MAKARA COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 95, 16 January 1926, Page 11

MAKARA COUNCIL

WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY' FIXED.

The Makara County - Council held its first monthly meeting for this year yesterday', Councillor E. Windloy presiding. ’ Others present were: Councillors L. C. Rryaut, S. S. Styles, J. W. Bell, S. Bowler, H. J- Monoghan, and D. Prosser. It was decided to fix' the statutory half-holiday for the county on Thursday afternoon for 1926, the same as it was for last year. I In accord with a petition from ratepavers in the Porirua Riding, o. special Older is to be made altering the riding hiundii’ies. This means that two properties now situated in Porirua Riding will be transferred into the Makara Riding. The change will take place as from ' April J. '. The ranger ives '.empowered to','prosecute' on all occasions when, stock: are observed wandering through the puli. ’ lie ■ thoroughfares ol" the county. ■ •» Special efforts are to be made;’by ihc traffic inspector to control motorcycle traffic about Titahi beach, --as various complaints have been received by the council regarding the excessive ■speed at which cycles are said to travel both by day and night in that vicinity.