LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16724, 6 January 1920, Page 3

LYTTELTON NEWS.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Captain Hatclr.vc-21 and Sir F. Knights, J.P.'g, presided at tho Magistrate a Court yco'.orday. Tliomaa Brosenbam. charged wit.i having used ob.-ccnj languago in _ London street on January 2rd, was fined £3, in default ono month's imprisonment. Andrew Soulier, on u similar el;arse, was lined £i, in default six weeks' imprisonment, his bein c a Rooond offencc. Frederick Pimm pleaded not guilty to a of drunkenness, and was remanded to appear to-day. PERSONAL. Or. F. G. Norton left for tho North last evening: on a visit to hi 3 brother. Cr. M. J. .Miller is at present on a tour of tho West Coast. BOROUGH COUNCIL. Tho Borough Council met last evening. Present —Tho Mayor (Mr \v. 1. Lester), Cre. G. Morris, J. T. Norton, G. Whit ford, G. Gov.cr, J. 11. Collins, J. Webb, and W. J. EJliott. , In opening tho proceedings the Mayor thanked tho Deputy-Mayor (Mr J. T. Norton) for tho ablo manner in which he had tarried out tho mayoral dutioa while ho (tho speaker) was in election work. Ho wa3 pleased to r,av that the prccont Conned was ono of tho happicct in New Zealand, and had less trouble with its etafi than moot Councils. Ho hcp:d that during tho coming year tho proceeding would continue to bo carried out in a harmonious manner. Cr. Norton returned thanks. Tho Under-Secrctary of Internal Affairs wrote that tho Council's request for gas masks or emoko helmets was receiving consideration. Tho Department of Agriculture notified that Lantuna (Lantana Oamora L.) had boon dcclarcd a noxious weed. Tho TVostport Coal Company wrote elating that owing to tho go-slow policy of tho minora tho company w,n compelled to advar.ro the prico of coal by 2a Cd per ton. Tho letter was referred to tho Lighting Committee to report, tho Mayor remarking that tho prioo of pis would probably have to bo increased in tho near future. The Lyttolton District nish School Committee asked that the Council undertako the work of ropairin™, rodrcssinti with tar and lino grit, the playground of the echooL. Tho reoucvit was agreed to on tho usual terms. Tho 'Lyttolton Harbour Board applied for l permit ion to quarry about 1000 tons of ntono at Officers' Point fir work nt the inner end of the eastern brrakwntcr. Tho matter v.-os referred to tho V.'orks Committee, with power j to r.ct.

I T!in Board n'ao wrot© enclosing a cheque I for £i>o 3s lOd, tho amount of the Board's | ehnro of th© cost of alterations to the mnin i sewr ar.d road repairs in connexion with tho j reclaimed land at tho eastern breakwater. DOMAIN BOARD LEVY. ! Tho Christchurch Domain Board, in a let- ' tor reccivod by tho Borough Council last night, 6tatcd that it proposed to apply to Parliament for authority to incrcufio tho amount which tho Board was entitled to levy to ioOOO, and that tho local bodies bo asked j to appoint representatives to meet the Board in conference. v ! Cr. Morris moved that ft representative bo I appointed. lie paid he had heard that tho Board had some fancy rcheme for building I winter gardens on tho Port Hilla. 110 was I against such a scheme. Tlio present garI dens were quite eufiicient, and a crcdit to Canterbury. Ho was not opposed to paying the present levy. Cr. Norton eaid ho had always been of tho opinion that th? Council should Hit have to pay a to tho Chrifiichurch Domain Bo:.r.l, while thor (the Cftnrcill provided & domain and bc:\ch free of charge. Tho Lyttelton rutcpnyers wore oni i>o]!«1 to contri- ' but" to a domain for Christchurch, while i thousands of Christchnrch pcoplo made use of the Lvtto'to'i Domain and Corsair Bay without contributing nr.vthinjr. Tl.e motion «cc~n.l<*d and carried, tho Mayor and Crs. Morris and Norton being nppointed representatives to confer with tbo Board. MATERNITY HOSPITAL. Tl;o secretory of tho North Canterbury Hospital ar.d Ant Board ha* fori wurd.xl to the iin rouirh CV'-ncil a letter rej cri.'-U from the !/<.•;,a. tii:e:it of Public Health I on the subject th" promoted maternity ; wari :or Lyttt l'.t/ii. "J lie- letter stated that I the .Minister prepared to consider the , picpf.-al favour.i ij 1 y. provided tJ." cxpciidi- | turo mined ;it <i.inj with emerge r.cv cases I only, ar.tl v.fctie possible every us» sliced l>e r:.-d. • : St. Helens Hospital in ! Christchurch. 'lh<» Minister would not bo in favour of a ward lor maternity ' ctxcs in connc:;: •:! with the Casulty Ward adocuatc i;rv.i.'.icn wae made wherc-rjy the cxpi-ctai.t mothers at the institution would iun r.o chir. e boir.g- disturbed by the arrival of accident cases. T;ic iic-id a", 'i a copy of a letter fro:n I lie A c t 1; :>r- G eric r a, Bu:*3Citiuz a t.'.o J mat'.rnity ward, in cnarg? of a iteideril n aic-r.ii r. :fe, would meet tLo <:n'- . .ir.d further that the r.urf=fi: < i 1 ": f o .i*.t..tl:"d '.•> tlie ctaff <-[ St. ncl-.w Hospital, and p.:i-l by the- IVpartincr.t. 'fi.e Bond icted cut to the Council th" di!Eculty o: a :.i! control, t!;t» iinrso:nr: ■ :: v * !-ein- r >:itr 1 by the St. H<>ns ;.ut':.or::::?, ar.'l '! •? matrm of th<- C;iaualty Ward I'-ir. ' an <i: th" Bcatd. At tl.» sa-i. ■ t:mc th? mclif...! o?.!cer v.ou'd, in all p:oV.a'.':'.i'y bo obiter of the lioarri. J Cr. Collins, at list nijM'a meetins of tiu

Council, moved that tho letter be referred to tho Finance Committee. Cr. Gowcr that to far as ho woe awaro tho Council had never expressed a wish for a maternity homo. Cr. Morris said thoro was already a pnvate maternity home in Lyttelton, and tho Council would, in any case, have to go to tho ratepayers for a fosm for tho Council's ehoio of tho cost. Tlio Mayor explained what took placo whon tho deputation waited on tho Minister in October. Tlio motion was aoeonded by Cr. Norton, and carried.

A motor-car driven bv Mr H. Bruhns, nttd conveying Constable Phillips to Nonthorn. Otacoj on Saturday, got out of control on tho steep hill near Mr IX Matheson's station, and after a zig-zag carcer overturned. The driver was thrown clear, and was unhurt. Tho corifitablo was thrown on a barb-wiro fence, the upturned car pinning him down. Tho constable had a narrow cscnpo from as tlie steering wheel Btruck within a few inches of his head. He was much brnisod about the head an/1 body, and suffered from shock, but fortunately escaped more serious injury through the weight of tho cat coming partlv on tho wire fence over which he was hanging.