LOCAL BODIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 281, 25 November 1915, Page 11

LOCAL BODIES.

TAKAPtTNA. PKOPO&ED REVISION OF BUILDI.N<J BT-LAWS. Tbe Mayor (Mr. W. BlomScld) prt>*]flod over a meeting of the Taknpiina Borou.sti ConHcil last evenin?. A Milford Petition.—A petition from the residents of Mliford asking the Council in secure the removal of the tramway tanksand platforms at the Millord stop On account of their being a nuisance and i danger forwarded to the Tramway Coci-; p>ny with a stissostion .that an aireration tSoold be effected, if practicable; at their enrJest convenience. ■ ' Carniral Workers.— The ronncil apparel thQ action of the Streets ana Works Committee in releasing the Council's employees to assist the promoters of the carnival an ••Everybody's Day." and appreciation was , expressed of the services rendered the carnival committee by the meu. Building By-laws.—Arising out of a difficulty which rreenrl.v ar«"e when an application was made for permission to build :i number »f shops near IVauraki Uoad. n!'. a site wiich oJlowed for less lhau the reS".!li : tion otie-six.ili of an :i'-re |ier .Mr. E. E. Grimwadr cave uotlcc lo move a resolution aoknow/cdsrli'.e 'he iiiirraFonjibJenr-j or the by-tiw rtrovklins for a 40ft fronfaye jnd one-sixtli of an ai-rc >-ite. .-nmmitting the Couwil ro .■imondmcnt iiumediatoiy after thr shops in (luwtlon worp h-.ult. -lnrt anthorisins permits for vonMilnea strips ami riircllinghouses of uon-oombustible material on twelfth of an aore sites with a 20ft f-pntisc. After -some-discussion tbe mover agreed to the reference of the matter to the Fnblic Sen-ices Committoe. which wns instructed to obtain fiirßhej- information. Beacholm Estate. - The Streets anrl Work* Committee's report, whie TocommeaiCKl tie calling of tenders fertile formation of Clifton Boad, was adopted. Tbe report also recommended, in re?:iTd to an application from tile Beacioltn syndicate for approval of a revised plan'of siih-dirtskui, that the alteration oe-a<-eefltei Tjut that tio Coiracil fhonla take no responsibility as to the right-of-Tvay.