WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 30, 3 February 1894, Page 2

WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL

The following business we* transacted ab the meeting-of the Waitemaba County Council lftt&-yesbecday.aftenuK).u.^r- ««*, «. A Request.—lo counectrori with alarge.ly signed petition from the residenta of Puhi>i. fts-kittg to- bsanttexed .teethe P:U.U»LRoad c:isfcrict, bhe Council decided to infoTm the pobitioners ttiab nothing, could be : :don.e in the matter. " '-•-■--_ -_-.— Bathing-rouses. >-"lri ddnnectiori ■ witb Air Harrow's complaints of ttiti e'recfeiatt of bafcS'.ing-iiouaea b the. Lake;, ,tho' ; ,C;Ouhfcit, decided to take no acbion in the matters .\ir Harrow, corifcended ,thab ,the Lake was public •:; propetty.->-and also' everything thereon. Maiketaht Loan.—The" Colofiial Treasurer wrote stating bbab he was unable to arai3b bhe Council in the mabter of. .their fresh proposals for extinguishing the.CounGil's existing liability with, respect to the £1,000 Matretahi loan.—Received. Heneekson VALLEY.-^Mr Prbberb Bp-' peared on behalf.pf the dotfciejrs'of Henderson Valley asking that the cutting be.fiUedand a road be made. They offered to pay the interest on an overdraft if the Council's funds were insufficient. The work waa deferred. Upper Waiwera.—Mr Frilz Boyer wrMe applying thab the? tßirdi" ,derived from his deferred payraenb sections ab Upper Waiwera should bo spent on the toad lead* ing to the sections. Ib was decided to call for bender for works to tho value of the thirds. .... ~.v Wainui Road.— Mr Jame3 Harding and others aßked the Council to open up the road to the liwtß corner of lob 117 as they aro now locked up and could nob get their stores in. Referred to the engineer.

A New Name.-^A coinmuriicabion was received frora Mr Monstedb h;ia ofchor fesiflonts of that portion of the Birkenhead riding known as Greenhithe, intbrifling the Council that they had resolved to adopt.thfi name of Kent for the disbricb. They asked the Council to recognise K6nb afe bhe biily constitutionally establishetl appellation.— The Council declined to entertain auy such proposal. Parakakau. — Mr Win. Hellyer attended, and asked for the deviation of a road-through Mr More's prdperty at Parakalcau ; otherwise; his property would b8 blocked and inaccessible,—No action was taken in the matter. -

MAivriN s Road.—The applicati6n.';for-a bridge and culvert' across;Marbin'a Road, was referred to the riding member t6 report, ■■■ • ■ • • SwANSOtr.—Mr Shelley's request to erect a swing-gate on the Swanson--West GoaSb Road was grahbed. ' Lake TakavuJia.—Mr W; J, Napier appeared on behaifqf several residenbs of Lake Takapuna, requesting bhab the Council would take steps to prevent storm water, from, the road breaking down and damaging the propetties. They also asked that the water table at the top of Milford Road should be altered to enable busses to ttirn, and also thatsbeps should be taken to improve Milford Road. Ili connection with Milford Road, Mr fiarrdw cdmplkified that the portions of the road near his property had been removed. — Referred to the engineer to report ab nexb meetihg.