LOCAL BODIES' MEETINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1911, Page 7

LOCAL BODIES' MEETINGS.

The ordinary meeting of the Remnpra Road Board was held last evening, when there were present Messrs. C, A. Cawk-wc-1,1 (chairman), Fi. Bond, P. Spencer, J. S. Dickson, ,-in-d E. C. Pllkington. Storm Water Drain.—lt was decided to a-ccept the offer "f £30 by the Dilworth Trust Board for laybls dorm a storm water drain in MacMurray-ro.d. The chairman stated that he had viewed the locality in company with members of the Trust Board on a wet day. and was convinced that a drain was n. eded to carry off the water comir. from Mount Ilolison. Drainage. —A letter was received from the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board, stating that the Board's contribution on the estimated expenditure for year ending March 81. 1012, was £513 2/9. The chairman said that the Board could not pay its contribution out of the general rate any longer. He therefore moved that a i special rate of l-10d be struck for the purpose. The motion was carried. Light in ..—The chairman brought forward the question of better lighting for the district. He said that the Board was paying i the Gas ''otupany about £300 a year from : general rate, but a much-increased number of lamps was required in the district. Scarcely a meeting w_ held nt which an application for a lamp was not dealt with. He moved that a special rate of l-16d be struck to provide for the installation and maintenance of Ftreet lamps; aiso that applications he invited by advertisement from ratepayers desirous of having tamps in their streets. After some discussion, the latter portion of the motion was withdrawn, and the morion as altered was carried unanimously. Mr. Spencer took occasion to remark that under present conditions it was an acrobatic feat to get down some of the roads at night time. Coronation Subsidy.—The chairman re. ported tint since the Board had applied ' for the full Coronation sn!*=idy of £_Trf> for I tH . prction of a tea kiosk, with roadway I thereto, on the summit of Momit Hobson, the Government had announced that no more ' "h-in <"7_ would be granted to road boards. ' He hid H-itrncted the clerk to wire for this Uf'ui as they might as well get as much ••■ s" they could This action was endorsed. ' "Town-planning.—The chairman moved • that'the Board's engineer be instructed to nrepnre plans for roads up the gullies of the ' district and that rhe owners of property ■ifferteil be asked to sign the plans. This. he said was not with a view to immediate road construction, bat to prevent the creation of slums in years to come. Mr. ' Bond seconded the motion, which was oarj ried quani-icc-ly. I I _rEW_4ARK_-T. •\ The Mayor (Mr D. Teed) presided at the -i - l-crs present were - Messrs S. Donald = son." W. Fookes. \V. J. Jaffrey, J. McC'oll, t C. Leek, cud .7. OMeara. . I -rhe Time —Two letters were receivec " to erect town clocks. A committer " i was appointed to consider the matter ani) - | report Co the council. An vmbnlanc.. —An application w_ re t ' ,-e'vcd asking permission to ta__ up t I nreo t collection cm June '-1 for the purpos* cI of establishing au ambulance station. Tht - : anplicatkjn was granted. i I Creator Auckland.—The following resoln • tion was forwarded from the Liberal am " i U'.liour Feneration in Teference to the - Cre.iti-r Auckland Fcheme:—"That till mce'ling strongly protests against an; I p .'.v< rs being granted compelling dlstrb-: to iolu a greater Auckland, and that rh< !" ! present method cf leaving the question t I a vote of the people be adhered to." Oi i- | the motion of Mr Fookes the following r? -- solnt'.nn was carried: —"That a letter b ;i sent to the Acting-Prime Minister and M F. La wry. M.P.. staring that, in view o '" some of the recent statements of Minister n of Parliament regarding the enforcing o c the amalgamation of local bodies the Ken t market Borough Council protests agains ,L any legislation of such, an autocraU j. nature. The moSoa w»* mbM)