LOCAL BODIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 118, 18 May 1920, Page 9

LOCAL BODIES.

OJTEHUNGA. \ X aifotins of the Onenunpa Borons/ j fonnrll wn< lx-M last night. Present: Mo=srs. .1. Park (ilajrorl. J. Sto tape, W. I Johns, r. K. Goode. U. Ainewurth. I. | [.omas, H. .7. r):ivi L -s. 1.. .). Lloyd. Bulir.itps. —The estilnotps and rules proposed to lip siriici; for tbc .Tear worp rend :ind adoptnl. Tiic Mayor stated thiir thp mics levied last yeiir wire inadc(|u:ite 10 inppt iiresent reqnlrcnieut>. and the emincil iind been reluctantly fonipt-iled to make a Kabsc-iiivUil iLfi-i':Lse from .'id in the £ to 7 :i-Sd. made lip as foilow»:-<;eneral rate. I. 3-lUd in the £: hospital and ..hartulilaid 'j-vza, library, 1-Sd, special loans IJ<l.

v-iitpr r.-ite Jd, lijrutins :i-S<i. drainage 1 1-Mil. Salaries.—ltesoivcl to raise the «a]ario* o( the town clerk and iwrouHrh engineer to tU6 per annum, and the wages of the ! assistant en?ino driver-! to 14/ per shift. IK-ree Tram iPassre.— The secretary of the Returned 'Soldiers' Association. K. F. Andrews, asked the council to i-upport an application to the City Couoi.'ll for the sraatiiiß ,if frpe tram passes to disabled returned soldier*. It was resolved, on the uiotiou of Mr. L. J. I.loyd, "Tluit thp Onebmiga Borongh Council is o£ the opininn that it would be a graceful recognition by the citizens of fireater Anekland of the made 'by our permanpntly iiuahlcd soldiers if free tramway passes -were i-rantori tv men suffering from lot-oinotor rilsahility. ITic i-oiiwil is further of the "Dinioii that this question of the granting "f frpe pas.-ps to such disabled soldier* should tie settled along with the question if increased fares." It was further agreed to famish a copy of the 'foregoiu™ resolution ;o all the suburban 'bodies requesting them to support it. (Mr. Uo.vd, who is a returned soldier, when speaking on the suuKf.t said there were, about 120 returned soldiers In tho Auckland district who have Iwt a leg or an arm. and there might 'be •-.00 men who are so far disabled tiat they should receive temporary free passes. Hospital and Charitable Aid Bate —It was agreed to support a resolution received j from ihp 'Lawrence IBoroogi Council, vln.: "That in the opinion of this Council the 'present E.vstem of imposing v levy on loon I bodies for hospital and cnarita'ble aid purI'osw is inequitable and unduly taxes the holders of town properties. IPurther. that tne >Uorernment be urged to amend the Act i) the direction of making the cost of sucii FUM[" " cnar S e on a ' e Consolidated

HEW LYNN.

The monthly meeting of the Xew Lynn Town Board took place last ercDing. The ciairinan (Mr. Geo. Lawson) presided. Stanley Street.—Messrs. H. L. Hoffmann Ueiilciitp this .«treet. .whlch ivith a number kiili"ii ?*, ' n the dlstrl, 't. were planned and ►miHiivlslons registered many years ago. iDcy olTureil to pay costs and contribute a m °L £r '°- The supervisor .was in"rncted to report as to. cost of formation, ruilway Accommodation.—The member Z X n c district ' the noii. C. J. Parr, advised "1C Hoard fhnt in regard to the question of onsidernble improrements -would be car"ett out as soon as clrc-umstan'oes permit. ttfl m?i p . rc , sent , m ?™ent they lad neither 'to material nor labour. Grants for Roads.—The Beard decided t» "Ppro-ou Hle Minister of PubUc iWorks for n,/^ nt . of £r/0 ° tor the fartier improveraent ,of the roads aDd enjverts on the Hetana Hamlet. Loan proposnl.s.—Tihe Doard decided to no.'J a special meeting on Monday next, to the re-sroupinp of the loan proS,' greater width had been agreed to. wishes W " S accordance wifh the Board's