LOCAL BODIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 286, 3 December 1925, Page 10

LOCAL BODIES.

sided, and Crs. Albert Harlfipi.i A tXtt < Phson, Phil. H. Hayward/M H. Payne, L. K. L. Moller'n .****• W. ami C. E. Campbell W^i?g»4 Loan Raised.—lntimation - * L that the Minister of S» S to allow the imymcntof terest for the balance ot Itm^ 11 . 1 la - Itefuse Di.po.al.-V a e cUeA nM t Holiday on Tar.—ln notice of motion, Mr. all permanent employees with at lek.t «" ; year's continuous service with theclnl be granted one week's leave of ablenra ° n U at the discretion of the foreign" ■, J* 1 Hadlield seconded. Mr dark ifld th« Mt '' on the outside staff weni paid hou? ami he doubted if it. was"right: t«, J?Tn ' a precedent of this kind with, "the M ?Z : and the inside staff often l>B £*$& back to keep abreast of the woit 3 work was different. Mr. Campten Mla't a holiday was the proper thing, it rtould apply all round. Mr. Hayward said thert were some old servants on the staff iSswere entitled to a holiday. The motto bXXTof ft. &2* Works.—The foreman of works, Mr Geo' Giles, advised the completion of the spread' ing of metal along the margin on th. west side of the bitumenised road in Hau-' rnki Street, which had cost £480 anil the spreading of iseoria on the -west eld« of Glenfield Road. The cutting at Runbr Road was well iir hand. Footpaths total-' ling 2J miles had been bitumenised | n Maramn Terrace, Weyrnotith Street, Tizarn'j Road, Harbour View Road, Carlton Ter-, , race. Valley Road, Tennyson Street, Rngby. Road. Crescent Road, and Hauraki Street New Buildings.—Two building permib, were granted. Water.—Commendation was expressed at the intention of the Medical Officer ol Health, Dr. H. Chesson, taklngg. tests' at the intake at Lake Takapuna, with a Tlew. to the possible discontinuance of ehlotination. The waterworks engineer, Mr. W,' Williams, reported that the month's eoni sumption of water was 2,485,000 gallons," and that the level of Lake Takapuna wu now 3 feet 7J inches, compared with .4 feet a month ago. Motor Speeding.—A letter from the Bl* dale Prultffrowers' and Ratepayers' , Alsociation urged that in riew of the eiceetlw speed of motorists on the Blrkdale- joajli beiner a source of danger to children and residents, the council should incorporate,. or add to existing by-laws, regulations, to enable the police to take immediate aettoa : towards preventing this nuisance. It til decided to reply that the police had bet! requested to take action in such cases.