TO MAKE FISH PAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 9

TO MAKE FISH PAY.

AUCKLAND CORPORATION BILL PASSED. NEW MARKET SCHEME. WIDER POWERS FOR CITY COUNCIL. Tbe May,u- of Auckland I Mr. .1. 11. t.iinsoni received h telegram from Mr. C. ,). Purr. Ml., to-day, .stating that the Auckland ( orporation" Bill had paused through all it- stages, mid was now law. The nbjet of the bill is, firstly, to make possible the market .scheme upon which the l orp..ration has been working foi -some time, subject, of course, to a. poll ol the ratepayers authorising the iicc.t-siiry linar.ee. It i- intended that the in in iigetni'llts for giving etlcct to the scheme will be put ill luind at once, and within -i\ weeks the ratepayers will b<- asked to vote .C..0.H00 tor market buildings and X'ln.OlKl fur water reticulation foi ilre.v I.*, nn. The Work*. Com mn iff has also under consideration some necessary drainage works in the Hciinicr.i dletnet. •The clauses in the lull dealing with tic l-'ish Market ale e\eeedingl\ important." said the Mayor to a "star representative, "and owing to the fact that th.v have passed unamended the city is now in possession of very wide powers, .viicli. amongst other thing-, nil! enable it to pureiiaso or lure boau* for the purpose ol securing tish." "It forth. I enables the Council to ostnl'lish depots wherever il deems desirable. It has unrestricted powers to buy and sell and deal with tish and nil accessories to the business. It is further empowered t,. convert olTal into manureand dispose ol the same and in other inn* facilities arc now extended to the city winch will enable it to place this business upon a satisfactory touting. The business has been entered into, and in view ~f the bill having ben passed will be rapidly developed. The lull also pro viies for the inspection .it a plan* appointed l.v the Council of all tish exhibited for sale. Tin- is in harmony with I the Act secured by Christchureh Inst vent ill regard to it- food supplies. An other provision of the bill is for the ceil I trali.-ati.in of the entire wholesale i'.sh ! business, with neces-nry exemptions that is to say. that except in the ease of established 'businesses all fish -'cull be auctioned or -old in the market appoint ed by the i oiin.il." The Mayor also alluded to the clauses deaiing with the leasing of market site-i i and tne Elliot Street market, which i* \to he d.*:.'.olis|,c I. pointing oil' that the | clause alloc.r.,' Ue revenues "' the cil.. ito be s.s-.inl'. for the Council'- loans I would enable' the lifting of _1.">0.0".i vvh.ch -,v .is Iwiuj; negotiated in Australia, and in.in.cl that the who'e ,|iiej tion of tV ■ cin-il's loans would he i date