MARKET SITES IMPROVEMENT

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 3

MARKET SITES IMPROVEMENT

PROPOSALS BEFORE THE COUNCIX. T'HK CUSTOMS STREET MARKETS. Tbe Markets Committee, in presenting a report last nijrlit on tbe position of tlic City Market endowment and the Customs Street market site, stated that it bad fully reviewed a report made by a sub-committee of the Council in 1913. With reference to this, the committee stated its opinion that it was not practicable to deal with the principal lessees on the market endowment area for the surrender of their leases upon terms nt all advaiitnjjcons to the city, in which circumstance the advisable course to follow was to allow most of the leases to run on and expire. It therefore recommended thai the present old market buiTdino and attachments (all of which were on nnlea.-i-il land) be demolished, anil that certain improvements be carried ~ut ns a first instalment of the entire scheme, which could be completed when the leases matured—some in l!)'.o and the rest in 1!»:.:.. The report furl her stated that the committee had under consideration the ipiestion iis to what class of building should be erected upon the market site ii Customs Street, and bad also considered other important, matters in relation thereto. "The future policy in connection with the fish market was receivin. attention, imt upon several aspects in this enterprise the committee desired some direction from the Council. The committee's recommendations were adopted, several matters in the report heno discussed in committee. The following recommendations, embodied in n furl ber report, were also adopted: "That a bill he promoted to enlarge Ihe Council's powers in some, or all. of the fonovviiio directions: (I ITo enable tbe Council to purchase, hire, or enier iip,, conlrn-t-s for obtaining fish, for boat., for the collection and conveyance of the tisli from the depots to the market, and for the establishment of depots for receiving fish from tin- ti.-hermen's boat.; |_| to compel all fresh li-h for -ale purposes to be passed tlironjrli the marke! for inpection and sal-, in which the Council would have full jiovver; i.Tito enable the Council to assist the fishcrir.cn in the supply of boats, nets, -tores, etc.: 14) to enable the Council to en-ape in the bnvin~and selling of fish."