DEVONPORT COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 163, 10 July 1918, Page 9

DEVONPORT COUNCIL.

TUp fortnightly moot ins of the Devonport Borough Council was held lust evenIn::, the Mayor (Mr. .las. Henderson I preKirililg. Damaged r.rcastwork.— The Harbour Hoard wrote drawing attention In the state •■'■ the- timber breastwork adjacent to the Iris wharf, and sujtrcptcil tlial it be attended to before tin- whole breastwork comes away. The miittiT was ri'l'crrcd to tlic Public Works and Si-vvives (.'omiuittee. Amended Bus ScrvK-i-. —A copy of the DoTonport motor bus time-table as nmen'led to tit in wit-.i the new Terry i KteaiDf-r service, was forwarded by the Ilevnnport Ferry Company, ami approved' of by the Council. Cheltenham Beach Wall.—The engineer (Mr. F. G. Itourkf) reported tunt tue ntw wall In course ,if .•onstruction at Cheltenham Beach would lie completed before the next meeting .if the J'ul.lic Works and Services Committee. I A Fire Brit-ail" Matter.—ln reply to a question asked by Councillor Thompson the Mayor stated thai I'liuui-lllnr l-'letclier was ehnirman of the Fire I-.risade Committee ■hi account of his Ion:; connection with the til" bricade. The Deputy Mayor {Councillor Walker) is chairman of I his committee .-.:-.,ai.-10. and therefore Councillor Thompson, who is the third member of the committPc. snecpstcd that the word "chairman" be deleted, and the word "convener" Inserter! in its stead. After ,i I OUK discussion this course was adopted.

■\Vailii"- total effort in aid of tin- Reel Cross fund amounted to something like £35?0. out of which \vn« paid a donation of £00 to the llauraki Hutment Fund. The gold nugget art union docs not conclude until Friday next, when the campaign will lie wound up.