erecting such an ''eve-sore," even without applying for permission. If anybody else had built it Cr Miller would have been one of the first to object. Cr Norton said he thought it-more substantial building should be erected, and moved that Cr Miller be asked to remove the building or make it look more presentable. Cr Miller said that the building was going to be made more presentable. If he thought that it. was really an ••eye sore" to anyone, he would be the first to remove it, but it was not. Also there were other places that were "eye-sores" and were quite finished, yet were not complained of. He hail spent money on the land, and intended spending con siderably more. It seemed that the whole trouble was that, he had not made an application. When lie had finished the building he would allow flu 1 engineer and councillors to inspect it, and if they thought it was an "eyesore" he would make a bonfire of it. In reply to a question Cr Miller stated that the building was sft Gin square and was used as a toolsh'ed. Cr Isaacs moved that the matter lit; left in the hands of the engineer and the Town Clerk, and that the Estates Committee should go into the question of the use of second-hand timber for the purpose of erecting buildings. This was carried.