DEVONPORT COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 221, 18 September 1930, Page 8

DEVONPORT COUNCIL.

The ; council o£ the met last night/ ,the .Deputy Mayor,; Mr.V. J. Hi Ellisdon, presiding;: .; •"-••' '■ iy ' ' Donations ;■—Both' the Devonpor fc-brancK. . -, of the Pliraket. Society, and ,the:;Stattleyyi ; Bay Cricket Club wrote thanking,/;, the • council for its monetary 'assistance.' r ' ;'<.">•• ' St: John- Ambulance.—Pernaission;twas> 7 granted • to ■ the' St.;.Jolui,: , Association, to up a* str'eet f iojleptipn,; .. bn'FridtiyV ";.;.;.'. •' " '"..s,■.?> ', v'Melrqsd ''Rificfcation , RBserve,— Th&Jttiit-., tei- of seeking pennissiort ; from Ihe-Loc'al''. Gqvevnment-Loai)s.Board to raise^n'.uHemi;: ■;. plbymeht- relief loan, for' .reclaiming improving tii& recreation ' reserve" as H.elrose . Parkj Hyas"'"deferred -, -for.'a-; week, siiice considerable dificiiseidn-' , will arise- as whether < the 'boundaries wilUMvey "to be limited owing'toveei'taiiu diners' of,": adjoining, frontal properties declining to, forego their riparian rights. , Public Library.—The-, chairman .of; the Citizens' Committee, Mr. F.DeJ.: Robin, had to report that though it was barely ■ five mouths since this semi-municipal , department was added to the .borough's - activities, it had already 189'eubscfjbersi);, and , .that <'the': iiuinber ; of ■ works: in -: the lending ; libra;ry totalled: V 1500., .The: reference section . which brought -the total. to .3800. , ~'■' / : Garage, aiscussioii'.ard#e£; over J tbc" advisability 'ofc 'altermg' the" by'---■■ law re the building : of; garages- ascertain; 5 . • distance, from..the .frontagetof .the,.-s).ar|,; ■ ticu'lar property 'concerned.., ,The ■ rules that, a garage : shall be" built' not; nearei 4 ' than /loft to the ■ frontage.-., 'A.] . resi'dent'of Tainui Road : desh f ed r p'ermfe-> sion ito builds 6ft ';front .the.;froiitage.X •

One, member stated .feelingly.that,..since'.; opinions . am'on'g the \ councillors' ■'•were - : divided, the council f should•^come ; '"ft6: > a, ■; definite decision whether it would-accepit.'' the Town Planning Act or not. It ,wiJs ; decided to inspeetthe property, -r -..'".■