WAITEMATA COUNTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 248, 19 October 1929, Page 20

WAITEMATA COUNTY.

2 SEVERAL TENDERS ACCEPTED E - ... I -SAND DRIFT MENACE, F P , . jjj The following additional business was 5 transacted at yesterday's meeting of the 8 Waiteniata County Council:— " Contracts. —Tenders were accepted as | follow: Te Atatu shell supply, Farmiloe 5 and Love, 5/ per cubic yard; ' shingle 1 delivery from Hawkes' quarry, Briggs I and Co., schedule rentes; Hawkes' quarry {J metal supply, C. W. Smith and Sons, •J 4/ per cubic yard; annual metal carting, * schedule rates : Titirangi riding, A. AinsI worth; Waitakere riding, R., Hagan; | Wainui and Pukeatua. ridings, _ Neville T Bros. Titirangi School Road widening: 6 and Son, £129 .10/; Otitori Bay 5 .Road formation, Hughes Bros., £355 s 17/6; Brooklyn-Huia Road, Tate and | Hodge, £517 3/4; Kaurilands Road, u Waikumete, Rosier and Son, £377. £ Woodhill Sand Drift—The Director of 8 Forestry 'advised that the question of p the sand drift.menace in the North was t under consideration by the 'Minister of | Forests, who would; visit the -various " areas after the close of the session, and a decide ; then what steps would be taken * to deal with the menace. The Minister £ stated that the problem was a serious? i< one and called'for more intensive treatment than had been taken in the past. £ Hence his' proposed inspection. The h chairman stated that the- sand drift was i rapidly overtaking the farms near t Helensville.' Brown's' Bay Ethics: It'"was-resolved to apply to the Justice Department for the appointment of a police at Brown's Bay. It was stated that owing to the growth of population the youth of the district required' more control. The council stated'that one of the more recent • pastimes was that of using the electric light standard bulbs as a target.