PROGESSIVE MOUNT ALBERT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1926, Page 11

PROGESSIVE MOUNT ALBERT.

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. SO3£E OTTTSTATfOIIfG E"ZLATTTRES J."''?! l FO? DOMINION. Sis--- Mr 1- :" . si.c one -: :"-: "-'i" ..:.- :e.,:u--- :r. :he Vα.--: :: -.-:--■ 7 r-."_- ".aken on: Mo—: .--.-•-- •■■..: :'■: -:«? BoniiniOn. had :*?= -" -7 art sonis 500 extra "" j-.~.r — : t.:-s barons been placed γ-e "...- nark?:. t=n r.BC -•=--'. -r" ?"ra: :t upor. "2.'".:r~"'-" "..- "orcurh. I: had b?«r. T'~-.-.' *; .r. :>er last, arid Jjer? ~v.- "r.T a a;!i t' r, r~ior to be conr?".*: *>c ~- r::r.-.".-- -f lamp? iad 450 ?ie"ri- ..-:.:- =ac"- of 125 candl-e 2?0 - -. Ih3:--s :- ::■■? aaii = T The tots! ■' '"■ -* ~'z"iC be Er>r i roxiiE.axe]~ A fair s~""t:': r * roadinff trork flfl-d "*?r done. A« no mone~e trere BTai'a:-la for r>enn3.Tiea-::T sealing beins :~ li-e Mr; hai allooa*ioiu Suggested Go-ersnent Corn-mission. Tie c~tnaiid:rir expense in connectiaii maint-ezianee —ork thronffbo" the boTousi iia-i besn the \»- Xorth Eoad. th-e cost being £3320 for las* ~?ar A buss =urn of mocev woni3 b? recu:re>i to pt:* and keep this road in a r>"d Ftate of repair. A? it tra= astiripßT-ed. ro—ever, toat the road Ts-otud be laid in r?arre".r in "be near rctnre. "i , ? r-o~nril did rot feel j"vistifi-ed ir FP?T}<iii-r Hjore ihoupt than "n~a.= sarr pc rssiDT-ersnce. Further efforts iad beer read? to obtain a subside frn-n ;.b* Main Hirh-s-a-s Board for this particular ~~rk. so far withont stK- - cess. It might be necessary to take steps to haf= a G-OTerrnneiit commission appoint«d in order to "nave the post | of the "srork allocated between the local bodies trho use the roa<L j After detaus a? to administra- - •rion. reverjne and expendimre. loans and va.rio'j- other irrportant toatters | Efjectinj: the ""elfare of the borousrh j i Diiblished r-lw-s-here in this issue i. Mr. j Ehodes said: "'lt is tet intention during i •tie enrrent m: to advocate a continn- j EBce of the nrogressivs policy that lias i been adopted during the time T iiave held omee." The Mayor -B-ent en to explain Ms policy in detail, a= is also published elseirhere in this issn-s. In coDclusioii \Tt Eh odes thanied the cotmcillors for the support thej had pren him dtuinir the past year. Se also paid a high tribxit« to the staff. CormcTnoTs' CongratnlatiOTia. Mr. 1L J. ATlrnoTiflTn in mcrriiig tiat tie ammal report be adopted, said he Trished to the Mayor on his excellent report. There ■sras Tio donht that it n.; sonjethinff t-o be proud of. Tt sho~-ed that the conacil tad Taken on a laree amount of -srork, and isad carried it out snrxressftilly. Mr. E_ E. Matthews, in seconding the monon. endorsed the pre"riotL? speaker's remark?. He suggested that eacn cotmrillor shotild carry the report TOTmd ■>nth 'n~rn to =hoTx- d-isiii untied, ratepayers ~hat the council was doins. Tvhen the proposed loans come trp iot consideration it TrotiM be -fotrnd that the Ma-ror-"? r=i>ort tronld be invaltiable. Mr. W. G. Russell -rharacterised the dorainent s.? being a reallT fine one. Messrs. B. Brisiiam. W. D. Pnlton and L. F. Sinnnond? also congratulated the Maror on the report. Mr. B. J. HarbuTT -K-as pleased to the report ?ho"sred the ratepayers herwth? rate? had been spent. In thanking , the councillors tbe Mayor said in vi=— of the loan proposals trhich "K"OTLic be put before rat-epayers op -Tnne 17 the report should he published. "Kith this cotmcillors conenrred.