MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14820, 25 October 1911, Page 4

MEETINGS.

REMUEF.A ROAD BOARD The Remuera Road Board met l M fc Jjl," ! Present • Messrs. C. A. Cawkweil (dS- f?'i man), G. Spencer, Bond, and Pilkinrtol" The Works Committee reported after vi t" ing various suburbs and inspecting differ . ent kinds, of kerbing, that the mould p a i* tern used by the Grey Lynn BoriSS Council should bo adopted, and that th footpaths on by-roads should be 15ft wife The recommendation was agreed to, - Th* ■ Board recently wrote to the TramwJ - Company complaining of an insufficient'', number of cars running to Remuera, and 1 ' " reply was received that the company did* not see any prospect of the other local S - bodied concerned agreeing to the compar™ " running minimum car fares to Kcmuer ■' ' It was decided to ask the company if {[j, would or would not run minimum cars hq. viding the Hoard got the consent of other local bodies concerned. * . s .* ~ " r-_ ~ "—~~ ■ -

EPSOM ROAD BOARD. The Epsom Road Board met last eveih ing, when tnere were present : iff,.,* • W. R. Bloomfield (cnairman), "it {j* Clark. E. i-'. Jones, W. Jones, and A McDonald. The chairman referred to Jir P. M. Mackay's remarks at the . Hospital Board about two houses . under on* root' said to exist Epsom. u - vestigation, said Mr. - ' Bbomfield' had fully substantiated his published® statement that the house referred to hid some sort of a temporary division, and that part had been let to a. sub-tenant whirh would be difficult to ■ prevent. 'Bv no stretch of imagination could it be -ailed two houses. All tho members in. I dignant that such an aspertion should hi cast 011 a suburb, which had always been the first to object to anvthing in >;tC| nature of •'slumming," and the champion I of large building sections. The house re- ' ferred to, it was stated, has only thread inhabitants at the present time A letter : was received ' from the Mount Eden - Borough Council regretting that they were i unable to accede to the Board's request for the use of the Mount Eden rubbish depot. ...

"AMERICAN SLAVERY." r : American Slavery, From the Time of Queen Bess to Abraham Lincoln," formedthe subject of an interesting address de 8 livered by the Rev. J. J. North, of Weill V ingtbn, in the Baptist Church, Poi sonbv last evening. There was a' largo attend' ance, and the lecture, .which wat illnsrated by a fine series of limelight views depicting the evils of slavery, was listened to with keen attention. During the evening a number of negro melodies were sun' by the choir, under the leadership of Mr W. P. Long, and Mr. North rccited " Sheridan's Ride " to illustrations. , „■ ■

MOUNT ROSKILL SCHOOL : COMMITTEE. The Mount Roskill School Committed held a meeting in the school on Moaday night, all the members being present.' lV\ was decided to write to Mr. Trayes, head- ' master, and also to Miss Robinson, ex- • pressing the committee's gratification on receiving the inspector's report on. the working of the school. This showed that the school had mad© great progress lately.; Ilio Works Committee reported that the " school garden had been fenced off from the % football ground, and dug, and was How mostly planted, the boys and girfe taking great interest in the garden. . The grounds : had been planted with a number of shelter and other trees. The master had mads V great changes inside tho school. Pot plants and pictures in great numbers now ; took the place of what U3ed to be bare walls. The chairman (Mr. Peet) reported that the school was now full, and it would be necessary to apply to the Board early next year to enlarge the school.

GREY "LYNN BOROUGH COUNCIL. The usual meeting of the Grey Lynn Borough Council was held on Monday night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. W. f£ Murray), and Messrs. ' C" Nor grove, W, Donald, G. Bttildon, J. A. Warnock, OiM J. Garland, T. L. Thompson, J. W. Tattersfield. and F. Brinsden. Referring to' the requisite number of votes not having been recorded at the recent poll to de-; v . Clare Grey Lynn a fire district, Mr. Gar-,; land said it was : absolutely necessary the borough should be provided with more '/$. adequate fire extinguishing appliances," and he would give notice early. in the coming year that the ratepayers be afforded an opportunity to vote upon the question of., the borough joining Auckland City. The Hon. Geo. Fowlde reported that he feared it would be impossible this session to get an amendment inserted in the Rating Bill to enable rates to be imposed on gas mains j and tramway rails within th© borough. The Mayor made an appeal for assistance for the Porteous family, who suffered severe loss by the recent fire in Peel-street. Ho explained that there was no connection : ' between this family and another of the same name, the members of which had suffer*! •' so sadly from a fire in Ponsonby Road" - some month* ago. The family for whom' v he was appealing had six children, ; only one of whom, was earning anything, white the youngest was a baby in arms.