LOCAL BODIES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 280, 26 November 1941, Page 12

LOCAL BODIES

MT. fiOSKILIi ROAD BOARD The fortnightly meeting ol the board wu held last evening, the cnairman. Mr. C. M. McCullough. presiding. Deputation.—A deputation of 10 ratepayers In Ipuvain Avenue drew attention to the bad state of the roadway in this street. Alter hearing the deputation the board decided to tar-seal this road as soon as possible in the New Year. .„ C "' ennl .* l ?? rk Board.—The road board resolved r? {32 m . ln . at f. Mr - H - A - Hird as a representative ol local bodies on the part board. „ .f* u "i cl,,a ' Conference.—The chairman and clerk w • J ° Donnell were appointed to reprethe board at the municipal conference to be held at Nelsor on March 3 next, fi™ Th J? e -£. eneral account is in credit i, ®9. while £5000 is on fixed deposit. . K *'K" lati ons.—in regard to the board's intention to take legal action for failure to procaps as required by the regulations T? bui ! djn « contractor concerned stated HJ at ' the breach was caused by the impossibility EL.,.. otainmg iron for the purpose. The board, however, decided to adhere to its previous decision to bring a test case. Clean-up.—The foreman reported that some 30 tons of refuse had been collected. flection to Fill Vacancy.—ln reply to a Star £°FZ"? i P OI ?<j ent taking exception to the election , held on Monday next, the clerk, who is the °® cer -,J explained that the board had no matt er. The vacancy occurred through the death of a board member on Nov emi. a " d J 1 ?- as returning officer, was obliged h ° ld J thc election not less than 25 or , thß f 1 28 days after. It was therefore imSZffJh „ £ the . eiectlon lor next Saturday, ° 24 aays ,tter the vacancy NEW liYXX BOROUGH COUNCIL, t >J h ™ M , ! l y ,° r ' Ml \ s - R - Rlckards, presided over Counci? last' evening? ° £ the NeW Lynn BoroUgh m? al i?i Nt n Pe 7 nit - — J"he borough building inspecthp r reported that permits to | nr r\ ?S were issued for the month I to mw'.h t I } dinß inspector was authorised &n building restricuons in the case of I " 0t * ,#n com P leted t^ IO LI^ ph l n^ ln . "spoiise to a request from 1 K d Telegraph Department slot Si.ihnlo f y wo " ld he moving the present f ™ m the footpath and replacing iXi.# VE rS£ ne 2 on own property. chairman of the works comerarnm» McWhirter, submitted a proi , permanent construction of footpaths u J? » e ' Cr °y<« 0 n Road, Folkes street. Watt?? I «its2s^'JfJßh* Street, Margan Avenue and Si Si ' wtllctl was approved. sinking Fund Arrears.—The chairman of the ?hat n °fh c °g"s "e*, Mr - A - R - WooUey. reported the ? Truste < had written asking for Payment of arrears of sinking fund at the date of conversion totalling £4113 18/4 The est n a2pmmi ded that *£f t « he conversion loan inter- . account was still in debit there were nn $£?*£££* » m " 1 tW » " K

»f^ e £r* he , flnanclal statement showed that alter payment of accounts totalling £592 s/4 tn* net cash Indebtedness was £98. * 7 If h p> r resj»ondence »as received th s_ chairman of the Henry George League th°» uncil to, withhold Its decision on ViZEHI ♦?* suggestion from the Municipal thei? own" J^tlrJ be r rlßh . t of ratepayers to select tneir own system of rating be removed and the ?hat Ua rh» ue JW? mandatory. It was resolved alreadv niUiSS tn ' orm , the league that they had S!f. i « P as sed a resolution stating they were ratepayers^ 0111 01 rtght beln,t ta^n

Abattoir.—The Auckland City Council solicitor wrote enclosing copies of an cgreement e <=ity„ and the borough nt oiSf available tor the borough in terms ? n 1 the Meat Act, 1839, and making ky-laws relating to the city abattoirs appUcthe borough. It was resolved that approval cfty t \ e yfl 8 a r w e< Ts en r t ec^v^ thhel<l 1111111 * the nJ h 5^ ne i t meeti ng was fixed for December 15 and the first meeting in 1942 lor January 19. The annual lean-up was arranged to be held on Monday, December 1.

GLEN EDEN TOWN BOARD The chairman, Mr. E. D. Bollard, presided at the monthly meeting of the board. Abattoir District.—The solicitor for the Auckland City council forwarded a draft agreement providing for the inclusion of the Glen Eden , wn district in the Auckland city abattoir district. The agreement was approved subject to the .inclusion of a clause limiting the delegation to a period of five years, after which term the agreement may be terminated by either party on giving six months' notice In writing. • Noxious Weeds.—Representations were made by property owners that they were unable to comply with notices served on them by the noxious inspector on account of 111-health or into procure labour. It was decided to exert four' weeks l ° r compUanee by a further period Valley Road Bridge Contract.—~The tncinwr reported that work on the fillings has been held stLtZ? tho/u *££ continued showery weather. He stated that It would require about a month's fine weather before the fillings could be consolidated Finance.—The treasurer reported that receiDts for the month of November totalled £1089 19/2 and payments £854 3/9. The net credit balance . the general account as at October 31 was " ■ £10 ®® 18/10- Accounts totalling £2323 19 J* *efe passed for payment. EdenTiew Road Railway Crossing.—lt was h*_ cided to request the Railway Department to innnrii? <£ the possibility of constructing a subway -- e _ raUway at the Edenview Road crossing before proceeding with proposed regrading of the iin2 h' u • point - Provision is being made j the l»Vrortli?i nf ?V? at J crossing necessitating the regrading of the road for some distance alon? Edenview Road. This work would S be S a subway was construct** urder

ttTDflSSSS^th'tK Jesuit that drastic curtailment of services has had to be made wherever possible to enable thJ Department to carry on with the reduced *t.nfT The elimination of the outward 9 " m m£i tr> OU ihi J , w 85 pointed Out. cause very little delav the delivery of correspondence. It was derided to thank the Chief Postmaster for his explanation and to request that the service be soon as circumstances warranted.