WAITEMATA COUNTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 221, 19 September 1927, Page 8

WAITEMATA COUNTY.

COUNCIL'S MONTHLY MEEXTO

BRIDGE TENDER ACCEPTED.

Mr. H. Day presided over the mostttf meeting of the Waitemata County Connefl.

Tenders.—The tender of Wm. Knight it £ 1193 was accepted for rebuilding BomTi Bridge, Henderson Valley, which fU washed away in the floods of December tat The bridge wil be a three-span rolled «tai joist one. The same contractor also has tie •contract for rebuilding Knoxs Bridge, S*uson, on the main Helensville Road, at a price of £ 921. The bridge/was also naabed away in the floods and will be a conoctt structure.

Whenuapal Hall Site.—Advice «U »• ceived of the vesting of control of tM* site in local trustees and it was decided O appoint Messrs. F. W. Grigg, L. F. Oott, J. D. Anderson, A. Clarke and W. J. Sugden U trustees.

Plumbers* Registration Act.—The SfcdM Officer of Health notified that regnlatiflß had been gazetted providing that all bbtary plumbing in the county shall be doM by persons registered under the Art. « was resolved to ask that the regnlatio* J* made to apply only to that part of t« county described in the by-laws as "ata Areas."

Legislation.—The clerk reported tljrt legislation was being enacted providing taw sj local bodies may raise 10 per centu® sg completion of any particular item p a loan ballot paper without waiting ft* g| final expenditure of a whole loan cofflpn** |g of several items, as was now n ® a<B S' 11 that in future all petitions under n* gg Counties Act should date from the aal* " aj* ■which the first signature is affixed tn«™ J ; and no action oa any petition taken unless received by the local"" g? within twelve months after the date and no person shall be capable ofjwp drawing his signature from a Pj-*™? §| after it has been received by the jgi No action or proceeding is to be , against a county council unless i- : first given in writing specifying the of action at least one month D®, M mencing the action. Litigation i* I commenced within six months after me p. complained of is done. Eh Concrete Road to Titirangl-—lt ported that a committee of the f~ ; met the City Council Works Cm with a view to obtaining a contn"*2 j towards the cost of concreting tne from New Lynn Town Board bonnoaij * r, Titirangi Kiosk, but it was found City Council had no power to col ™jtl ;|i : . unless under an Award of the Conrt - was resolved to take the necesstty^ for a commission being set up to *PP°» 4 t gg the cost and cite the City Council *> g party, Councillor Laing moving: |ji Helensville Bridge.—Erosion hatta*®*® B place from the Kaipara River o;&& 8! County end of the structure to Its pg ment, the engineer reported that a jg? of the position was being made jg| assistance of the Main Highways ||| being sought in the matter. |j Stock Route. —It was resolved toB the following route through WaWXjg egg Waikumete ridings, having H Highway at the top of the Bridge Hill (junction Red Hill R following the Old North Road to tne Eg ing of the Swanson Stream near K of Don Buck's Bridge continuing _ along the Hecderson-SwansOD BomJWg calfe Road, up this road to the sp Block No. 2 Road, and thence g| Bridge on to the Henderson vanej continuing along the Valley Parr's Cross Road to the Oratia a || and into Glen Eden. Building Permits. —For the m £408 August 17 permits to the value oi . g|j had been issued. One-flay Furniture Sale at jp Trading Company to-morrow. Alt p ture, carpets, linoleum a j offered on no deposit, no interei* || months to pay.— (Ad.) -ft