NORTHCOTE COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 241, 12 October 1927, Page 10

NORTHCOTE COUNCIL.

The Northcote Borcuah &_«•' : - bet evening. The May? §2*l •* Greenslade) prerided7\£d i&A* were also present. T , *• **■* Aew BuiMinge.-Tae bufldm. reported that ten buOanTnLS! , ** for workeSgnSJ^jt; RaSpayS, SrfSSSf Association brought their donSkiSfty '■': rebef of unemployment mhSJSi!* work at the wharf up to £a?T?^* ; resolved to duoble the munfJ*Wcouncil's funds, and to exoendiS* 6 sum in the direction desh-eaTaliS"'™* for the unemployment subsidy 52!? The association was thankedfi. SrS , able effort. The Departmenttf ££* Wellington, intimated that being taken to have the paym«* I?* subsidy expedited in connection Wftk undertaken for the relief of mSJ?* ment. "" HPWJ _

Half Hourly Sunday Ferry — was given to the Devonport FerrfS the extension of the hmttwif time-table to the between 6 o'clock aadl) tfdS from Birkenhead, and from 6 o'dndTiV o'clock from Auckland, caffiSli Northcote both ways. fflf 1 Marine Boroughs Expansion.—A «». munication from the Northeote payers and Residents' Aeeociatum &5* that support was being given br ttS society to the movement for the exptMiiß of the northern marine borough*. euggestion of the association, tin donated £7 10/ to the funds of the and appointed Mr. A. T. Munn to Rot* sent the council on the executive of tL league. - ]

Onepoto Tidal Ares.—lt was pointed out that arrangement* could be sade. without cost to the council, for the co* struction of a stop-bank and floodgate at the mouth of the Onepoto streaa. A portion of this area of tidal land vodL in the future, be converted into a were*, tion ground, and other parts of it atißfffr ' for beautifying purposes, though the Harbour Board recently declined, for the present, to entertain a proposal to Mat the area in the Northcote Conncfl. Ja order that the opportunity should not be missed of having the work put in hand forthwith, and eo save a future conndl expenditure in this direction, it vat decided to request the Auckland- Harbour Board to permit the construction of the bank forthwith. Belle Vue Avenue.—The engineer, Ib. A. Greville Walker, advised that 21 (men had signed agreeing to the proposed improvement scheme for Belle Vue Avene. He anticipated the signatures of the remaining nine would be obtained dnriag this week. He would arrange for tke calling of tenders as soon as the natter was finalised. Resolutions paved at a meeting of property owners in Belle Tie Avenue were- forwarded. These expMied approval of the specifications, and ova measure of beautifioation the YMfcrn owners pledged themselves to kee* the grass mowed in the strip ot lawn ia tie street in front of their respective properties. The council was strongly urged to acquire, under the compulsory claum of the Public Works Act, the land nuxmuy on the southern side of the Avenue, at the Queen Street entrance, to widen lac Avenue to the full chain in conformity with the remainder of the street. The council, however, felt that no natter action was desirable, in view of negotiation* for the acquisition of the itap having proved abortive. _. "-—^ Water.—The waterworks engmee». John Williamson) recommended flatthe fire brigade be provided with a, tarny, so that in case of emergaicy could be diverted at suitable pomto. JO* was agreed to. The estimated cost of ta£ ing additional five-inch cast won mam for Belle Vue Avenue was £280. ■«_*« request of Mr. A. K. Wilson, semb* of the North Shore Water Board, *« decided to intimate that the P°«*»« coste per thousand gallons *» J»g* cote reservoir was 4%d, which jneMeea district should be formed^