AUCKLAND NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 5

AUCKLAND NOTES.

• '. (Br TBtEOBArII—SPECrAI, COREESPOKDESTM " Auokland,-Apid 26. Tlio Colonial Sugar Hefinrngi"Companyi has to' erect'several brick:cottages: and a villa ;residei;ce at Chelsea, involving .the expenditure of £4800.' 'The -plans have'been approved ; by, the ■ Birkenhead - Borough Council, and the necessary ; building :■ permits granted. - Birkenhead and Northcote are in- . creasing in popularity, as '.residential'.. locali- '; ties, and . with the ef- the.;''pro- . gressive policies instituted by both JBorough Councils for, the improvement'; of ■ the roads ; in the;.respective districts, and in other direction's,", these..-' placesare :: destined to shortly carry a' largo ■' .''' " Saturday was the tirsb.timo the Avondale Jockey Club lias held a No-License meotmg, tho racecourse being ,in 'the; Ederi 'electoral distnct, ;where,N6-Licehsei was carried at .the local option. i»ll last November. It was rioticeable that iri ; 'tho-absence, of . a' > of; thopatrons.took'- their',owii liquid:refreshments H'ith them. •• " ■ .' ' Passengers by tho Main Trunk .lino .to 1 Auckland, on Saturday, night, found .the higher ;altitudes / ;uhdor ;:th6 ''grip'' of i winter; ':Thocoimtry',;for; '.several.'miles.'.on;' f each-:;' side '(if. Waiouru was covered with .- freshly-fallen : snowy : and; the; cold; was^-ifairly-ysevere; ■.j.-OTiis is'said to he vtho. first fall, this year in theso altitudes.. . • .'- -'. - : : i During tho hearing; of tho cabmen's dis- 1 puto at the Auckland Arbitration Court it ' was stated that the scale of cab/fares was. 'now' higher .than :tho,Christchur'oh':'s'cale. : Mr.'' G. Sharman (of Jlessrs. Pullan and Armit;;nse);' stated ;;that ,;this iwasinecessaTy.: owing to the ;greatet cost -,'of ; horse: feed arid iriairiteri-. ance, etc., in Auckland."., The cab propriotors could not-inako'any further increaso in the' fares •a3 .they wore. bound bv tho ; city'. by-laws. Jloreover, ho said any attempt to .■indreaso,"'the 'fares wouldabsolutely',.^ k kill : tho industry.' ' /'S vv :'U [ ■ V v