CITY COUNCIL

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 140, 13 June 1919, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL

The ordinary meeting of the City Council was held yesterday evening, the Mayor (Mr. .1. 11. r.unson) presiding. RECLAMATION ROADS. The City Engineer reported that the Harbour Board had asked to lie suplled with the permanent levels, the sizes and levels of sewers, an.l the style of formation required for the mads In Freeman* 'Bay. This was referred to the Works Committee. TIIK .CITY VALUATIONS. Th.- City Valuer submitted a return ..r the ratable values r..r the eomldued districts id Auckland City. Parnell, Arch Hill. Kemuera. and Kden Terrace bill not lucludiiif: Epsom and tirey Lynn, as follows:—Amount of ratal.le value submitted lo Assessment Court. Cl.osl..l<"S: reduced liy court, H2K>: balance. £1.H70.11-j:t. Kntable v.-.lue fur P.'ISIII. £'1.1»74.11W. Increase, LIS.-,.,. Part March supplementary nut included in main roll, _l'Jl.s; June supplementary, _;_Ntl: total increase ov.-r HHS-10, c'.i."..",'.i. Total ratable value for period r.ilu-jo, i:i,0.5;;..-p-JT. TIIK T.P. -MANIiATOI'Y PROPOSALS. The reeoinmenUalion of the Reserves Committee. :.. which Mr. .1. A. WnrnoeU had reported ...i ihe proceedings of tin- T.nvnpliiuniug Conference, the Reserves Committee recommended the Council to send a remit to the Municipal Conference objectins to tin. mandatory clause recommended by the Town-planning Conference: I on the Instance of Mr. I'd Iworth. the •matter was referred back to ...ip Reserves Committee until the prop..sals of the con ferenee had been laid before the committee In older that the position might be fully known liefore action was taken. SCUCKSTKIi BATHS AT KI-JM I'KHA. The Works Committee report..,l on n proposal to make provision for salt-water baths at Kemuera that as th.' lowest est at which any adequate provision could he made was _1710. h recommended no action in the meantime. The committee further reported that t lie site ar present .-ii W ested was unsuitable, and that future prevision should lie made, when funds were available. elsewhere in the vicinity. AN CNWOIIKAI'I.I-: PROPOSAL. On a proposal from Cls-borne that provision should be made for the transfei or horoush residents on the Parliamentary roll to the iminicipHl roll without separate application, the Kesisttur of Elc.-lors reported that the scheme was quite impracticable. The difficulty ,vas caused liy u,e wide difference between the boundaries and qualifications for enr. iuieut. "" ''"' r <'< lmeudation of tbn l,e-u Committee the Conned decided that ~i: could not support the proposal.