LOCAL BODIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 214, 8 September 1921, Page 8

LOCAL BODIES.

NOBTHCOTE. The monthly meeting of the Northcote Borough Council was held last nisht The Mayor (Mr. W. E. .Richardson) presided and Councillors J. R. Tonar, Alfred .Parrish Alfred Hurley, 'W. 11. Barnes, w. C. Smith. A. W. Smith, O. .It. Brlnsden, W. X \ Stewart, and F. O. Devlin were aleo present. Marine Association.— Councillor W C Smith 'was appointed to tlie vacancy on the Marine Boroughs Association, in' lieu of Mr. Kinnear Smith, resigned. Be "r Avenue.--It was resolved to expend £100 on improving the formation of Belle Vue Road, in the hest way the foreman of works can suggest. Sulphur Beach.—The proposal to construct a footpath on portion of Sulphur Beach for a length of 4i chains was adopted, the width to be three feet and the cost £60 The Mayor explained that the reduction of the width from six feet to three feet lowered ttie coet Ofty per cent. Works. —Included in works authorised on 'the recommendation of the Works Committee were the extension of the council's workshop at a cost of £35; the completion of ' the eastern footpath formation in Richmond Avenue, south from Miltou Koad; : constructing footpath in Queen Street, 2i ' chains, from Onewa Road, at a cost of . fi-10/: and improving Onewa Road foot-i' path, from Church Street, cost £4S The I foreman reported that improvements to' , Onewa Jtoad had been carried out. Gorse.-HCounclllor W. C. Smith moved that the attention of the Agricultural .! Department be drawn to the growth of ' noxious weeds, ami pointed to the amount l of sorse in bloom. Councillor Tonar ■ seconding, complained that, in the back por- ' tion of Xorthcote gorse was growing everywhere, and there was plenty of lairour avail-' aWe now for cutting it out. The motion was carried. ißuilding Prosecution.—Councillor W C Smith inquired why the instructions of' the" last monthly meeting to "prosecute, forthwith" the owner of tlie ne-vv buildin"- in « Alfred Street for by-law .breaches had" not < been acted upon ? The town clerk I explained that he had not had time to go .• into the matter with the solicitors. A firm 1 of Auckland solicitors wrote on behalf of < the owner of the building, substituting 1 amended plans, and requesting ttiat the council permit the Oregon pine and beaver- i hoard used in portions of the house to .pass j - Councillors W. C. Smith and Brinsden and ' I the Mayor, challenged the correctness of I i this description of the timber. The solici- 11 tors' request was refused, and the former ' i decision of the council adhered to. 1 Timber for Eullding.— An application for * permission to build a shed with plnus ■] Insignis timber was refused. • Water.—The waterworks engineer re- J ported thnt 2,826.000 pallons of water had ' been pumped during the month of August, ' of wbich 1,320,000 gallons had been for the ' Tafcapnnn Borough. The level of the lake was 6ft aim. " < 1