NEWTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 138, 13 June 1893, Page 3

NEWTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

The usual mooting of the Newton Borough t!ourif:il wa« hold lusb night. There were present :~Mr b. C. Brown (the .Mayor), Wd Civ. Shackelforil, English, McMustor, Holdcn, Donald/ Wcbloy, and VVarnook. Tho Secretary of the Arch Hill Road Eonrd wrote that the Board was nob satisfied with tho make - nlufb chan"ola that have beon made on the Great ftortli Uoart. contract;, itnd reqiiei'ting; that R lump be erected oppoiilto King-stroot. It v''aH ret-olv.'!.' to refer tho question of tho channel to tho Engineer, and to reply (.hat *''c Council could not entertain the request for tho erection of a lump. Acc «unta amounting to £64 9s 8(1 were passed wr payment. Or. Slmckelford presented a Pfjtifciun from a number of ratepayers requestinK that a lamp be placed at tho corner of Mackolvie-street. and nlso at the comer of Pollen-street. Ho said that he could hardly support the prayer of tho

petition, and suggested that instead a lamp should be erocted at the corner of Pollensfcreet and Williamson's Avenue. This was put to the meeting and agreed to. Cr. Donald moved that a lamp bo erected at the east end of tho Cox's Creek bridge, provided the Gas Company were prepared to lay tho mains free of charge. This was agreed to.