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BOROUGH COUNCILS.

-~* — . ! GREY LYNN. : - f - : .J >'■■••■" ' - Jl A jketikg of the Grey Lynn "Boroug?- m*. | cil was held lart evening, when there •'■' I present,: Messrs. G. BaOdon (Mayor) J i 1 Wamock, T. Asher. T. L. Thompson,' G., Garland, P. Bnnsden, E. Carr P D p. i sons, and J. W. Tattersfield. " : 1 ■_ The great prevalence of dust in -Ponen-i,. 1 Boad was complained of fay » uteris? in letter to the council, in which"?;""?! - that a continual nuisance was caused bj'-'K ' clouds, of. dust which entered- the show!! the sides of the road. The Mayor £3f *' I the .unusual quantity of dust «as w»i 1 * a %°> being earned oul ■! the Tramways Company, confining the feffirl to.a.narrow. portion of the road. iHS 1 same time he considered the ratepayer C I exaggerated the matter. It was ieliiJt ■ % put, thesweeper on the road as soon a k?#| works have been completed ™ i ..'■A return "of the amount of metal x)bisi»j 3 in the borough from April 1, 1913, to JS I ary S3, 1914. showed that .total tm£ I was A;.376ydE, the cost of which +SFHI £2473 10b 6d.; This .amount wasVadTS . of the following items:—Wages, iiw; 11. ?••' Mi, materials. £378 = Ms; coltrMtoS A, 5s sd; rents, £60; and instance. £21' fc, * made the; average cost per yard 3s~™a i- 5 g» year. The material that cost £2473 I ° 6d, had produced --£3558:■ 10s 7d:, lei-1 ? : credit of £1100. The .return for - the 4* . ! entogvJanuary 22 showed an ..< outonl r' ' St ( £42.4s M ', iaifrffilOßSfl that had it not been for. labour troubles -n» ■ i average cost would have been about •? 1M '-> a yard, but nevertheless the report to « very v satisfactory -one. . The report -«! if adopted. and ,it was ; decided to coagraitfte -I the staff, on The result. "&««ud>,« £ | , It .was decided' that: the' Tramways ft- I | pany be written to asking that a better to ' way .-;: service be inaugurated during tie z't'ck ' hours .of the day, 'on the Grey: Lynn Km r " and also .to i point..- out the inconvenience a' ' the present; stopping-place at;the end a'";'2d sectioa, . - , ■ ._ -•■: ~ MOUNT ALBERT. The Mount Albert Borough Council asi he evening there being present the Mayor ,I', M.. J. Goyle), Messrs. T. -B. Clay. C V J • Harris, x . 3 . H. Harrison, T. Bodpos.-J. si Bridges, C. H. Page, J. E. Astley/ssd I. r Stewart. - . < -> '^ . jl_A'fetter was received from Mr. H. Mua» " ; Wilson, resigning, c his position as beroagi! engineer/ but agreeing: to supervise the read ■'. work under the M6rningside railway croasios - : ■'■ until, completion. One application for fi« '>' position was received, but action was defend - " pending a decision as to whether a reddest > or consulting engineer 'shall be anpohitM. • ,-The construction of septic tails in-flit- - borough, was reported upon by the sanifc-rj ; '■ inspector,.who pointed out that many of tit - tanks had been erected without the ajjpwrtl '-" of the Health Department as required by tb ,; council's hy-laws. :;Kltj was 3 decided that aa ' future all building permits issued-by &-l council- be endorsed to tils' effect that fe i approval of the Health Department must h :: obtained in all cases in which septic ash t are installed. It was stated by the Mayor that a rejal-.' on-the question of.a loan > for streets dr*JEK*-•-; f and general improvements would probably S* ■ laid before hip next meting. - J

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15517, 27 January 1914, Page 4

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BOROUGH COUNCILS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15517, 27 January 1914, Page 4

BOROUGH COUNCILS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15517, 27 January 1914, Page 4

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