MOUNT WELLINGTON.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 7

MOUNT WELLINGTON.

lln^L m irVfl IT .» me s u « <* «»e 'Mount WclofflS. iv**? B^ rd was Lel <l ln tie Board ?iTJn p, * «">"»urc,' on Tuesday March 14 JplO. Present: Messrs. W. Uolian W J <.reeu»ood, G. W Kiy aod i. Wyman ' in was voted to the chair. Co.-The Undersecretary fqr Public Worlw wrote, under date ? tatlue bU "epartmcut con££i£L ?H£ '« r . m Bof the t»""way "cense firamed to the Weitfleld Reeling Co Ltd ;Pi t sS, t , h " to « a '"« use of etelnf, oil or i>. Jv& ' . . P° n " l "'P seal of the Hoard rftwluuoo of the IJoerd granUng the ? c TP» authorised as fol•J** ' u l> Ptahi Ot wulch received the epProv*l of t6« lH«ird:—Ttoree-rooined cottaw on the Ca'nip Kanii Estate for Mr Thomas Sm|tb;'four dwellinghouses aud a cookhouse on !*e Sylvl. l>ark Estate for the >V£jtflcW rreeslDs Co., r.td. Tie Clerk reported tiuit a Jwellliig house had been creeled pn the Pauniure EaUte without the or the UOardi If was resiolved i a , 4t 'J?! 8 l) H"'ler he prosecuted for nn lnfrlnpeuleDt of" the Uoard' bulldlns by-laws Hates ofa Al>stto|rjs.—The Auckland CltjCouncil forwarded a letter stating that the rates on the ulty abattolre , property would ye I 8} 11 oply aefroaitbe 15th of October. ISHS, betas the date* of the paoKlng of tie Katlng Ameodinqnt'Act, 1918." 7t was resolved thai the Clerk should confer with the Hoard's eolkltors and "ascertain If the full amount of 'could not be claimed. Ibe chairman referred to the battling the" Board had In wbju'ootlon with the Auckland gtiburbaa tocil| Bodies' Association to set the 11)13 Aift emeniletf. He said the powers that be *ere"ln'the ena convinced of the injustice done U(V Mt. Wellington 'Road Uoard by relleTlng the City Council of *otoe whe& thp'thi-flc to the" abattoirs caused great wear and tear on the roads. faamure raunery ptaine.-lt was re solved, owing t6 complaints rWtvod to ask the Dlstrkt Health' QBlcer to Inspect the tannery'dralnagi outfall bwlug to the pollution of the Tahmprc basin foreshore. Water Ellerslie Town Board made a request for the Board to be at owstbJrd cost of erecting a: water trough at Pcnrote. The resjuisllion was farourebly. recelyefl, and the Clerk was Instructed tt> ask for Information as to the c6»t. The Clprk was also Instructed' to write the Union Oil and Qandle Co!. .Ltd., of WestHeld, pointing oirt their obligations to keep the water trough near the city abattoirs MSppljed with water, which arrangement had opt been fulfilled. Hamlln's Sub-dlvlslon.—Mesers. Harrison and Grletaon sitlmiitteil plan and specification for forming and metalling a road through' the Preston Hills Estate for Mr Hamlln. The plan wns approved, subject to one grade being cased, and the angtee In the rohd to'be rounded otf, no grade to be more than one ln fifteen. Finance.—The Clerk gave a statement of receipts and expenditure for the year, and pointed put to the members the advisability of adopting a" policy' of economy during the future months, owing to the great Increase In the cost of maintaining the roads. The "expenditure required thereon was donble what It was a few years flfto. The members agreed to the snggeetion. Accounts amounting to £273 3/1 were passed for payment.