PAPATOETOE'S PROGRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 220, 17 September 1930, Page 8

PAPATOETOE'S PROGRESS.

OUTGOING BOARD'S WORR PROBLEM OF DRAINAGE. , Reference to the finances of the Papatoetoe Town Board was made at tl» annual meeting of ratepayers of ; Papa. ' toetoe *ast evening. There waVanat-- I tendance of about 200. ' ' A credit of £1400 was siioVn;at the retirement of the old board; and it war stated that the new board to'bi iilected■■■■"' to-day would have £5400, : including £4000 in oufcstanding rates,' for the re" maiuing six and a■' half months! of'ths';■■ financial year. At the .end of the'last' financial year the general account was £1125 in credit. ; ■- ;•-:.-. Water, reticulation was described .as , the most, important undertaking , of the board during its two years' of ;office, § A total 0f.336 connections had']been;matle and the tests this 'month-:had showii that only one-quarter of; the supply;Vas required for the. present demand of-the ■ district. - During the two years, stated/the annual report, 78 houses, valued at : and three shops, valued at,£3667 ~had ii been erected,, and ' Sub'diyisioMall schemes had ; been dealt- with. Among the board's activities had beep, included -i tree-planting\on a number streets,? the installation of / eleven .'new ■street.'. lights and the' erection , of-a band rotunda. Storm water; .drainage "had ■been progressing, although-the-disposal of drainage had proved costly, ajid could be effected only gradually until a-.pro- " per system of drainage had heeiicTolvedi A reconimeiidation was. made to-the incoming board that an endeavour h made to obtain a suitable .site faria cemetery for Papatoetoe. ' '