MOUNT ROSKILL AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 60, 11 March 1915, Page 7

MOUNT ROSKILL AFFAIRS.

A\^l BB held last Disbt in £he offi « Tell .« Skil! Road Board was not very JW 'Si? 2?V Mr - "■ Peet - vh ° Presided", •"strict wp„ i* c TOnng men residing in the mm m , p - ut i* e bought there ,teer fire u , lr - v in forming a volun*Wn? for wWcil Purpose the P diicuSid b f n convened. The question y those P te sent. and it was *« in* dtstrw a yo'unteer fire brigade p arr wSI °1 the motion of Mr. J. 3ft*^£5 d *£ b - T Mr - W. Turner. A com- **• the a PPolnted to give effect «wt--of-rt» nUon ' "ls Possible tbat the "Spells «„ necessary equipment, including staDds for two stations, will The * cl °se on £200. fcmnriinpir of installing the necessary '"mpieHn,? an ,« at , Mt - RosMll fa nearing J*t 1 S n n £ r ' J ' Peet - chairman of th? SewcivJri EoaC Board, states that the *tearSJS«- for bol<ll n-- the pump is fin*eet Th c pum P will be P u t hi this la no.ttw *£S'lne has already been placed of YhT 1,-Z * he |,e ' v reservoir on the top 'or Mo-.- "i"" 1 he fin'sned in a few days ' AHt i 5- Sea Bios., the contractors, the mS, il i na!u has already been laid from 'Plito-•JS?" '? the reserrolr. and a frtir-iucb sheet ?J he reservoir to the main in the otZz;* -there is evidence of an abundance enJS-.i S the w ell, and it is confidently Ilfr2. tll,t J n less than a fortnight all "■resitat- in Sit. ItoskUl within the innM»V ea win De drawing their water irom this source, The new reserW en c °n*pleted, will hold 30,000 gal- . y«r Tlie work will cost about £1,500, and S'S™ pay for It will be obtained from ' »«>« vernment UB soon as the necessary ljr3°n,"> levy a special rate as seenrJty r£j£2s Io 5 b has been given by the ratetSZHr, This ' oI course, will be readily ' and a P°» f or that purpose will ■ £*2r "• tbe offl ce of the Mt Eoskill Road **»«'e» .Eatwday neart, Match 13th.