BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 142, 14 June 1912, Page 9

BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL.

i i;«* lortnjsbtly meeting 'of-.. the above Jgaefl was held last evening. Present: . *W Mayor .fMiv W. M. Wallace), and Crs. ■v-H£3»rch, J. Slaginniss, F. M. King, J. P. •*?Qsort C ' B ' Campbell > R - Shepherd, J. '«»!2? )l!one 'Exchange.—The Telephone Def**™? 11 - forwarded a memo slating the ■•™s; by..which a telephone exchange can bo '■■■sffi h « d a t Birkenhead. The Mayor was , :! K*"ked "to-interview the Chief Post- .:?»«»,• and see If a reduction could be ■' Si: eto? P rese "t charge of ringing up ' ■■•i<.S?i pI i l " ilettber.— The Minister of In:S, »v airs WTOte >n '"ePlr to a reqneet •J"S . e ' :Conncil that tbe seat should be ■^■red[ ..vacant, admlttlug the present anm,iTi acory stat< * of affairs, and statins thai •, ; Tr«¥.tlie-member for the cortheru side of ™ harbour on tbe Board voluntarily (Wi,~v is resignation, the seat cannot be -~:-,*^J«a-Tacattt. It was resolved to record 'rJ*" 1 protest, and to intimate to the ■iSPI future leave of absence should ' .tw « ran ted for a longer period than - ?«ree .moath.3. w? DntS- . — ?" accprdaiice with flic engi--"iren.Kate, rbfi :" s the following amounts f £ r Payment :-Mays and R-n n I l2 ' E - rorter and Co., £1500; ; ■Sβ Ph-ll is> £126 ' 1 al st> Hospital ■ffijfl'Mj Ala Board's levy for 1912, . amount being £iso 7/6.