OTAHUHU BOROUGH COUNCIL

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 254, 26 October 1928, Page 3

OTAHUHU BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Otahuhu Borough Council met last evening, there being present the Mayor (Mr. R. B. Todd) and Councillors T. Clements, H. J. Hall, H. Wills, J. 8. da Montalk, C. R. Petne, G- V. Pearce and C. Arlington. New Zealand Goods.—A letter was received from the Manufacturing Association, soliciting support for New Zealand made goods. The recommendation waa agreed to. Portage Road.—The bad state of Portage Road was brought under the notice of the council, by a letter from the Passenger Transport Company. Previously assistance was sought from the Mount Wellington Road Board to co-operate with Otahuhu, but the board declined to do anything in the matter, on the ground that the road is in the Otahuhu boundary. The town clerk explained that, according to law, the road should be conjointly controlled by the two bodies. Firemen's Pay.—ln addition to the £10 per year which the Manukau County Council pay the Otahuhu Borough for firemen's services in their district, the county expressed willingness to pay 2/6 per hour per man when at a fire. Motor Drivers' Licenses.—The Manukau County Council wrote re motorists from that district receiving drivers' licenses in other districts without being subjected to a sufficiently severe test. Referred to Legal and Finance Committee. Quarry Reserve.—A tender of £18 per annum was received for the grazing rights on the quarry reserve. Owing to the tenderer wanting the reserve fenced and water laid on, the matter was reterred to the Works Committee for a report re the cost of the fencing and water supply.