AVONDALE COMMISSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 224, 20 September 1915, Page 2

AVONDALE COMMISSION.

RESUMPTION OF SITTING. •ROROl'liU AND BORROW." Mes-rs. f. ('. Kettle, S.M., 11. M. Skcct U'>Hiiinb*ioiHT uf Crown 1.an.1>,. ami il. .1. KsHin (District Valuer) ru-\ t I mimed si:iiiil' as a Koyal CoiiMtiifisinn I, in) Mir MiijrUtratcV. r.mrt In I'omieetiuii I , I »iiJi i lit- petition ['raying io liavo Uic | , J Avondale Knail District constituted a I Mr. V\. \ allan.-e appeared for th< i petitioner-, .iii.l M.-..,.-. K. K. roptu-.s „ ! and W. 11. \\ Milan represented tin- oli- , jivti.r*. whos, . vnlence \v»- taken tv t .lay. ~ K. I-'.. ( ii|i-i>\ was the lirst \ , itue».s ■> culled. 11,- considered that, taken as «l - whole. -Vvou.lul,- w»s totiilh un-uited for j,, ;i liiiroi Mi, a- ii great priiportion of tin , . of .i mill , from tin , station I" , suit \ ol'lf for ii Imroiifth. hut the j-r.-nt.'.-t .lis I lun.'r iietwei'ii tin- α-ipwtivi- liouiulaii.-s t .if [ii. di-tii.-t «.is .-i\ miles. \\ lit-ii thi-y L'"t beyond tin- mill , limit, tin- lvii.l : v,a- ;i..t i>l ii proa I buildim- value at prr | t -.in. I.Si- trouble u.i> tliiil piipiilaliiiiii I ,i:.l n.-t lu.-re.i-e rii|ii.lly. They nerdcll | KMi.iiiH) popillation .-MTv war in Vi'W j tuf pi'iiportitin tn tin , I'.uintry ,h-trirt-. I Mr. sk,-.'t : I'll.' birthrate i< aNiut t tliat. 1,, Uiincss -aid the incroa-e of births o\erj r death.- na- niih nlioiit iiin. , per rent |t Tin , |i-iii. i|ial ii-.- of Hi.' Inn.l o'lUiile lln'l ■ mi!.' limit at Ay Inli , "a, 1..r fruit In (■r.iwma and market jiar.loiliiij:. II- »va*| I talking a- a farme. »lion he said tin- 1. land \>a- not lit for l>11:1,1 piupn.es. 1 ~-n.li ii bij; proport on of Avondale wn- : arable land tlmt t.> form a horoujjh t Mr. Kshiii said tin' iiv.'ras'- price uf tin , i Inn.l from \..rlli Koa.l n._'ht down 1" tin I , ..nit w.nil.l i- ahmit i.- , ."! prr a< re Witness -..id land near t >i«- ---• t:ituiu had sold n< hi-.i a> CIIMI per acre, on llri-lillllt of llImildini! value. 11.- «'a- ,|.-!in.t.-!> a-am-t Vw.ndale being converted into a Imrouyii lit present. In an.-wer to Mr. \ allance. witn-ss -aid "boroiisili and burrow" were almost ' Mr. Kettle: Do \<m believe in pro " \\ i(ne.«: Not too mill li. ho-au-e it ' iii.-.iii- more rates. | ! Thomas 11. »paraf. builder, considered ' Avnnilali- totally ununited to 1,,- mad. ' into a borough, as tin- ar.-a and pupula ' lion worked out at ItJ acre* per rat. , ' payer. N itiiPss also . -rit i.i-e.l thr pas' admiiii-lration of thp Rna.l Hoard. Mr. Skeet: Thill why not i-hanjie tin , ] 1 \\ .tnos: In manajpment mo-t d<? j eid-dly. Ixit nut from a road district to a, , 1.1-rouL'h. Witness ills., pointed «mt IMI , sisrnaturrs to tin , petition wa* not a ' pool lc-t wiiere th.-rr were SOU rat.- ' P r's,'aM and r.li .1 Adams also -sv- t evidcn.e tii.it thr true had lint arnvi-d ' for Avoiidill. , to l> im-.tituted int.. a ■ borough. Th.- latter »itu<"e« i-xpn-Mi-il ' •i ~n>,in tli.it liHTf »h '"1.1 '.- i»i ' chanco until limit.-r An.kland .-xt.-nd.-l from th- Waiti-mata to th- Maniikau, ' with onp rpntral .-ojitrol f.ir «at-r and 1 drainage Mr Ki'ttiV iaiimaU'.l that th- Cm-mi-winn proposed to inepfi-t the distri.-t to-morrow. r - i: