KARORI AFFAIRS
BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. The fortnightly meeting of the Karori Borough Council was held last evening, the Mayor (Mr. C. Cathie) presiding. A letter from Mr. John Burns, asking the council to continue a footpath on the southern side of the main road up to a point which would give his property access thereto, was referred to the Works Committee. The Wellington City Council advised, in reference to the discarding of twopenny tram tickets between the Botanical Gardens and Johnston-street, that 134,000 tickets had been cancelled, and that a voucher^ amounting to £7 5s 2d, in favour of the council had been passed for payment. ' In reference .to the proposal to insert a clause in the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill, enabling local authorities to run moving picture entertainments, a reply was received from the Minister of Internal Affairs advising that provision was being made in the direction desired. The Borough Engineer (Mr. G. W. Brigham) reported that the Makara Hill breakwind had been, commenced on 25th October. The concrete blocks ordered by the council to be laid had been completed in Johnston-street and at 'the old tram, terminus.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 104, 29 October 1913, Page 10
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189KARORI AFFAIRS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 104, 29 October 1913, Page 10
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