RIPA ISLAND
CONTROL VESTED IN HARBOUR BOARD “For all practical purposes, control of Ripa Island is now vested in the Lyttelton Harbour Board," said the chairman (Mr W. S. Mac Gibbon). when a letter from the Lands and Survey Department was received, through Mr T. H. McCombs, M.P., advising that this step had been taken under the Scenery Preservation Act. Formalities remained
A- committee was immediately pointed to dLcuss the purposes for which the i c lanH could be ed and to plan facilities for a picnic resort. Mr Mac Gibbon said that Dr. R- A. Falla, director of the Canterbury Museum. had su r "*ested that the fort might be used as a museum for early whalinp and Maori relics, and for other material associated with the ♦r»l ? nr4« ■vrfn'-
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24895, 7 June 1946, Page 9
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131RIPA ISLAND Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24895, 7 June 1946, Page 9
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