No Kamo State Houses

Northern Advocate, 12 October 1949, Page 5

No Kamo State Houses

The decision of the Minister in charge of State Housing not to authorise the building of State houses • in Kamo, because the eight applications for houses received from Kamo were for houses In Whangarei, was received by the Kamo Town Board last night. ' Another letter will be sent to the Minister pointing out that if the houses •rare available in Kamo, residents •ttmuld apply for them, and asking that he reconsider his decision. During the.month further improvements were made to the footpaths in the town board’s district, while a request for a footpath to the northern boundary was deferred until the water mains were laid.

Coinciding with the project for improved footpaths, owners of property on which gorse is growing will be served with notices to clear the frontages. To improve the bus connection with Whangarei the board met the management of the Northern Motor Bus Co., Ltd., to discuss the service and suggest improvements. The company agreed to reinstitute the northern boundary terminus and to consider delaying the 4.40 bus to relieve congestion on the 5.7 bus to Kamo.

The possibility of constructing a hall in Kamo came before the board and rough estimates will be obtained for a building approximately 100 ft by 50ft to enable the board to decide whether it can afford to build at the present high price level.