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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1926, Page 6

1 At a meeting of the A.S.R.S. on Sat- - urday, the following resolution was car- \ ried: "That this branch of the A.S.R.S. deeply regret the action of the executive council in deciding that no assistance be - granted to kindred organisations forced • out on strike in Great Britain. The : Auckland- branch recommends that the ' executive council remit financial assist- '' ance immediately to miners' organisations, and that a sum not exceeding ; £5000 be forwarded to Mr. A. J. Cook" 1 secretary, Great Britain Miners' Federation." Money spent in building operations in the larger towns during the month of April, according to the "Abstract of Statistics," varied from over a-quarter of a million in Auckland to under _ a-quarter of that amount down in Dunedin. The total for the four chief centres ' j was £588,384, of which £235,955 was ■ I spent in Auckland, £106,315 in Wellington, £95,259 in Christchurch, and £00,855 in Dunedin. In the Auckland figures ' | the city proper was responsible 0 for ; £125,541, and of the suburbs Mount ' | Albert headed the list with £26,410. i other double-figure thousands being I Mount Eden's £12,193, and Onehunga_ ■ £11,525. If we add the secondary centres, . j the total spent on building in the .! Dominion for the month was the hu**e , j sum of £780,065. ° •j The rapid growth of tho southern suburbs of Auckland was referred to by ; the Mayor of Mount Eden (Mr. E. H. ' Potter) at the opening of the new Brixton Road School on Saturday afternoon. Mount Eden, Mount Albert and Mount j Roskill districts now had a population of 40,000. In the case of Mount Roskill. ' the increase had been 99 per cent since the last census. Such rapid growth made it imperative that transport facilities and school accommodation should keep pace with requirements. : The four members of the crew of the ; launch Koa, which was wrecked in TwiI light Bay on Thursday last when on her | way to Norfolk Island, are expected to ,: return to Auckland by the Waiotahi on Saturday afternoon next. The Waiotahi which is to sail for the North to-mor-row, is to leave Parengarenga on Friday morning. i A five-year-old girl named Eileen Head is travelling unaccompanied by the Tai- | nui to New Zealand to join her parents ! She is in charge of the ship's matron Her baggage include two trunks of toys. The Waitemata Power Board has de cided to request the Public Works De partment to approve of the election to the board of a separate member for Helensville. with three members to represent the county.