CITY COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 262, 9 November 1906, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Auckland City Council was held in the Municipal cnambei_, Wellesiey-su _et East, last evening. The Deputy-Mayor (.Mr C. ___y) prcsiued, aud tnere «t,c also present Messrs it. tarred, M. Casey, tieo. uunglu, 11. .\i. brueeion. A. J. Eutricau, A. K. Uiuver it i uueliope.

Uvciu.lifts.—A memorandum was received from Die secretary of the Municipal Association of .New Zealand, 'v. 1 lnugtuii, rcbpectiiig the Municipal Corporations Aiiie.eluieiu Kill. In r_„p_ct io ti V..UJ--..M clause :;, he .:.:■! suggtsled tv 1; ,._. ,_.,i_,,,..; of tlie .uituies Hevi-loi: f .iinr.i.tue ibai councils thai did not c_e_c.se m, option i,r raising a loan aud paying „tt the old c.verdralt should have Uu.i option given to tueui by the bill, otherwise it would be iuip...siuie in many cases for sucn councils to comply with the new law.—The letter was leceived.

V. idening Beach-road.—A communication was received from the seei'eta.y of the Auckland Harbour Board stating "that tin.Board at its meeting ou Uctu_er*_.u bud agreed to the dedication of a strip of laud 10 feet wide along the froutag- of Beacliroad for road-widenlug purposes, provided satisfactory arrangements were made with the Board's teuauts: aud thai the Board considered that the splay of eiyht feet at the corner was not suoiticnt, aud that more land should he taken in ordei that Uie corner might be rounded off. —The letter was rtfi-ried to tha Streets Committee.

Hospital Hoard.—The secretary to tlie Amkhiiid Hospital and C-.urita.le Aid lionrd wrote Unit November -8 was the day appointed by the Hospital aud Charitable Institutions Act for the election of four members to represent the Council upon tho Hospital Board for the ensuing year.-The letter was received, a special meeting being necessary before the election could proceed. Drinking Trough.—Attention was drawn by A. D. -Seabrool- to the necessity lor a

drinking trough on the roadway on the' Great North-road, opposite the old New Lynn hotel. —The matter was referred to the Streets Committee. Petitions. —Petitions were received asking for the watering of College-road and the kerblng and channelling of Dedwoodterrace. —L.oth requests were referred to the Streets Committee. Smoke Nuisance.—The Inspector of Nuisances reported that an excessive amount of smoke had been issuing from the chimneys on Messrs Bycroft's premises. It was decided, in terms of "The Fubl.c Health Act." to call upon Messrs Bycroft to abate ihe nuisance within one month, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Leys Institute. —The Leys institute Committee reported:—(l> Librarian. 26/10/0-, reporting donation, by T. W. Leys of .'its volumes of general literature: Received aud donor to be thanked. (2) The City Treasurer furnished statement of accounts for the half year ended 30th September, which showed the receipts, including £50 -from the Leys Trustees, to be £187 16/3, and the expenditure £1.1 17/11. leaving a credit balance of £65 18/4.—-The report was adopted. Streets Committee.—lncluded in the recotnmendatioDs of the Streets Committee, which was adopted, were the following:— That tlie charge for match wickets in Victoria Park he for Bulli soil W'cket SI, al. other wickets 12/fi; that a valv< house be re-erected in brick at the Ponsonby reservoir: that permission be granted "A" Battery to hold a camp of instruction in the outer Domain: that Arch Hill gully sewer be cleaned.

W-iikumete Cemetery.—The sub-commit- | tee recommended that the whole of the i paths of the cemetery be tarred and 1 sanded within the next three years, and thai an extra man be employed for the . summer.

Lawrence-street.—The Streets Committee recommended that seeing the permanent level of Lawrence-street was fixed on 115 th October, I.SDO, and that a majority of the residents object to any alteration' theyeot, the request of th" petitioners to have' tne centre of the upper portion of Lawrencestreet cut down to permanent level be granted. Messrs 11. D. Abbott. C. F. (Jriflith... 11. V.. Smith, and A.' E. Skelton wrote regarding the cutting down of Law-rence-street, asking that they be allowed to make certain representations to the Streets Committee before a final decision is arrived at —The matter was referred bacK to the Streets Committee to this effect.